Upgraded my old computer!

[Shamrock]

So I've had this old desktop laying around for quite some time. It used to be my gaming computer, and well, it finally died on me.

It was odd how it broke. Me friend and I tried to see if his SATA external HDD would work because it had supposedly died before. Anyway, we connected it to me mobo, and it wouldn't work, and once we disconnected it and returned the computer to how it was previously, it just wouldn't work after that.

I told me mum about it, and I've always been meaning to upgrade this so she said she'd buy the parts for it as me birthday gift. (Coming in a week)

OLD COMP:
MSI K8N Neo4 Mobo
1 GB Mushkin DDR... I think
AMD 3200+ 2.0 GHZ s939 single core
7800 GT
400 Watt PSU

NEW COMP:
Biostar A770 AM2+ Mobo
4 GB DDR2 Generic brand which is apparently amazing for OC'ing
AMD 5200+ x2 2.7 GHZ AM2
My old HD2900XT that I had sitting around
575 Watt PSU

Overall, the new build only came to about 200$, and now, I have a desktop to finally game on as well as my gaming laptop.

I say it was a success.

Just wanted to see what everyone else thought about it.

Also, I've a 17 inch monitor on me laptop with a 1920x1200 resolution connected to a 22 inch monitor with a 1680x1050 resolution, and the old computer has a 17 inch with a 1280x1024 resolution.

Would you guys pitch the 17 inch monitor and change places with the 22 inch monitor? Then you'd be using the laptop's 17 inch monitor always. What say you halflife2.net? I'm unsure of what I want to do.

All of them are pretty damned awesome monitors, but I'm having a tough time deciding which to do.

 

[Eejit]

Dual screen it.

 

[soulslicer]

Send me over the monitor

 

[Shamrock]

That was short lived. The computer just ****ing died whilst I was trying to install Windows 7.

Here's the play by play:
- Install screen saying windows is loading files to install
- Printer was on the fritz before and I didn't want Windows to install drivers for it and have it still not work
- I go to unplug whilst the screen still says loading files. Honestly, it didn't even start loading anything. Twas still at 0%
- Computer powers off completely and hasn't booted back up since.

Like, what the **** just happened? A power surge to me motherboard or PSU? I don't get what the **** happened at all.

 

[Shamrock]

Nevermind.

Somehow unplugging it like that shorted out the PSU's power cord. I had an old one lying around, tried it, and viola. It works.

 

[Escaep]

That printer showed you!