Hi all, Thanks for so many replies.
Sean What's my budget? £100 - £200 > Robert The bits I was looking at recycling where, cass, power supply if it is enough DVD drives floppy drives, (Is it worth putting a floppy in these days?) WiFi cards etc. No probs pulling a pc apart, getting it back together may be another thing. I have upgraded RAM and installed WiFi and HD etc. I would love to build a system from scratch, but think we are probably looking at about £300 to do a good job of that aren't we? New: mainboard, RAM and processor is what I was thinking about. I probably need a new HD too. Simon I buy lots of stuff form ebay, but find I get a little out of my depth with PC compatibility. my have recently brought a ATX power supply only to find that some have 20 pin, plus four and others only have the 20 and yes I needed the plus four and did not have it. You live and learn and I now have a 20 + 4 poersup;y only to find that the computer still only makes and clicky sound and does not boot. You loose me a bit on 20 dell optiplex 270 with a ?30 dvd burner. Tim Humm, looks interesting. I have no idea why it has two processors. I guess it is like a duel core processor, but in two separate chips. I assume that you do not need to know anything about what goes on inside the board, just connect it up to the necessary peripherals, power etc. I have the rest of a machine here with what I believe is a dead mainboard so how can I say no. Can I paypal you postage? I assume you are not real near Bridport. Ted. I will contact you directly. Peter Thanks, but I also have DVD/CD/flopy drives and ethernet cards galore, and probably a 10G HD too. Do you know my first computer was a twin 5 1/4 floppy machine and we sneer at 4 and 10 G today! Thanks for the offer, but no thanks. I have marriage to keep!!! Sean Try hot water, soap and a blunt knife on those sealed lips! :-) -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Wednesday 2009-12-02 20:00 Dorset LUG: http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.org&channel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
