PC Gaming

11427 readers

608 users here now

For PC gaming news and discussion. PCGamingWiki

Rules:

Be Respectful.
No Spam or Porn.
No Advertising.
No Memes.
No Tech Support.
No questions about buying/building computers.
No game suggestions, friend requests, surveys, or begging.
No Let's Plays, streams, highlight reels/montages, random videos or shorts.
No off-topic posts/comments, within reason.
Use the original source, no clickbait titles, no duplicates. (Submissions should be from the original source if possible, unless from paywalled or non-english sources. If the title is clickbait or lacks context you may lightly edit the title.)

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/pcgaming

11 comments fedilink hide all child comments

My first PC ever built is sort of unusable in its current state, and there are a few things I could do:

Update necessary parts and keep it as a retro-media-compatible PC/nas/server. I love how it has a floppy drive!
Get rid of it and save money

If I wanted to replace it, I would need to get at minimum:

I'm hoping I can keep using the following parts, some of which have been updated over the years:

pcie 2.0 graphics card
500 W power supply
monitor / peripherals
optical / floppy drives
SSD / HDD
ATX case (the original case and motherboard PCI slots never lined up quite correctly...) Cooler Master centurion (?)

I've never done anything like this, and last time I built a PC was in 2006. I lack a lot of knowledge...

Is my case likely to be compatible with a modern motherboard?
Can I buy a modern motherboard/CPU that will be compatible with this other stuff?
Would it be less expensive to buy another used PC and use its motherboard/CPU ?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

Hardisks also. Dont store important data, they are due to fail eventually.