Upgrading a OLD Home PC

[lilshatespug217]

I want to turn this into a modern gaming build for about $750. The psu is only 250watts max from a brand I have never heard of, so I didn't bother mentioning it in the video. More details and specs in the video. Thanks for helping!

 

 

TO be clear, it know it's a grandfathers axe. I said broom to be funny.

[79wjd]

Scrap it all and start from scratch. 

 

Location? do you need peripherals/monitor? OS? 

[Clyne]

Pentium D? 

Yeah only things you can salvage are the HDD, disk drive, and maybe the case. 

[Altecice]

yep you would be best just to start a new build from scratch.

[Gofspar]

Don't scrap it, give the computer to an old person who doesn't have a PC or some shit.

[lilshatespug217]

Don't scrap it, give the computer to an old person who doesn't have a PC or some shit.

 

yep you would be best just to start a new build from scratch.

 

Pentium D? 

Yeah only things you can salvage are the HDD, disk drive, and maybe the case. 

 

Scrap it all and start from scratch. 

 

Location? do you need peripherals/monitor? OS? 

I am on the east coast in delaware. And I am WELL aware that the mobo is useless, and that it would need to be changed. I am just asking for a vga-compatible gaming build (have a monitor, keyboard, and will buy an os. I just decided to keep it seperate from the 750 budget.) in the case with the drives. (As that saves ~$100 right there)

[Clyne]

I am on the east coast in delaware. And I am WELL aware that the mobo is useless, and that it would need to be changed. I am just asking for a vga-compatible gaming build (have a monitor, keyboard, and will buy an os. I just decided to keep it seperate from the 750 budget.) in the case with the drives. (As that saves ~$100 right there)

Then reuse ram(assuming it's DDR2) and buy a Q6600+LGA775 Mobo with DDR2 slots.

[79wjd]

Then reuse ram(assuming it's DDR2) and buy a Q6600+LGA775 Mobo with DDR2 slots.

He should just get an i5-4460 + Some h81,b85,q85,h87,h97 board + Sapphire Dual X 280x + 256gb Mx100 +8gb ram + CX600/other psu + a new monitor (or if he must then use a DVI to VGA adapter and keep his current monitor -- the biggest downside to this is that the monitor is more than likely crap).

[Clyne]

He should just get an i3-4130 + Sapphire Dual X 280x + 256gb Mx100 +8gb ram + a new monitor (or if he must then use a DVI to VGA adapter and keep his current monitor)

Q6600s are still good......

[lilshatespug217]

He should just get an i3-4130 + Sapphire Dual X 280x + 256gb Mx100 +8gb ram + a new monitor (or if he must then use a DVI to VGA adapter and keep his current monitor)

Even with hyperthreading, dual cores are going the way of the dinosaur. None for me, sorry.

[lilshatespug217]

Q6600s are still good......

Really? Spec/ price range?

[79wjd]

Even with hyperthreading, dual cores are going the way of the dinosaur. None for me, sorry.

Really? Spec/ price range?

Haswell i3 > core 2 quad. 

 

anyway, i5-4460. 

 

'He should just get an i5-4460 + Some h81,b85,q85,h87,h97 board + Sapphire Dual X 280x + 256gb Mx100 +8gb ram + CX600/other psu + a new monitor (or if he must then use a DVI to VGA adapter and keep his current monitor -- the biggest downside to this is that the monitor is more than likely crap).'

[Clyne]

Really? Spec/ price range?

2.4GHZ Quad Core

I seen them start at around 30 dollars at Ebay, around 70 dollars paired with a LGA775 mobo.

@terrytek can give you all the details, he's a hardcore Core 2 fanboy.

[terrytek]

2.4GHZ Quad Core

I seen them start at around 30 dollars at Ebay, around 70 dollars paired with a LGA775 mobo.

@terrytek can give you all the details, he's a hardcore Core 2 fanboy.

They are still great for gaming. I don't have one, but you can probably run a GTX 970 without bottlenecking. They are about 30 bucks on Ebay. If you want, you can try a Wolfdale core Core 2 Quad, like a Q8200 or even a Q9200.

[lilshatespug217]

They are still great for gaming. I don't have one, but you can probably run a GTX 970 without bottlenecking. They are about 30 bucks on Ebay. If you want, you can try a Wolfdale core Core 2 Quad, like a Q8200 or even a Q9200.

2.4ghz + and old archetecture sounds slow, especially since it would lack turbo. Also, I only have 1gb ddr2, which is nowhere NEAR enough, so that is not an option, as i'd have to buy it.