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boston1775
mike
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spokane, United States
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Thrift store build with parts found in local thrift stores. Upgraded the ram from 2gb to 8gb, installed a bfg 8800gt graphics card, upgraded the processor with a phenom ii x4 840, and swapped the dead psu for a 350w. The biggest job with this pc was flashing a custom bios onto the motherboard to get support for phenom ii processors. My first attempt a flashing a bios on a locked motherboard through dos box, since gateway never saw fit to update this bios to accepted am2+ cpu's.
Color(s): Black
RGB Lighting? No
Theme: none
Cooling: Air Cooling
Size: Micro-ATX
Type: General Build

Hardware

CPU
AMD - Phenom II X4 B55 (discontinued)
Socket: AM3
Cores: 4
Motherboard
TBD/To Be Determined - TBD/To Be Determined (custom)
Memory
$ 49.56
SK Hynix - RAM PC2-6400 (4x)
Type: DDR2
Capacity: 2 GB
Graphics
EVGA - 8800 GTS (discontinued)
Chip Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip: 8800 GTS
Storage
$ 39.99
Western Digital - WD Blue Desktop
Form Factor: 3.5 Inch
Interface: SATA 6 Gb/s
Capacity: 500 GB
PSU
$ 36.00
DiabloTek - EL 400
Wattage: 400
Form Factor: ATX
Efficiency: none
Case
TBD/To Be Determined - TBD/To Be Determined (custom)
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