Lets face it....
Unless you dont play video games or watch Blue-Ray movies, there is no need to pay 1000$ for a computer, unless of course you´re incredible rich and/or you coudnt care less. So just for browsing, playing solitaire or minesweeper (I know your secrets) there is hardly any need to pay more than 100$ for a PC.
That or you can have it for free, made from spare parts, like mine.
I live in a student area, so when they had to leave home, they threw away whatever they coudnt use anymore. Like so, I had found 3 computers.. Took them in and tested every one of them. As expected, none of them worked. Either because of broken components or missing components.
Unless you dont play video games or watch Blue-Ray movies, there is no need to pay 1000$ for a computer, unless of course you´re incredible rich and/or you coudnt care less. So just for browsing, playing solitaire or minesweeper (I know your secrets) there is hardly any need to pay more than 100$ for a PC.
That or you can have it for free, made from spare parts, like mine.
I live in a student area, so when they had to leave home, they threw away whatever they coudnt use anymore. Like so, I had found 3 computers.. Took them in and tested every one of them. As expected, none of them worked. Either because of broken components or missing components.
After a few pairings and dis-pairings, I found out what was good in them and what was bad. Luckily the one from the middle had a good power supply and a good working motherboard. I fit in it the processor from another one, because it was more ´´capable´´ added 2 more DIMM of RAM, one hard-drive using SATA line, and I had to cut a connector from a old power supply and feed it into this one, to be able to power the extra hard-drive. Power it on and works like charm. Well ain´t that something :)
That was how I attached the extra power plug to the main power unit. You just respect the wire colors since they are all the same.
So I ended up with the next configuration in the end:
- Motherboard - who cares about it`s model, as long as it works.
- Incorporated video board, until I find one that goes into PCI-express slot
- Intel Pentium 4 CPU dual core (3.20 GHz X 2)
- 4 Gb RAM, DDR2 (2 dimms X 2)
- 150Gb ATA + 80 Gb SATA hard drives
- DVD ROM
The entire thing works better then expected for browsing and youtubing, or movies in DivX format, since I have just a 17" monitor, that would do it. ANyways, there is no need for a BlueRay on a 17 inch screen. That is just waste of resources and education.
Some graphic problems appear when watching youtube in HD, but it doesnt really mind me if I watch clips with puppies in 720p instead of 1024.
So I ended up with the next configuration in the end:
- Motherboard - who cares about it`s model, as long as it works.
- Incorporated video board, until I find one that goes into PCI-express slot
- Intel Pentium 4 CPU dual core (3.20 GHz X 2)
- 4 Gb RAM, DDR2 (2 dimms X 2)
- 150Gb ATA + 80 Gb SATA hard drives
- DVD ROM
The entire thing works better then expected for browsing and youtubing, or movies in DivX format, since I have just a 17" monitor, that would do it. ANyways, there is no need for a BlueRay on a 17 inch screen. That is just waste of resources and education.
Some graphic problems appear when watching youtube in HD, but it doesnt really mind me if I watch clips with puppies in 720p instead of 1024.