Frankenstein Machine

[Direwolf35]

Hi Guys,

I have a old pentium III Dell machine that is wayyyy to slow for the family machine.

I was thinking of taking the dvd player, cd rw, and the two hard disc and rebuild a new machine that has better speed (gaming would be fun but not a priority). Not looking for the best machine in the world but fast is nice "My" current machine is a ASUS A7N8X Deluxe with Athlon XP Barton 333 FSB, with 1 gig memory and it's humming along rather nicely.

Budget is always a consideration when you have a family but I would spend a little extra for quality too. Thank you for all your help and advise!!!!

[jayb1234]

What budget range are you looking for?

[Panama Red]

Here's a little combo I've used for my last two builds. A customer has one and the other is sitting here folding 24/7. This mobo uses an ATI chipset with onboard video AND a PCI-e slot for future gaming upgrade. You can use a SATA hard drive or the ones you have too. Couple it with a Sempron 2800+ and a 1Gb kit of Corsair Value Ram. Less than $240 for the package.

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...uctCode=241177

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...ductCode=80502

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145440

And if you want a quality black Antec case with 350watt psu for about $60 including freight, check this out.

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...uct_uid=145874

[linguapura]

Originally Posted by Panama Red Here's a little combo I've used for my last two builds. A customer has one and the other is sitting here folding 24/7. This mobo uses an ATI chipset with onboard video AND a PCI-e slot for future gaming upgrade. You can use a SATA hard drive or the ones you have too. Couple it with a Sempron 2800+ and a 1Gb kit of Corsair Value Ram. Less than $240 for the package. http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...uctCode=241177 http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...ductCode=80502 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145440 And if you want a quality black Antec case with 350watt psu for about $60 including freight, check this out. http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...uct_uid=145874

Damn! I shoulda talked to you before I put together a build. That is about how much I paid for my stuff, and my build isnt quite as nice as that... Although I do have a better graphics card...

[Direwolf35]

Thats what I'm looking for I was thinking of keeping it under $600.00 (I have monitor and keyboard and mouse). But after Panamas post it's looking like I can save a little more money (for beer)

[jayb1234]

You will also need a new copy of windows since the dell one is tied to the dell machine and can't be used in another one.