Newish 478 build parts from a old dell

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Im making a computer from some old dell parts 2.8c northwood s478, 1 gig generic pc3200 ram, hdds, drives, and video card.

Im planning on buying a new case, psu, mobo, and hsf. I hope to overclock and do some gaming.

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psu mobo
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fan

Is there anything im missing or anything better I should get? Im trying to keep to the total below 300.

 

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ahhhhhhhhhhh sry i had my tap open i thought it was yours

 

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My cpu is a amd? Im sure its an intel 2.8 northwood. Whats a better psu? thanks for the welcome

 

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Fortron 500w power supply or a OCZ Powerstream 520. what graphics card was it? i would get the Asus P4c800-E Deluxe if you can get it but Abit Boards are fine. Case is ugly IMO, get a P160 or the new P150 coming out soon. for the P150, check out www.silentpcreview.com

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Geforce fx 5200 The case isnt too important right now so i might change it later. Do i really need such a powerful psu? the one im using right now is a 250w.

 

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250 watts is rather low. If you put that CPU/mobo, a large RAM, a decent video card, and a hard drive the PSU would be screaming in no time. If that came with the Dell you got, toss it out. Most computers sold like that often have PSU at bare minimum and would be hard pressed to work on any computer upgrades.

I'd invest in a decent PSU first.

 

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This is the cheapest PSU that I would recommend (see below). I just built two computers using the same AX450-PN and they are doing quite well. The IS7 will be fine for your Northwood, but if you later decide to upgrade to a Prescott, it might have trouble keeping up. On the other hand, you you upgrade at this point you should go socket LGA775, PCI-E, and DDR2.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817104954

 

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Is this one any good? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817104934

Also what is pfc and is it really important?

edit:Anyone wanna reccomend a good case with a window?

 

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Is this one any good? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817104934

Also what is pfc and is it really important?

edit:Anyone wanna reccomend a good case with a window?

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ya thats a really nice psu maybe a little overkill for your system though.

do you have a budget for you case??????

 

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For a case about 100

 

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811129145


http://xoxide.com/aerocool-spiral-galaxies-case-bs.html
this on has the fliped mobo

http://xoxide.com/aerocool-spiral-galaxies-case-bs.html
this ones a little more but i like it


Would you consider buying a case with no window and modding it yourself??????

 

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Turtle Shell said:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811129145


http://xoxide.com/aerocool-spiral-galaxies-case-bs.html
this on has the fliped mobo

http://xoxide.com/aerocool-spiral-galaxies-case-bs.html
this ones a little more but i like it


Would you consider buying a case with no window and modding it yourself??????

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No I dont trust my self with a dremel. I could probably buy a window on ebay. I was looking at this case http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811119077
I like it cuz its simple and no leds and crap

 

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No I dont trust my self with a dremel. I could probably buy a window on ebay. I was looking at this case http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811119077
I like it cuz its simple and no leds and crap

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ya that case looks really clean.I havent used it so i have o experence but it does look nice

 

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ilikepie said:

Is this one any good? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817104934

Also what is pfc and is it really important?

edit:Anyone wanna reccomend a good case with a window?

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If you want this one get it from www.actbuy.com, it's cheaper there, however the PSU batboy reccomended is fine but if you upgrade in the future you should probably upgrade your PSU as well.