PLEASE HELP ME REBUILD MY COMPUTER INTO A GAMING MACHINE
I love computers, but I do not know anything about the insides of one. Therefore, I am asking all of you for help.
My mission is to clean out the insides of my tower and rebuild it to be a gaming machine. However, I must accomplish this by staying under $700.
I have a very old monitor, but it works.
I have a cheap 3 year old sound system, but it sounds great.
I have a basic keyboard and a basic optical mouse.
I'm not too worried about the above parts, but I might need to upgrade the monitor. If you have advice, please DO NOT add the monitor in the rebuild/pricing.
The current components are old, but I'm wondering if I can keep some of them. By using CPU-Z, this is what I know:
CPU:
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ with a Socket 754
MOBO:
ASUSTeK model - K8N-E-Deluxe Rev 1.xx
RAM:
3 slots with 512mb DDR in the first 2 and 256mb DDR in the 3rd
GRAPHICS CARD:
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
OS:
XP Pro Service Pack 2 with DirectX 9.0c
CASE:
Thermaltake Xaser III (it has like 4 fans, but I bought it from a computer store and I don't know how to work the stupid thing)
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Now, I'm not a fool, I know that pretty much all of the components are obsolete and are going to need to be replaced/upgraded. However, I'm pretty sure I can keep the case and rebuild the insides.
PLEASE, be specific with your assistance in recommendations for parts. I am a noob.
Any help/advice/builds/recommendations is/are APPRECIATED! Thank you!
I love computers, but I do not know anything about the insides of one. Therefore, I am asking all of you for help.
My mission is to clean out the insides of my tower and rebuild it to be a gaming machine. However, I must accomplish this by staying under $700.
I have a very old monitor, but it works.
I have a cheap 3 year old sound system, but it sounds great.
I have a basic keyboard and a basic optical mouse.
I'm not too worried about the above parts, but I might need to upgrade the monitor. If you have advice, please DO NOT add the monitor in the rebuild/pricing.
The current components are old, but I'm wondering if I can keep some of them. By using CPU-Z, this is what I know:
CPU:
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ with a Socket 754
MOBO:
ASUSTeK model - K8N-E-Deluxe Rev 1.xx
RAM:
3 slots with 512mb DDR in the first 2 and 256mb DDR in the 3rd
GRAPHICS CARD:
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
OS:
XP Pro Service Pack 2 with DirectX 9.0c
CASE:
Thermaltake Xaser III (it has like 4 fans, but I bought it from a computer store and I don't know how to work the stupid thing)
---
Now, I'm not a fool, I know that pretty much all of the components are obsolete and are going to need to be replaced/upgraded. However, I'm pretty sure I can keep the case and rebuild the insides.
PLEASE, be specific with your assistance in recommendations for parts. I am a noob.
Any help/advice/builds/recommendations is/are APPRECIATED! Thank you!