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wonderlust
26-07-10, 13:39
Well I have upgraded the Wife's PC from a 939 3800+ X2 to the following:-

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll177/teddyformandy/SDC10315.jpg

Spec:-

Unchanged
Antec NSK4800 case with Antec 380w PSU (cost £11 couple of years ago)
60Gb 2.5" Sata HDD (Cost £20 a couple of years ago)
IDE DVD Burner (bought new years ago...)

Changed
Refurbed MSI G31TM-P35 (£20inc)
2nd hand PDC E2180 (£19.65inc)
2nd hand 2GB DDR800 Samsung branded (£17.98inc)
Intel standard Q6600 cooler copper core (Free)
Installed and over clocked :D

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll177/teddyformandy/capture35-1.jpg

andyn
26-07-10, 13:45
Floppy disk! :P

Nice job with the cables :).

wonderlust
26-07-10, 13:46
yeah came with the case, always usefull to have one in a machine, so why not one I don't use ;)

Faz
26-07-10, 13:58
That's an excellent job you have done there, such a massive case - brilliant!!

Hope your wife enjoys using it for her... shopping and.. um... itunes and er.. facebook. yeah!

Broadsword1976
26-07-10, 14:02
Nice, neat job (to be fair you've got oodles of space to use :) ).... Always a thrill to put a decent rig together for a small outlay I reckon.

wonderlust
26-07-10, 14:11
Sometime it's more fun on what you can do with next to no cash ;)

Zaim
31-07-10, 20:38
Sometime it's more fun on what you can do with next to no cash ;)

Yeah that's not bad m8. :thumb: