Kamikaze's Computer Rebuild

Kamikaze Chimp · Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 2:00 pm Post subject: Kamikaze's Computer Rebuild

Well, our older PC is starting to show it's age and is starting to act like a cantankerous old man. So we decided it's time for a rebuild. We'll be reusing the case, drives, ps, and vid card to keep costs down. I'm trying to keep it around $300. Since this is really my first build, any advice would be much appreciated.

Here's what I'm looking at getting.

Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-770T-USB3 AM3 AMD 770 USB 3.0 ATX AMD
CPU: AMD Athlon II X4 630 Propus 2.8GHz Socket AM3 95W Quad-Core
Memory: Crucial 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600

Currently have:

PS: 550W Antec TruPower TP2-550
Video Card: Nvidia Geforce 9600GT
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Horvath · Joined: 04 Jan 2007 Posts: 113

I'd up your power supply while you have it broken apart. You can get some that are much more powerful and this will allow you to upgrade in the future more easily, plus give you a nice stable system for the new bits.
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Kamikaze Chimp · Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 11:27 am Post subject:

The parts are on the way. Any advice before I get them and start taking everything out of the PC and putting the new stuff in?
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Kamikaze Chimp · Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 9:55 pm Post subject:

The rebuild is done and everything appears to be running smoothly. I was surprised that it only took about 10-15 minutes to install Vista. Now just working on installing all the small stuff and then will start installing the games.
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Kamikaze Kitten · Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 12:34 am Post subject:

Bad Company 2 looks nice with our new set up.
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Wonder Boy · Retired Site Admin Joined: 19 Jan 2004 Posts: 4596

Good job!
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