walt <w41...@gmail.com> writes: > One caution there -- newer computer hardware demands a great deal of > power, and older power supplies may not be up to the task. Don't try > to squeak by with a wimpy power supply. > >> >> I thought maybe a mobo bundle would be a good starting place... > > I've been building my own for years. and the choice of motherboard > has always been easy: I buy the mobo and CPU on sale that day at > Fry's ;o) (Do you know Fry's?) But I buy the best RAM available > because it's worth the few extra bucks.
Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerar...@googlemail.com> writes: [...] > that bundle looks ok, but you will need a new psu. > And with ok I mean the hardware, not the price. I kind of overpowered the original setup back when I bought it, somewhere like 200[12]. It's an antec 430 w. But that is probably wimpy by now. Back then it was well above the standard stuff, which were more like 230 w.
