Free used parts, what's my best scenario

smartkid95

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I have a crap load of used pc's I came into I want some insight on what my best case scenario would be for it. socket 939 mobos, socket 478 mobos, pentium 4 ht's, hard drives and plenty of memory. I can go get a grafix card PCI-e no issue. I am an eperiencedn overclocker so any cpu limitations I can handle. what should I use If I want a little something to take me into next summer for a few games and video/audio editing thanx. (no I will not send you any parts no matter what)
 

Raidur

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939 socket out of those 3 mention for sure. It's hard to say what else you should grab considering you haven't really mentioned anything else. :)

939 socket is still 'decent', at least for gaming.

Best case scenario... you find a 939 socket mobo with a 4400+ CPU or greater still on it. A case with a PSU that won't go out and take your parts with it. 2GB of ram (4x512MB DDR-400). A little hard drive or 10. :) And the graphics card you'll want (if you are purchasing) is like a 4850. Anything higher will probably be bottlenecked by the CPU.
 

jedimasterben

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Actually, most cards will be bottlenecked, and 4850 would definitely be.
 

smartkid95

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a p4 ht couldn't do i with an overclock? I've seen p4s do gaming on 9800gt before, 939 cpus I'm not sure what processors would be the best.