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Originally Posted by SOSAGES
well - as you know a bit about pc's etc and your putting in a new mobo anyway why not get ur self a new Case plenty out there that can take 3+cd/dvd roms and a load of hjard drives.
its what id do if i was u far easier that farting around with what u have now and as u said u want it for expanibility, ur stuck now so think how u will be in the future..
have a look at
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatal...Cases_128.html
btw: as ur upgraidng from an old mobo that had isa slots - do u have a new PSU? if ur getting an AMD or Intel (sorry didnt look to see what cpu ur mobo takes) and a load of drives u will need a more powerful PSU maybe than ur current one .. |
I currently have a true Intel Pentium III 450Mhz processor as that was the maximum the motherboard would take.
I have toyed with the idea of getting a tower, which would allow me to do that as there is only limited space in the room where my PC is located.
The problem for me is that if I wanted to sell off this system to get cash to buy parts for a full new computer with a tower, I would have to reinstall Windows 95 which would render some of my PCI cards inoperative because they wouldn't run without Windows 98 drivers. In 2000, I had my PC upgraded in a shop..now closed down..and to get some of the upgrades to work they had to install Windows 98 and also installed a spare copy of Windows 98 setup files on my D drive. I can't sell my existing machine without looking like a software pirate or restoring it back to the original Windows 95 setup for which I have genuine setup CDs purchased with the computer.
My options are to upgrade the existing computer or give it away and buy or build a new one.
As I have limited experience of tinkering around inside my PC I was planning to do it gradually a bit at a time. Just needed to know if what I was doing was physically and technically possible.