Rebuilding an Old PC
Sunday, April 13th, 2008 » Guides, Hardware, Windows
About two and a half months ago, Paul Stamatiou posted an article detailing how you could build a decent bare-bones PC for around $200 that could be a Linux-powered Web/file server. That got me thinking about the old PC I have under my desk (read: table), a Compaq Presario 5WV280 that was purchased in December of 2000. At the time, an AMD Athlon 900MHz processor with 256MB SDRAM, 30GB hard drive, and a 8x CD-RW drive made for a great system, but it is definitely dated by today’s standards. An hour of browsing Newegg resulted in a list of components that would allow me to completely rebuild this system and bring it into the modern era of computing.