worth it?

fritoking · May 29, 2012

just scored a free pc with a bad motherboard.....it has a beautiful cooler master centurion case(the older style with the brushed aluminum front panels)a 750 gb and a 320gb sata drive,dvdrw and a intel e2160.......i have some ddr2 1066 and 800 laying around(6 gb total)...my question is ...is it worth it to throw a motherboard and gpu in it?i have not messed with intel for years and have no clue how well this cpu will oc....its only 1.8ghz stock....how much would a cheap decent board be for it?

freaksavior · May 29, 2012

Over clock it! If you can get a board for cheap, then I say yes for sure.

Frag_Maniac · May 29, 2012

Depends on what plans you have for it. As long as you or whomever winds up with it knows it's limitations (cue Dirty Harry!), it's all good.

Some get a kick out of rebuilding old PCs as inexpensively as possible, and gifting them on holidays, birthdays etc.

Nothing quite like seeing someone's eyes light up when they get their first PC and realize everything they can do with it.

Just make sure if you DO gift it they know all the ins and outs of internet security.

Processor	A10-7850k
Motherboard	MSI A88X-G43
Cooling	Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
Memory	2x4 Gskill PC3 1600
Video Card(s)	MSI R9 270
Storage	120gb ssd / 640 gb hd
Display(s)	Acer 24in

System Name	ZeroUptime \| M.A.S.S / MM1
Processor	Xeon 2659 v3 / Xeon 2683 v4 / ARM A14
Motherboard	Asus X99-E-10G WS / ASRock x99 usb 3.1 / Apple
Cooling	NZXT Kraken / Noctua NH-L12 / Apple
Memory	16Gb DDR4 / 32Gb DDR4 / 16GB HBLM
Video Card(s)	Powercooler ATI vega 64 / GT 7300 / ARM
Storage	Samsung 970 512 Evo NVMe / A lot. / 256 + 512 External TB3
Display(s)	Acer Predator X34 / Headless / Acer X34 Non predator
Case	NZXT H630 \|Rosewill 8bay 4u server chasiss / MMM1
Audio Device(s)	Onboard / Onboard / Onboard
Power Supply	Corais HX850 \| Corsair TX750 / Internal 250w
Mouse	g502 proteus core / Headless / g502 proteus core
Keyboard	Corsair K95 Cherry Blue / Headless / K65 Cherry Red
Software	Windows 10 / ESXI / Big Sur 11.2.2

System Name	Space Station
Processor	Intel 13700K
Motherboard	ASRock Z790 PG Riptide
Cooling	Arctic Liquid Freezer II 420
Memory	Corsair Vengeance 6400 2x16GB @ CL34
Video Card(s)	PNY RTX 4080
Storage	SSDs - Nextorage 4TB, Samsung EVO 970 500GB, Plextor M5Pro 128GB, HDDs - WD Black 6TB, 2x 1TB
Display(s)	LG C3 OLED 42"
Case	Corsair 7000D Airflow
Audio Device(s)	Yamaha RX-V371
Power Supply	SeaSonic Vertex 1200w Gold
Mouse	Razer Basilisk V3
Keyboard	Bloody B840-LK
Software	Windows 11 Pro 23H2

worth it?

fritoking

freaksavior

To infinity ... and beyond!

Frag_Maniac