Hi everyone,
I'm thinking about getting back into working on computers as a hobby. It was something I started in high school when I taught myself how to completely dismantle my 486DX2, learned a little programming, got a computer degree, built one machine and got a job in the oil field doing nothing with computers hardly. And so, I've kind of been out of the hardware side for the better part of the last 10 years other than upgrading the RAM in my laptop, installing a DVD drive, or setting up a new system for someone and playing video games.
So what I've got now that I use everyday is this Dell Studio XPS 1770, Intel Duo Core 2.4Ghz, 4 GB RAM, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650. It's bogging down on low settings of SWTOR, and runs WOW on moderate settings.
I've got two old desktops, one is a wal mart HP, the other is a custom built my father picked up for a couple hundred bucks that never would power up. The latter has a 300 watt power supply, the HP's got a HD I'd like to use and altogether they have 3 HD's in them. I'd like to use the custom machines box/PS with the hard drives. Drop in a new mobo, processor, memory and video card. I've got a Sony DVD drive as well for it.
I'm assuming the custom machine is an ATX box, full size I believe. Right now it has a AMD Sempron processor in it. Here are some pictures:
https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=a5b73647579d3e0e&resid=A5B73647579D3E0E!425&parid=A5B73647579D3E0E!174&authkey=!ADkBCpTx_x6YWbE
https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=a5b73647579d3e0e&resid=A5B73647579D3E0E!424&parid=A5B73647579D3E0E!174&authkey=!AOXnti0aQqx5rUk
I hope those links work right.
I'd like to keep price as low as possible, spending more on the video card/RAM and getting an affordable processor to handle it all. Would love to read some suggestions.
Thanks
I'm thinking about getting back into working on computers as a hobby. It was something I started in high school when I taught myself how to completely dismantle my 486DX2, learned a little programming, got a computer degree, built one machine and got a job in the oil field doing nothing with computers hardly. And so, I've kind of been out of the hardware side for the better part of the last 10 years other than upgrading the RAM in my laptop, installing a DVD drive, or setting up a new system for someone and playing video games.
So what I've got now that I use everyday is this Dell Studio XPS 1770, Intel Duo Core 2.4Ghz, 4 GB RAM, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650. It's bogging down on low settings of SWTOR, and runs WOW on moderate settings.
I've got two old desktops, one is a wal mart HP, the other is a custom built my father picked up for a couple hundred bucks that never would power up. The latter has a 300 watt power supply, the HP's got a HD I'd like to use and altogether they have 3 HD's in them. I'd like to use the custom machines box/PS with the hard drives. Drop in a new mobo, processor, memory and video card. I've got a Sony DVD drive as well for it.
I'm assuming the custom machine is an ATX box, full size I believe. Right now it has a AMD Sempron processor in it. Here are some pictures:
https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=a5b73647579d3e0e&resid=A5B73647579D3E0E!425&parid=A5B73647579D3E0E!174&authkey=!ADkBCpTx_x6YWbE
https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=a5b73647579d3e0e&resid=A5B73647579D3E0E!424&parid=A5B73647579D3E0E!174&authkey=!AOXnti0aQqx5rUk
I hope those links work right.
I'd like to keep price as low as possible, spending more on the video card/RAM and getting an affordable processor to handle it all. Would love to read some suggestions.
Thanks