zenmamajen
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I've done minor upgrades before but never swapped out a motherboard & CPU, so I'd like some confirmation as to whether I'm on the right track here.
Now I'm not trying for anything great, just upgrading from a 7 year old (secondhand!) pentium 3. My goal was to keep it around $150 since that's about all I can spare. My plan is to replace parts in an hp pavilion tower, leaving the hard drive, DVD/CDRW, floppy drive (not that I ever use it!) and power supply. I understand that I may have to re-install OS'es, which is fine as I was planning to do a clean install in the near future anyway... dual booting Win XP and Kubuntu, if that's relevant.
I've come up with the following from Newegg, looking for the combination of best reviews, reputable brands, lowest prices, older products:
GIGABYTE GA-945GCM-S2C LGA 775 Intel 945GC Micro ATX Intel Motherboard - $50.99
Intel Celeron 430 Conroe-L 1.8GHz 512KB L2 Cache LGA 775 35W Single-Core Processor - $42.99 heatsink & fan included
Kingston 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - $39.99
That RAM is probably more than I need, but I figured better more than less. Also not sure if it's the right type, I picked it based on the motherboard specs but not sure if I interpreted info correctly.
Adding a 20-to-24 pin power adapter at $3.99, the total including shipping came to $150.01 which is exactly where I wanted to be price-wise. But I'm not sure if I'm missing something, if maybe spending a little more is worth it. Can anyone provide tips, suggestions, or just validation that I'm going about this right?
Thanks
Now I'm not trying for anything great, just upgrading from a 7 year old (secondhand!) pentium 3. My goal was to keep it around $150 since that's about all I can spare. My plan is to replace parts in an hp pavilion tower, leaving the hard drive, DVD/CDRW, floppy drive (not that I ever use it!) and power supply. I understand that I may have to re-install OS'es, which is fine as I was planning to do a clean install in the near future anyway... dual booting Win XP and Kubuntu, if that's relevant.
I've come up with the following from Newegg, looking for the combination of best reviews, reputable brands, lowest prices, older products:
GIGABYTE GA-945GCM-S2C LGA 775 Intel 945GC Micro ATX Intel Motherboard - $50.99
Intel Celeron 430 Conroe-L 1.8GHz 512KB L2 Cache LGA 775 35W Single-Core Processor - $42.99 heatsink & fan included
Kingston 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - $39.99
That RAM is probably more than I need, but I figured better more than less. Also not sure if it's the right type, I picked it based on the motherboard specs but not sure if I interpreted info correctly.
Adding a 20-to-24 pin power adapter at $3.99, the total including shipping came to $150.01 which is exactly where I wanted to be price-wise. But I'm not sure if I'm missing something, if maybe spending a little more is worth it. Can anyone provide tips, suggestions, or just validation that I'm going about this right?
Thanks