Raidmax Tornado (older model?)...Upgrade Later?

[Destroysall]

A friend of mine gave me an old computer with old hardware, almost everything is outdated. I was wondering is it fine for me to get a new CPU and Motherboard (possibly Sandy Bridge), HDD, and PSU now, and replace the case and GPU in Fall? I'm worried about temps the most. I don't want anything to overheat and end up with dead hardware.

Thanks in advance,

Destroysall

 

[rolli59]

That should be fine, make sure you have a intake fan and an exhaust fan then you should be fine with temperature.

 

[Destroysall]

Best answer selected by destroysall.

 

[Destroysall]

Ok then, thanks!

 

[shovenose]

what psu do you have?

 

[AstroTC]

could you tell us more about what you have and what you want to put in it?

 

[Destroysall]

Ya sure,

CPU: AMD Athlon XP @ 1.93


MOBO: KT600. Didn't note any brand. Though, the bus clock is 167MH, Socket A


HDD: WD 160gb


RAM: Has two 512MB RAM cards, giving it a total of 1024MB of Memory


GPU: Radeon 7900/7500 Series card, I don't know why it gives me two types.


PSU: Raidmax 430w


OS: Windows XP Pro 32-bit

 

[shovenose]

please, please, please get rid of the raidmax!
they make crap psus!

 

[Destroysall]

please, please, please get rid of the raidmax!
they make crap psus!

Haha, for sure I will be doing that. I plan on getting at least the Corsair 650w 80 Plus.

 

[shovenose]

whew! i was just making sure but a quality 400w would be plenty...

um theres no such thing is a radeon 7900 nor is there a 7500...

 

[Destroysall]

whew! i was just making sure but a quality 400w would be plenty...

um theres no such thing is a radeon 7900 nor is there a 7500...

Hmm, never thought about a quality 400w. Any recommendations?

Plus, the 7500 card, if I am correct, used to be or is referred to the ATI All-In-Wonder Graphics Adapter.

 

[shovenose]

antec ea-430d