Freebie Celeron rig

[Kerotan]

Finally finished putting together my latest free PC, which is now my backup rig. Got most of the parts such as mobo, HDD, CPU and original Dell case from my college last year. It's an old skt 478 so here are the specs for anyone interested.

CPU: Intel Celeron SL6W4 (2.40GHz/128/400) - ouch! lol

Mobo: Intel D865GLC

RAM: 1GB of assorted slow DDR

GPU: ATi Radeon 9800PRO 256 (AGP)

PSU: Generic 400W

HDD: 40GB Samsung IDE

Other: IDE DVD Burner

OS: Windows XP Pro 32/Linux Ubuntu 8.10

It's OK for general internet, but ideally I'm gonna replace the CPU with something with a little more punch at easter. Atm it's bottlenecking the 9800, and I'm a fan of retro gaming Also needs the coolers for CPU and GPU replacing so if anyone's got something 478/9800 compatible and quiet lying around going to waste give me a shout.

The only component I paid for was the 9800PRO which I got for about £30 off ebay last year and was actually my main card for a while. The original case was a stone PCs one, it was half-height, proprietary PSU etc, so I got a kindly donated (& battered) case from my mate for free. He got rid of it due to it being the victim of an ill-fated mod attempt at the hands of his uncle's band-saw. Basically all I did was put a piece of perspex in the window he'd cut in one of the side panels and it looks pretty OK!

Don't actually know why I'm posting this here or making such a big post lol but anyway here's some pics:

Attempted cable management

Shiny perspex! Ferrari enzo on my wall reflects lol

 

[Dav0s]

my first build was a celeron, loved that rig!

 

[atarist]

I still have a celeron D 478 soc 256case / 553fsb 3Gig runing in my internet p.c.,

Its good for surfing n all But games on it are a joke I tryed crysis just 2 see what it can do in high seting was about 2 f.p.s

 

[sammjj]

good good

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[masterofinsanity]

nice to know i'm not the only one using this mobo

 

[Xeon]

free pc's rule xD

 

[tinytomlogan]

Nothing wrong with a celly.

My 2.6 celly 478 was clocked to 3.2 and coped with my 2688kbs real time on my download pc

Ran non stop for 9 months before the hdd died

ps nice enzo pic

 

[Kerotan]

This rig may be the subject of some silencing work when I get round to it- either easter or summer depending on my student loan and where I'm living after this semester. Good thing about this tech is apart from DDR RAM and AGP cards, the price for 478 is at the point now where it's dirt cheap to put something like a 3Gig P4 in, which will make it an excellent gen-purpose rig.

Finding good coolers for 478 is pretty hard now though- without wanting to spend too much, best I've come up with so far is this NorthQ UFO- but I'm worried it won't fit on the intel board.

 

[tinytomlogan]

Always a good idea to keep an eye on ebay matey, but for a back up rig that NQ should do fine tbh