sublime90
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heres my problem. i currently have an eMachines T3092, its about 5 years old and it powers on but i get a black screen. it use to crash when the windows logo would boot up now it just doesnt even display anything. ive tested the monitor, graphics card, tried sticking another hard drive in there and its all the same. i was thinking it might have been the power supply because the fan attached to the power supply does not move at all (300W), so i popped in a spare 250W and same issues. ive done some reasearching and people are saying its either a mother board or hard drive problem. one thing i noticed that leads me to believe it might be the mother board is the capasitors had some crust all over them and there kind of swollen, might have been leaking.
so here iam today, i want to get a pc running for about 300-400 bucks. i figured i could just get another ATX board so i wont have to replace the case. i never actually built a pc before but i pretty much know what plugs into where. the only thing that really concerns me is installing a new processor, ive seen alot of people saying how hard that is. so if anyone can help me out and tell me what the best value is for my dollar would be much appreciated. im looking for these specs
ATX mobo with PCI-E slot
400-500 W power (for high end graphic cards in the future)
4 slots for ddr sdram
and a decent hard drive, min 350 GB
im assuming i can salvage whatevers left in my emachines for parts i wont have to buy and i hope my hard drive is ok still so i wont have to buy a new OS to install on the new HDD.
when it comes to processors im in the dark, whats better Intel- AMD i dont know. id like to be around 2.7 Ghz or higher though.
let me know if im missing anything etc etc any help is appreciated thanks
so here iam today, i want to get a pc running for about 300-400 bucks. i figured i could just get another ATX board so i wont have to replace the case. i never actually built a pc before but i pretty much know what plugs into where. the only thing that really concerns me is installing a new processor, ive seen alot of people saying how hard that is. so if anyone can help me out and tell me what the best value is for my dollar would be much appreciated. im looking for these specs
ATX mobo with PCI-E slot
400-500 W power (for high end graphic cards in the future)
4 slots for ddr sdram
and a decent hard drive, min 350 GB
im assuming i can salvage whatevers left in my emachines for parts i wont have to buy and i hope my hard drive is ok still so i wont have to buy a new OS to install on the new HDD.
when it comes to processors im in the dark, whats better Intel- AMD i dont know. id like to be around 2.7 Ghz or higher though.
let me know if im missing anything etc etc any help is appreciated thanks
