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Juan
Guys,
I am new to this forum, but have read the other ones for a good while now. I
have never put together my own computer before, but am pretty confident I
can do it. I work on laptops all the time. Anyway, here's my dilemna, a few
years ago I bought my cousin in Mexico a generic computer built there for
her studies. It is a 400 Mhz celeron, and is obviously very outdated for
todays applications. My original plan was to send her an updated MB and
processor bundle, an older lite on cd burner, and she would be on her way to
update it herself. Since she isnt very harware literate (neither am I), I
have now chosen to instead buy a MB/CPU bundle here, install it in an older
comp I have lying around, install the cd burner, install a test OS on the
the old HD currently on this comp. Then ship the whole thing via UPS. She
can swap the HDD with her stuff when it gets there.
My doubts lie in identifying the right motherboard size ATX, ATX micro etc,
How do I know what will fit this old tower? I'd like to use an inexpensive
AMD XP processor. I am open to any reliable inexpensive MB. I will also need
to know whether the Power supply in the old tower, which is for a pentium 2
comp will work on this new AMD compatible MB and CD burner. What kind of
pwer do i need to run the comp with the cd burner? I can live with good
quality on board video as opposed to a seperate card. If I'm not mistaken I
think she's learning C++ and that kinda stuff. Any recommendations made in
that direction would be much appreciated.
Any particular vendor you guys suggest? I live in southern california, and
have used MWAVE inthe past with good sucess. Anyone else out there worth
recommending?
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Juan
I am new to this forum, but have read the other ones for a good while now. I
have never put together my own computer before, but am pretty confident I
can do it. I work on laptops all the time. Anyway, here's my dilemna, a few
years ago I bought my cousin in Mexico a generic computer built there for
her studies. It is a 400 Mhz celeron, and is obviously very outdated for
todays applications. My original plan was to send her an updated MB and
processor bundle, an older lite on cd burner, and she would be on her way to
update it herself. Since she isnt very harware literate (neither am I), I
have now chosen to instead buy a MB/CPU bundle here, install it in an older
comp I have lying around, install the cd burner, install a test OS on the
the old HD currently on this comp. Then ship the whole thing via UPS. She
can swap the HDD with her stuff when it gets there.
My doubts lie in identifying the right motherboard size ATX, ATX micro etc,
How do I know what will fit this old tower? I'd like to use an inexpensive
AMD XP processor. I am open to any reliable inexpensive MB. I will also need
to know whether the Power supply in the old tower, which is for a pentium 2
comp will work on this new AMD compatible MB and CD burner. What kind of
pwer do i need to run the comp with the cd burner? I can live with good
quality on board video as opposed to a seperate card. If I'm not mistaken I
think she's learning C++ and that kinda stuff. Any recommendations made in
that direction would be much appreciated.
Any particular vendor you guys suggest? I live in southern california, and
have used MWAVE inthe past with good sucess. Anyone else out there worth
recommending?
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Juan