I'm A Newbie To This Stuff and I'm Trying to Build a Desktop.

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I'm working on building a desktop PC from scratch (for gaming). I know very little about this, and I'm currently doing research, but thought answers from here would help. If someone could help me along the way it would be greatly appreciated. Most of the computer parts I have are old and outdated, but still work. Would it be possible to just replace the needed parts and run it like new? Or would that be more expensive and defeat the entire purpose of building my own desktop? Most of the stuff dates back to 2000 at most. It's really old. If I can't create a computer from those parts, any other suggestions? I can provide a budget later. Any other details needed I will provide as soon as possible.
 
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old pc if it still works and you have the disks for it look for local non profit to donate it for a tax write off.

on cases look at mid size atx case for your first build. they give you the best room to work in and good cooling. on the case make sure the case uses the newer hard drive trays that fan you when the case is opened and not the older metal drive bays that cut gpu length off. on power supply look at toms hardware power supply tier list and look at web sites like johnny guru that post load testing of there power supplys. a bad power supply can kil a gaming rig real quick. on intel cpu and mb read the mb qal list. there to many combos now of intel cpu and mb. just make sure if you go with cofee lake cpu you use a coffee lake...
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for 2000 pc? Build from new! Most important reason is new psu may not support that old motherboard without some tweaks, new gpu is very likely not supported by the old motherboard, etc.
some good guide: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/build-your-own-pc,2601.html, and simply ask any questions you want :)
 
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old pc if it still works and you have the disks for it look for local non profit to donate it for a tax write off.

on cases look at mid size atx case for your first build. they give you the best room to work in and good cooling. on the case make sure the case uses the newer hard drive trays that fan you when the case is opened and not the older metal drive bays that cut gpu length off. on power supply look at toms hardware power supply tier list and look at web sites like johnny guru that post load testing of there power supplys. a bad power supply can kil a gaming rig real quick. on intel cpu and mb read the mb qal list. there to many combos now of intel cpu and mb. just make sure if you go with cofee lake cpu you use a coffee lake mb. drives. if you have the funds go with 256g boot ssd and a one tb or larger 7200 rpm storage hard drive. 8g using two dimms min now for a gaming rig.
 
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