In this day and age, we're constantly having to upgrade computers, whether we just buy another prebuilt computer, or take on the task of building our own custom builds. I have build one computer back in the day, which at the time, was using some of the best products on the market. Sadly, that computer quickly became obsolete.
Last year my fiance and I bought a computer while we were in a crunch. Sadly, a year later, we already regret the purchase.
We bought an Acer Aspire X1420G. About a month ago, the hard drive ended up failing, completely. A member on here, Nathan, helped me diagnose my issue, as I was trying to recover my Windows 7 Partition after running a dual boot with Linux Mint. (Another regret)
We determined that the hard drive failed due to the heat within the box. It is a very small box, smaller than the Micro-ATX. Well, here comes the fun part. I priced my old hard drive, and, to my surprise, was the majority of the cost of this computer. Even on Amazon, it was priced going at $250 discounted.
Dead Drive
Western Digital
WD10EADX-22TDHB0
1.0 TB
SATA / 32MB Cache
5400RPM
Today, I purchased a new hard drive. Also a Western Digital.
New Drive
Western Digital
WD5000AAKX
500GB
SATA III / 16MB Cache
7200RPM
I had planned on getting a bigger box to swap the current system into, in hopes of eliminating my overheating issues. I spoke with a couple of my friends, and my best friend had an old computer that he no longer used. He is now an Apple Fanboy.
I was skeptical, because he hadn't used the system in a good 5 years, so I knew that it was outdated. I had never seen the system, so I requested that he send me a photo of the box. Much to my surprise, it was the exact box that I was looking into getting.
Monday, my best friend brought the box to me, while visiting. Instantly, after seeing the box, and the size, I got excited. The wheels in my head are going wild with endless possiblities. I'm wanting to build another machine!
I decided that this box will be strictly for swapping over my current crap system, and using that as the livingroom computer, which we have always used for netflix, movies, and music.
Later on, after my wedding, I will be building a system to my likings. For now, I'll leave you with the picture of the box, and inventory of his old system.
Acquired Box
Old Guts
Motherboard
MSI KT6V-SR (MS-7021)
VIA KT600 Chipset
Socket A (462)
Athlon XP Processor
Front Side Bus 400/333/266MHz
Memory Type DDR
Memory Channels Single
Maximum Memory 2GB
External Graphics AGP8X
Audio 6-channel
IDE 133/100/66/33
SATA 1.5 GB/s
MEMORY
Corsair 512MB DDR 333
Photo of Mobo
I'm going to ditch this set up, but not sure what to do with it. I don't know if anyone would want this ancient junk. I may just toss it in the dumpster. However, I will be using the tower, and the cooling fans that were included. There was a total of 4 cooling fans.
Now, on to the plans I have for a custom build after my wedding.
I will be choosing another AMD AM3+ Motherboard (my acer has an AM3) that is capable of up to 16GB of DDR3 RAM. I will also be going with either a Hex-core or Octo-core processor, 1000W PSU (Probably UV reactive or an acrylic unit with LEDs), I will most likely be using a Logisys clear acrylic Full ATX tower. I'll be reusing my samsung DVD-RW, and mating it with a BD-RW (blu-ray).
I'm still building the computer in my head, so the list will be changing.
What do you guys have? Did you have someone build it? Did you build it yourself? What are the specs of your box? Do you have any LED fans/lights/etc ? Do you have liquid cooling systems? What OS are you running? What is your main use for this system? Post pictures!
Last year my fiance and I bought a computer while we were in a crunch. Sadly, a year later, we already regret the purchase.
We bought an Acer Aspire X1420G. About a month ago, the hard drive ended up failing, completely. A member on here, Nathan, helped me diagnose my issue, as I was trying to recover my Windows 7 Partition after running a dual boot with Linux Mint. (Another regret)
We determined that the hard drive failed due to the heat within the box. It is a very small box, smaller than the Micro-ATX. Well, here comes the fun part. I priced my old hard drive, and, to my surprise, was the majority of the cost of this computer. Even on Amazon, it was priced going at $250 discounted.
Dead Drive
Western Digital
WD10EADX-22TDHB0
1.0 TB
SATA / 32MB Cache
5400RPM
Today, I purchased a new hard drive. Also a Western Digital.
New Drive
Western Digital
WD5000AAKX
500GB
SATA III / 16MB Cache
7200RPM
I had planned on getting a bigger box to swap the current system into, in hopes of eliminating my overheating issues. I spoke with a couple of my friends, and my best friend had an old computer that he no longer used. He is now an Apple Fanboy.
I was skeptical, because he hadn't used the system in a good 5 years, so I knew that it was outdated. I had never seen the system, so I requested that he send me a photo of the box. Much to my surprise, it was the exact box that I was looking into getting.
Monday, my best friend brought the box to me, while visiting. Instantly, after seeing the box, and the size, I got excited. The wheels in my head are going wild with endless possiblities. I'm wanting to build another machine!
I decided that this box will be strictly for swapping over my current crap system, and using that as the livingroom computer, which we have always used for netflix, movies, and music.
Later on, after my wedding, I will be building a system to my likings. For now, I'll leave you with the picture of the box, and inventory of his old system.
Acquired Box
Old Guts
Motherboard
MSI KT6V-SR (MS-7021)
VIA KT600 Chipset
Socket A (462)
Athlon XP Processor
Front Side Bus 400/333/266MHz
Memory Type DDR
Memory Channels Single
Maximum Memory 2GB
External Graphics AGP8X
Audio 6-channel
IDE 133/100/66/33
SATA 1.5 GB/s
MEMORY
Corsair 512MB DDR 333
Photo of Mobo
I'm going to ditch this set up, but not sure what to do with it. I don't know if anyone would want this ancient junk. I may just toss it in the dumpster. However, I will be using the tower, and the cooling fans that were included. There was a total of 4 cooling fans.
Now, on to the plans I have for a custom build after my wedding.
I will be choosing another AMD AM3+ Motherboard (my acer has an AM3) that is capable of up to 16GB of DDR3 RAM. I will also be going with either a Hex-core or Octo-core processor, 1000W PSU (Probably UV reactive or an acrylic unit with LEDs), I will most likely be using a Logisys clear acrylic Full ATX tower. I'll be reusing my samsung DVD-RW, and mating it with a BD-RW (blu-ray).
I'm still building the computer in my head, so the list will be changing.
What do you guys have? Did you have someone build it? Did you build it yourself? What are the specs of your box? Do you have any LED fans/lights/etc ? Do you have liquid cooling systems? What OS are you running? What is your main use for this system? Post pictures!
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