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    The PC (Personal Computer) is a highly configurable and upgradable gaming platform that, among home systems, sports the widest variety of control methods, largest library of games, and cutting edge graphics and sound capabilities.

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    #1  Edited By BUZZCOLA

    so i have a t5212 e machine (old but has served me well lol )  
     
     
     if i decide to build could i use some of the components from the old pc?
     
    just  using  the pc to surf and run some pc games
     
    what do you guys think ?

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    #2  Edited By fwylo

    I saw your avatar and thought you were that dick jeffeskai...  I was about to troll you. 
     
    BUT apparently that is not the case. I looked it up and you could definitely use the HD, but it might fill up 200GB quite fast if you plan on downloading things.  Easy to just throw another one in there if need be.  The RAM is 1 GB DDR2, most games require at least 2GB to run half decently and DDR3 is the standard now.  I didn't find much information on the motherboard and the processor seems pretty oldschool.  It might run alright but I can't guarantee anything.  Graphics card is pretty oldschool as well.  From the reviews I read they said it can barely run Windows Vista's Aero so it would definitely have trouble with most games now. So that doesn't say much at all for the graphics card.
     
    So HD yes.  Motherboard probably not if it's accepting DDR2 RAM then it's olllld.  Graphics card probably not. Processor probably not.  RAM probably not.

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    #3  Edited By ColMirage

    Build.

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    #4  Edited By JJWeatherman
    @fwylo said:
    " I saw your avatar and thought you were that dick jeffeskai...  I was about to troll you. "  
    Probably not the best course of action. :P 
     
    On topic: Building PCs is fun. So do that.
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    #5  Edited By theduke

    keep the HDD and DVD drive than build something new

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