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Old 19th Nov 2007, 19:20
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Saab Dastard
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  • Power supply: min 400W, 500w should be sufficient for most purposes.
  • Mother Board: supports your preferred CPU, requisite no. of PCI / PCIX / PCIExp / AGP slots depending on what you have to fit in; built-in SATA, sound (not video), network, etc.
  • Processor: dual core, speed - most you can afford
  • RAM: min 1, pref. 2 GB, whatever type and speed mobo requires
  • Video card: best you can afford.
  • HDD: SATA, biggest you can afford
Then compare the cost of building that against buying new from whoever.

Upgrades: Best components you can get that are compatible with existing setup. If you start changing mobo, then you are really building from scratch.

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