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Knuxxy
27-04-2009, 05:54 PM
My current laptop is good, but not brilliant.

Im planning on refurbishing a cheap computer into a great one.
New:
- Hardrive
- Processor
- 4/6 GB RAM
- nVidia 9000 turbo or something like that

Have I missed anything?

I am planning on buying this:
Click me to see the product (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Compaq-DS5-Intel-pentium-4-Computer-Base-Unit_W0QQitemZ260395126013QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Co mputing_DesktopPCs?hash=item260395126013&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1690%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C 240%3A1318)

What are your thoughts? Is this a good/bad computer to revamp?

Oh, and I haven't looked into the graphics card yet, will find out later.

[Chris]
27-04-2009, 06:00 PM
Well, your going to need a new mother board..

you may as well just put your own together tbh..

Tomm
27-04-2009, 06:03 PM
Waste of time, I doubt you'll be able to upgrade anything to a decent standard.

Just build from new.

[Chris]
27-04-2009, 06:10 PM
Like tomm said - your better just building from scratch.. I mean.. what are you going to get out of that? its a bit old..

Knuxxy
27-04-2009, 07:35 PM
Well its harder building from scratch rather than revamping, isn't it?

N!ck
27-04-2009, 07:48 PM
The only parts you could use from that would be the case and maybe the disc drive. There's no point. If you want a decent computer then build one as that from the start.

Knuxxy
27-04-2009, 07:51 PM
I've decided to build my own.
What I've taken from the feedback is that is a bad idea :P.
I will post more threads on what you guys think of the parts I will be choosing.

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