Hello everyone.
Since my mobo died on me, I need another pc. Going a budget route with the possibility of upgrading. Hoping to salvage some parts from my old pc. I am a complete noob to building pc's though so I am coming here 1st for advise.
Here is the list that I have come up with so far:
Approximate Purchase Date: ASAP! Not needed right away but would like to take care of this now while I have time (on vacation from work, 4 more days)
Budget Range: $300 - $325
Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 Micro ATX AM3+
Processor: AMD Athlon II X3 455 3.3GHz
Graphics card: Asus GeForce GT 630 2GB
Memory: Kingston Value 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1066
Storage: (salvaged) Western Digital 160GB WD1600AAJS
(salvaged) Seagate 80 GB ST3808110AS
Sandisk ReadyCache 32GB 2.5" SSD
Optical drive: (salvaged) LG DVD Burner
Power Supply: (salvaged) Kingwin ABT-5200MM
case: Fractal Design core 1000
The processor is AM3 while the mobo is AM3+ from what I understand AM3+ mobos are backward compatible with AM3 processors. May consider upgrading the processor at a later date. May consider upgrading the video card later too.
I am not planning to overclock at all, never have in the past either.
Call me stubborn but was looking to purchase a copy of windows xp. I know there are a lot of limitations such as the video card directx 11 not working but if directx 9 will work, thats fine with me.
Pretty much just looking to see if the build I put together will work or not.
Since my mobo died on me, I need another pc. Going a budget route with the possibility of upgrading. Hoping to salvage some parts from my old pc. I am a complete noob to building pc's though so I am coming here 1st for advise.
Here is the list that I have come up with so far:
Approximate Purchase Date: ASAP! Not needed right away but would like to take care of this now while I have time (on vacation from work, 4 more days)
Budget Range: $300 - $325
Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 Micro ATX AM3+
Processor: AMD Athlon II X3 455 3.3GHz
Graphics card: Asus GeForce GT 630 2GB
Memory: Kingston Value 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1066
Storage: (salvaged) Western Digital 160GB WD1600AAJS
(salvaged) Seagate 80 GB ST3808110AS
Sandisk ReadyCache 32GB 2.5" SSD
Optical drive: (salvaged) LG DVD Burner
Power Supply: (salvaged) Kingwin ABT-5200MM
case: Fractal Design core 1000
The processor is AM3 while the mobo is AM3+ from what I understand AM3+ mobos are backward compatible with AM3 processors. May consider upgrading the processor at a later date. May consider upgrading the video card later too.
I am not planning to overclock at all, never have in the past either.
Call me stubborn but was looking to purchase a copy of windows xp. I know there are a lot of limitations such as the video card directx 11 not working but if directx 9 will work, thats fine with me.
Pretty much just looking to see if the build I put together will work or not.
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