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[linerider1000]

Hello,
I have a Compaq Presario S4100nx that I have had for quite a while now. I know that it has a 2.5 ghz celeron cpu. I don't know what the motherboard is. It has 256mbs of ram. An 80 GB HDD.

What I want to know is......what is the motherboard. What size is the case (micro atx, atx, etc) ? What components can I put in it it make it a great machine? My budget is $500-600 for a CPU, motherboard, 8gb ram, possibly a 120ish GB ssd, 1tb hdd, and a psu (700-1000w). My hdd slots are 3.5 in each.

I already have two CD Rom drives and a floppy disc drive (which I don't need).

Thanks in advance for your help!!

 

[RaDiKaL_]

You could download CPU-Z or AIDA64 to find out what mobo you have, then look in the internet it's full specifications to see what you can upgrade in it. Also consider the possibility of buying a new pc altogether (you could reuse the case, optical drives and hdd) since due to the celeron CPU and RAM most likely it's a very old architecture.

 

[linerider1000]

i'd like to RaDiKaL_ but its getting costly. I mean i was planning on using the case drives and such but i dont know if the case is micro, mini, or just ATX.

I cant power on the pc. The motherboard's trash..... I can boot the drives when i only have the power supply cables are pluggged in. when i connect the motherboard wires to the drives. they shut off!

 

[RaDiKaL_]

Check here: h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/product?product=331100 right now I'm unable to load that page but my connection's being bad these last hours so I guess you'll be able to read it, it should have all the info about your case's size.

 

[linerider1000]

Thanks for the link but i have already searched and searched.....

 

[linerider1000]

never mind bro, i look up the measurements of each case and it is a micro atx

 

[linerider1000]

im just going to make this...
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/linerider1000/saved/yftKHx

 

[RaDiKaL_]

Looks good overall, not that sure on the PSU however, somewhere in tom's forum there's a list of tiered PSUs, you might wanna give a look at that before buying that raidmax.