I'm going to build my daughter a computer using her HP Pavilion (sempron 3.0ghz?) and would like some suggestions and advice. I posted in the virus section about what she thought was a virus, I took the cover off and there is only one fan on CPU and the vent hole in the back. Fan and heatsink was full of dust so I cleaned them both. I plugged everything back in, turned the computer on and it started just fine but the fan was slow. To make a long story short I believe she overheated it playing the Sims game the day before(all day).
Here is what I have:
Western Digital HD SATA w/widows 7 and HP software loaded
Lightscribe DVD SATA
95% of the computers use is all the different SIMS game. The other time is spent between the internet and music. I need to do the least expensive build and still be able to do the above.
What I"m thinking of getting:
Motherboard:
Newegg.com - ASRock 770 EXTREME3 AM3 AMD 770 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
CPU:
Newegg.com - AMD Athlon II X3 440 Rana 3.0GHz 3 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM3 95W Triple-Core Desktop Processor ADX440WFGIBOX
or
Newegg.com - AMD Athlon II X2 245 Regor 2.9GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket AM3 65W Dual-Core Desktop Processor ADX245OCGQBOX
Video card:
Newegg.com - SAPPHIRE 100295HDMI Radeon HD 4670 512MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
Case:
Newegg.com - COOLER MASTER Centurion 534 RC-534-KKN2-GP Black Aluminum & Mesh bezel / SECC Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
PS:
Newegg.com - XCLIO STABLEPOWER 500W 500W ATX Active PFC Power Supply
RAM, CPU fan and heatsink:
Any suggestions??
This should be in the price range of 400.00ish and I would like to keep it around there if possible.
Thanks.
odie072
Here is what I have:
Western Digital HD SATA w/widows 7 and HP software loaded
Lightscribe DVD SATA
95% of the computers use is all the different SIMS game. The other time is spent between the internet and music. I need to do the least expensive build and still be able to do the above.
What I"m thinking of getting:
Motherboard:
Newegg.com - ASRock 770 EXTREME3 AM3 AMD 770 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
CPU:
Newegg.com - AMD Athlon II X3 440 Rana 3.0GHz 3 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM3 95W Triple-Core Desktop Processor ADX440WFGIBOX
or
Newegg.com - AMD Athlon II X2 245 Regor 2.9GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket AM3 65W Dual-Core Desktop Processor ADX245OCGQBOX
Video card:
Newegg.com - SAPPHIRE 100295HDMI Radeon HD 4670 512MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
Case:
Newegg.com - COOLER MASTER Centurion 534 RC-534-KKN2-GP Black Aluminum & Mesh bezel / SECC Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
PS:
Newegg.com - XCLIO STABLEPOWER 500W 500W ATX Active PFC Power Supply
RAM, CPU fan and heatsink:
Any suggestions??
This should be in the price range of 400.00ish and I would like to keep it around there if possible.
Thanks.
odie072