Dads Dell has died.

[Brooksie]

My Dads PC has died, i've narrowed it down and I believe the PSU has died (no power what so ever).

Since Dell's can use other PSU's i've got a spare 450w one, which is 20 pin.

a 20 pin to 24 pin should work correct? Hopefully the PSU didn't fry anything when it died.

If that doesn't work, gonna have to build a PC. Since he only browses the web were going to take the GPU and ram from the Dell (installed 4GB last year) and just buy a motherboard, new case and CPU. He says he wants to go onto Intel. Any suggestions on the specs?

Cheers.

 

[AMDFTW]

budget?????

just some ideas,altho my gen on intelin limited

mobo

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Asus...-DDR2-1300-1200-1066-SATA-3Gb-s-SATA-RAID-ATX

case

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Antec-Three-Hundred-Black-Midi-Tower-Case-w-o-PSU

CPU

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Inte...30-GHz-1333MHz-6MB-Cache-9x-Multiplier-Retail

adapter wise i think it only work the otherway around I.E 24pin to 20pin

 

[Brooksie]

ROFL he needs nothing like that, all he does is browse the web.

E2180, P35 mobo etc

 

[ToeJam]

atom? wat im getting

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/167153

sell the ram etc and your off!

 

[Ham]

A 20 to 24pin will work fine (as long as some muppet didn't wire it wrong). All it'll be is splitting 2x12v and 2xground leads(iirc...) and they all lead back ot the same place.

As for replacment. I'd go for an ION platform or somthing similar. Impress him by producing a tiny PC that is just as powerful as the old one .

 

[Brooksie]

Okay thanks for the tips guys