Pininfarina_
Well-Known Member
FINAL: Going to price match some stuff on NCIX and see if I can switch over to them since Id much rather pick up stuff in store.
-note: I am reusing an optical drive. Its old school (uses an IDE; mobo has) but hopefully it'll work.
Case: Cooler Master Elite 342 (mATX case) If someone can recommend something, please make sure its available in either NCIX or Direct Canada
PSU: Corsair 430W (80+)
Mobo: ASUS M4A88TD-M (mATX board), 4250 integrated, USB3+SATA3
CPU: AMD Athlon II X2 250 3.0GHZ
RAM: GSkill 4GB
HDD: Western Digital 500GB 7200RPM 6GB/S (WD5000AAKX)
Windows 7
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OLD:
I dont have any experience when it comes to building computers, only swapping one or two parts out as they get old.
When my parents told me they wanted a new computer, I thought it would be a good idea to try my hand and building one from scratch.
Needs: Casual computing
-very basic
-watching dramas
-sending emails
-downloading music
-uploading photos
MUST DO ALL THIS SMOOTHLY.
I was thinking of 4 gigs ram, dual core, onboard graphics.
Lite-on DVD burner Decided to try and reuse old one.
380W Antec PSU
Rosewill Blackbone Case I think this one is overkill.
MSI Mobo with solid onboard graphics
GSkill 4gigs
AMD Athlon II dual core
Samsung spinpoint F4 320gb
and of course
Windows 7
Im not getting a hard drive because my parents want to shove the old hard drive into the new computer. Will there be any issues with that? If so, how will old data be transferred onto the new drive?
-note: I am reusing an optical drive. Its old school (uses an IDE; mobo has) but hopefully it'll work.
Case: Cooler Master Elite 342 (mATX case) If someone can recommend something, please make sure its available in either NCIX or Direct Canada
PSU: Corsair 430W (80+)
Mobo: ASUS M4A88TD-M (mATX board), 4250 integrated, USB3+SATA3
CPU: AMD Athlon II X2 250 3.0GHZ
RAM: GSkill 4GB
HDD: Western Digital 500GB 7200RPM 6GB/S (WD5000AAKX)
Windows 7
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OLD:
I dont have any experience when it comes to building computers, only swapping one or two parts out as they get old.
When my parents told me they wanted a new computer, I thought it would be a good idea to try my hand and building one from scratch.
Needs: Casual computing
-very basic
-watching dramas
-sending emails
-downloading music
-uploading photos
MUST DO ALL THIS SMOOTHLY.
I was thinking of 4 gigs ram, dual core, onboard graphics.
380W Antec PSU
Rosewill Blackbone Case I think this one is overkill.
MSI Mobo with solid onboard graphics
GSkill 4gigs
AMD Athlon II dual core
Samsung spinpoint F4 320gb
and of course
Windows 7
Im not getting a hard drive because my parents want to shove the old hard drive into the new computer. Will there be any issues with that? If so, how will old data be transferred onto the new drive?
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