My almost free PC

[cactuslizard]

Here are my computers that I have tinkered with over the past 3 years-

My neighbor sold me this in 2007 for $100-

1.2GHz Athlon socket A
256 MB PC133
20GB hard drive
300 watt PSU
LG DVD-R
ATi Rage 8Mb agp video
Windows 98SE

As you can see, this PC was great about 10 years ago, so I decided to upgrade!
Bad idea- It thought I knew what I was doing, but I ended up selling the parts.

Then I bought a laptop about a year ago. Specs-
1.2 GHz Athlon (again)
640 MB DDR-266
40 GB hard drive
SiS740 graphics
XP Home

Here's my current PC.

Athlon 64 X2 4200+ 2.2 GHz
Abit AN-M2 AM2 mobo
2 GB Kingston DDR2-667
250 GB Maxtor SATA HDD
EVGA GeForce 7200gs 256Mb PCI-e video
Dual DVD drives
350 watt Ultra PSU
Cooler Master Centurion 5 Blue case
XP Pro SP2

To make a long story short, I wanted to upgrade an older comp given to me by another neighbor, so I found someone who said he would give me the parts. Well, he couldn't find the parts, so he gave me a PC. It didn't work, so I took it apart, did some upgrading and now I have a decent PC, for once.
This is an awesome computer for older games, music and movies.

[Computer Hope Admin]

Looks good. So what happen during your upgrade that caused you to scrap it for parts?

[cactuslizard]

Well, I bought an asrock mobo and a cheap (and noisy) PSU. The mobo didn't come with a driver disc and I thought I could figure out how to run my computer without them. Yeah, I know. That was more than 2 years ago and I now know that I need drivers, especially for something that crucial. Also, the hard drive was only 20GB and I knew I would need more room for games and music. It was great practice, since like I said it was a good PC ten years ago. I would, however, like to upgrade my current video card to at least an 8600gt so that I could play newer games.

[Quantos]

It's fun to tinker.