X6800, nvidia e-7150 i630, 2x2GB Mushkin PC2-8500, HD 4650, WD Blue 160GB, WD Blue 500GB, EVGA 430W
It's time to retire this box due to the south bridge failing on the old LGA 775 board. That assumption is being made because the D: drive & USB ports only show up when they feel like it. The C: drive has a nice knock of death going on too. This system is running Vista 32bit & MS had really messed up Update. I haven't been able to update since October.
I'm planning to keep the Antec NSK2480 Case, LG Bluray drive, & EVGA 430w PSU.
The new system is an older HP Compaq 6200 Pro, which I came across for free. It has an i3-2120, 8GB DDR3-1600, & an HD 7750. Its currently folding@home 24/7 in the basement. The HP motherboard is uBTX, so it won't fit in my old Antec case. A friend was super kind to give me a Foxconn mITX s1155 H67S board - THANKS! I have a Win7 Pro key & have done the free Win10 update.
The final build should be i3-2120 w/ stock Intel cooler, Foxconn H67S mobo, 2x4GB DDR3-1600 (which will only run at 1333 due to the CPU), HD 7750, TBD SSD C: drive, WD Blue 1TB storage drive, LG SATA BluRay burner/player, EVGA 430w PSU, Antec NSK2480 case, and Win7 64bit.
What do you think? What would you do differently? I'm going to need new software to play BluRay disks. What is out there these days for Win7 (and Win10). The two player software I have don't support beyond Vista.
Thx for looking.
It's time to retire this box due to the south bridge failing on the old LGA 775 board. That assumption is being made because the D: drive & USB ports only show up when they feel like it. The C: drive has a nice knock of death going on too. This system is running Vista 32bit & MS had really messed up Update. I haven't been able to update since October.
I'm planning to keep the Antec NSK2480 Case, LG Bluray drive, & EVGA 430w PSU.
The new system is an older HP Compaq 6200 Pro, which I came across for free. It has an i3-2120, 8GB DDR3-1600, & an HD 7750. Its currently folding@home 24/7 in the basement. The HP motherboard is uBTX, so it won't fit in my old Antec case. A friend was super kind to give me a Foxconn mITX s1155 H67S board - THANKS! I have a Win7 Pro key & have done the free Win10 update.
The final build should be i3-2120 w/ stock Intel cooler, Foxconn H67S mobo, 2x4GB DDR3-1600 (which will only run at 1333 due to the CPU), HD 7750, TBD SSD C: drive, WD Blue 1TB storage drive, LG SATA BluRay burner/player, EVGA 430w PSU, Antec NSK2480 case, and Win7 64bit.
What do you think? What would you do differently? I'm going to need new software to play BluRay disks. What is out there these days for Win7 (and Win10). The two player software I have don't support beyond Vista.
Thx for looking.
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