Bought a computer for 80 bucks ! help me build it into a..

Sorry dude but you would be better of scrapping it and starting again, it looks about 7 years old. Celerons are pretty crap processors. I had a 6 year old Dell( 512Meg, 40gig, P4 2.4Ghz ) and it was crap for gaming and that was even higher spec'd that yours

i would have paid $5 for that rig or taken it for free seeing as it would cost money to get rid of it, lol, at least you got XP out of it ( unless its OEM 8O )

The reason i say scrap it is i had the same decision to make with my old dell and it worked out too expensive. It'll be a money pit, youll need an AGP card and thats more expensive than a PCI-E card. You could build a similar system around that that would allow for the latest processors,mem, gpu's for cheap, maybe $200

yeah, lol, im serious, it is from around 2000( maybe even 1999 ), sorry dude, you may be able to use the case if it takes ATX mobo's, floppy maybe, but theyre being extinguished with USB sticks, and i wouldnt trust a PSU that old with new components( you dont know if its 250W contineous or if it will crap out on anything over 250 and be unstable over 230w )

It is great that you got a genuine copy of XP Pro though, nice one, made a saving there

You might stick it in a museum i think it would be fine to have it as a second PC for web browsing, throw linux on it and use that XP Pro on a new build/second hand comp( if thats what youre into ). Did you get a screen?

lmao, well itll be fine for messing around/surfing on, reminds me o fmy tecra laptop, i tried using it a ew months ago, 64mb ram, 16meg gpu, some form of P3, 8 gig harddrive. Im gonna try installing linux on it sometime as i think it would be cool to control music or control a server for streaming video or something like that( a glorified remote control lol )

the motherboard is 845 i didnt think it was that old dam i thought i could upgrade this thing lo

lol, lesson here, beware refurbished PC's

As was said though, if youre ok running older games like CS/HL2 at lower settings you could get a new GPU etc. i personally think it would be a waste of cash that you wont get back, like trying to start converting an old ford into a ferrari, paint it pure white and you could use it as a huge mp3 player 8O youre new ipod mini!!!!!!!

it sure as hell doesnt have pci express

does it have AGP? If not, you could get a PCI Video card based on the FX5200. Should run Unreal 04 fine.

yes agp

Stick with the 256megs of ram though. You dont need more than that to run old games like the ones I mentioned before. I would get a PCI vid card though. Cheaper than AGP, and you can use it on any PC

no way in hell you are running C&C3 on that relic. Give it up.

The OP HAS to have a faster rig than that..... ??

no way in hell you are running C&C3 on that relic. Give it up.

The OP HAS to have a faster rig than that..... ??
lol@relic, that PC should be in the next Indiana Jones movie
Seriously though, you could still make an ipod mini out of it and carry it around in a back pack

Seriously, by the time youve spent all that money you'll have built a new low spec rig with a decent gpu that would probably run C&C on medium to high. Youll get a case & PSU for $100, an intel 4300 Core 2 for under $100, i gig DDR2 for probably $70 and an Asrock 775 mobo for $45, cheap sata 2 harddrive for $40, Thats around $300 to build a new rig without gpu, but yopud have a lot more choice and stick in a 7600 or 7900GT into that and C&C 3 would run super

I say that it wont happen....

It won't work because it is not even the same CPU socket type. You have socket 370. The P4 in question is socket 478.

ati 9800 pro could run it at 800x600 on that setup

I think Joe Friday killed the dream

lmao, can we have a vote on whether we think OP should convert it to an ipod mini that can be carried around in a ruck sack?

Or better yet, an ipod shuffle like this

Unfortunately this computer has no AGP slot, so it's PCI only GPUs for the choosing. Even with the strongest GPU available for PCI, which is an x1300, it would still be pretty tough to run C&C3; it's got some pretty steep minimun system requirements.

Another thing to consider: since the computer is based on the 81x chipset, it can only support a total of 512MB of ram.

The computer can be an awsome office PC, but a gaming rig it is not.

lmao, can we have a vote on whether we think OP should convert it to an ipod mini that can be carried around in a ruck sack?

Or better yet, an ipod shuffle like this

I dunno if the cpu could manage to decode the mp3s. Or if the hard drive has enough bandwidth (128kbps min )

Don,t waste any money on it I have one the power supply is propriatery size and wiring, mine had 1.7 willy 20 gig WD 7200 drive and when i tried a 6200 card the cpu would overheat when playing games. heat sink is also compaq, sorry about your luck.

lol, i would be sure it could,my P3 laptop was fine at it, and 128kbps is only 16K per second which is easily managable

i say R.I.P poor Compaq EVO D300 for she was once fit n healthy, but the homemakeover didnt work


I was joking about not being up to the level of an ipod...

someone should make an ipod into a full-fledged PC. Find out how to attach a keyboard, printers, internet. Linux... we already have rockbox, or otterbox for ipod, or whatever its called.

ya sure? you know what agp looks like?

cause I dont... although I probably could figure it out

lol, my bad its late here, that ipod project would be cool, dunno what kinda processor is in an ipod though?

Gadzookie - the offer still stands on my high spec laptop , it sounds perfect for a gentleman like yourself - "fully refurbished Tecra laptop, a full 64Mb ram, onboard ultra video card, 12.5" multimatrix TFT, a whopping 8Gig harddrive space, comes complete with Windows98 and M4 certiied mouse $70 and its yours, no, seeing as its you $50"

I used to know what was in an ipod..... its not that bad.... ill find out...
RIGHT NOW:


WHAT CPU AND RAM IS AN A F*CKING IPOD???


that should do it

8O youre scary joe

If you are certain that you have the 845 chipset, then Compaq probably did give you the AGP bus. Everything I've read on D300 production models shows that they shipped standard configurations for either a P4 or Celeron. The P4 models could easily be downgraded to a Celly but still carry the standard motherboard that had the 845 chipset. The standard celeron configuration carried the 815 chipset and had no AGP slot.

Either way, make sure you research your components. If you have the 845 with the AGP slot then I stand by my first reply. However, they did ship 845 variants between SDR and DDR for your memory subsystem. Any upgraded processor will most likely bottleneck the X1950GT I pointed out.

Good luck....with all that.

sure it can run C&C3! If you set all details and settings to minimum it probably will. Then it will look if not the same, probably much worse than C&C2 or even 1! Then why all this bother to play C&C3 anyway? Don't understand people that want to play new games with old VGAs at minimum settings. An older game at higher settings will look better. So if you want to play a new game, get a new PC to really enjoy it. Unfortunately that is the painful truth.

i think 1800 is correct he took out the P4 to sell and popped in a crappy celeron