Ok, Im new at this forum, so forgive me if this thread should be somewhere else.  (I used to use ttzforums.com)

Heres my deal.  I have a really big POS computer sitting in my room that I'd like to update.  It's an HP pavilion 6535.  It's got a 466mhz celeron, 64mb pc? ram, 8gb hdd, and an intel mobo.  I plan on completely gutting this thing out.  I wanted to use an asus mobo, p4 processor, 60GB hdd, agp graphics, and new soundcard.  Also I'll be upgrading a lot of minor things that dont really matter.  My question is, is there anything that I should be aware of before doing this, that could possibly make it impossible to do. I already plan on having to mod the case a little.  Any advice/help is appreciated.  Thanx.

Welcome to Poasters

First off, you should seriously consider a new tower, both because it will allow you to still use this system for something, but mainly due to the power required by the P4 and Athlon XP processors and newer video cards.  That will also give you the flexibility to get whatever components you want.

Secondly, I'd suggest the AMD processors over the Intel ones, because you'll get a much better bang for your buck.  They're just as powerful and functional, but always much cheaper.  I won't go into the whole discussion here, but you can probably find some past poasts on the subject by using the search feature in the left menu.

Finally, yes, ASUS makes wonderful boards.  If you decide to go with the Athlon XP cpu, I'd suggest the A7V333 board.  If not, they also have several good P4 boards.  Add some PC333 DDR memory and a good hard drive and video card, and you should have a great system.

Yea, Ive recently discovered that due to the lack of space in this case, Im going to be foreced to get another one.  Not only is it tiny, if I plan on putting what I want in it, it would do no more than melt it all, aka, this thing would be a huge heat box.
I think Im going to take your advice about the amd processor over the Intel.  Mainly because of the price, and overclockability (is that a word?).  Thanx 4 the advice DCsun!

Quote from: AhadAhad on December 05, 2002, 01:07 hrsand overclockability (is that a word?)

I guess it is now! ;)  Unless you plan on buying two systems (one to use and one to mess with), I'd suggest not overclocking the processor.  The small gains it may give you aren't worth the problems you're setting yourself up for.  I think you'll be quite amazed with the speed of the new system, and you'll see that there's no need to overclock it.

Ya, I guess Im going to be "building my PC...bigtime" now ay?  I've almost everything overclockable, but I dont keep it overclocked.  I only overlcock for benchmarks, gaming, ect.  I also am very careful when I do it.  Thanx again.  ;D

when you upgrade, pay attention to the power supply as well. You should probably not reuse the Celeron-433 era PSU, especially if it was purchased OEM. The newer CPUs are rather demanding when it comes to clean power. A good quality PSU from PC Power&Cooling, Antec, or Enermax will save you from problems later.

As I've discovered, this computer is TRASH.  If I build a new one, the only parts I will be keeping from this are the monitor, mouse, and keyboard.  Even at that, the monitor will go sooner or later.  It's a pos.  So basically, I let my adreneline (sp?) get to me.  shux.  

AhadAhad, you might be able to use the Floppy drive, DVD or CDrom drive as well as hard drive.

If It's a Celeron 466, then I recommend getting new cdrw or dvd drives, because you can 16x dvd rom drives for $42 at www.tigerdirect.com. If you have a cdrw, you can get a 40x12x40x or so for about $40 (internal, of course). Also, front USB ports are good. Probably, the best thing would be building a whole new computer and networking it with the old one. (It would probably be more efficiant.)