Building a Budget PC From All My Spare Parts

Building a Capable Home PC from Spare Parts

Hello everyone and welcome to another video. Now, these are all my spare PC parts you may recognize some of them from builds in the past that have since been dismantled and now just sit around waiting to be used again today that's exactly what we're doing using these parts we'll be building a capable home PC that will be suitable for everyday tasks and leaves room for upgrade in the future so let's get into it here. We've got 2 gigabytes of Kingston DDR2 memory, a 500GB Toshiba hard drive, a DVD RW drive, a 300-watt Best Tech PSU pulled from an HP Compaq system as well as a socket 775 motherboard pulled from the same compact PC we've also already paired this with our $5 Dell original CPU the e60 850 and to store everything we'll be using an Acer micro ATX case that has been home to a couple of previous builds too.

If you wanted to buy similar components to this then it really won't cost you all that much and you'd get a great budget PC out of it. So let's get started as you can see we've already got our back plate for the motherboard installed so let's get the power supply in simply slot in like so and fasten all four screws at the back of the system. The same applies to the DVD drive slaughter in popping the screw to hold it in place and we're on our way.

Next up it's the turn of the motherboard which as I mentioned already has our CPU and fan installed so that should be ready to go if you're new to PC building then always remember to apply thermal paste your CPU before sitting the heatsink on there and ensure that you have motherboard risers installed in your case to keep it raised. Dropping the screws and tightening the RAM is next to go in make sure it's the right way round and slaughter in push firmly and the clips at the end should close to keep the memory in place.

We also connect our power connector from the power supply and four pin connector to the motherboard as well. Next up it's the turn of the hard drive I cant believe I had a 500GB Drive just laying there doing nothing but it will get put to good use now in a case like this it will slot straight in here but if you want to or have to put it in below one of the DVD drives in a smaller slot then you may have to put it in before the motherboard most of the time it will still fit though.

Go ahead and connect the SATA power cable from the power supply to the hard drive 2 and the other connector to the DVD drive. I'm going to be honest I only had one SATA cable spare so I'll connect my DVD drive up properly at a later time. I put it in already though just to fill the hole in the front of the case so now it's time for more intricate parts. The cables are USB audio and front panel connectors all need to be attached luckily our case has an all-in-one cable for the front panel but you may have to connect a few cables individually.

The USB and audio cables are easy to distinguish and motherboards are always marked so there we have it a simple home PC perfect for everyday use made up from spare parts like I said if you want to build something like this for yourself from an old 775 system perhaps then these parts are readily available online and for decent prices.

And you know what I'm tempted to turn this into our next budget gaming PC project so with our sort of compact PC in an Acer case complete it's time to see if she powers up perfect.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhello everyone and welcome to another video now these are all my spare PC parts you may recognize some of them from builds in the past that have since been dismantled and now just sit around waiting to be used again today that's exactly what we're doing using these parts we'll be building a capable home PC that will be suitable for everyday tasks and leaves room for upgrade in the future so let's get into it here we've got 2 gigabytes of kingston ddr2 memory a 500 year by Toshiba hard drive a DVD RW drive a 300 watt best tech PSU pulled from an HP compaq system as well as a socket 775 motherboard pulled from the same compact PC we've also already paired this with our $5 Dells original CPU the e60 850 and to store everything we'll be using an Acer micro ATX case that has been home to a couple of previous builds too if you wanted to buy similar components to this then it really won't cost you all that much and you'd get a great budget PC out of it so let's get started as you can see we've already got our back plate for the motherboard installed so let's get the power supply in simply slot in like so and fasten all four screws at the back of the system the same applies to the DVD drive slaughter in popping the screw to hold it in place and we're on our way next up it's the turn of the motherboard which as I mentioned already has our CPU and fan installed so that should be ready to go if you're new to PC building then always remember to apply thermal paste your CPU before sitting the heatsink on there and ensure that you have motherboard risers installed in your case to keep it raised dropping the screws and tighten the RAM is next to go in make sure it's the right way round and slaughter in push firmly and the clips at the end should close to keep the memory in place we also connect our power connector from the power supply and four pin connector to the motherboard as well next up it's the turn of the hard drive I can't believe I had a 500 gigabyte Drive just laying there doing nothing but it will get put to good use now in a case like this it will slot straight in here but if you want to or have to put it in below one of the DVD drives in a smaller slot then you may have to put it in before the motherboard most of the time it will still fit though go ahead and connect the SATA power cable from the power supply to the hard drive 2 and the other connector to the DVD drive I'm going to be honest I only had one SATA cable spare so I'll connect my DVD drive up properly at a later time I put it in already though just to fill the hole in the front of the case so now it's time for more intricate parts the cables are USB audio and front panel connectors all need to be attached luckily our case has an all-in-one cable for the front panel but you may have to connect a few cables individually the USB and audio cables are easy to distinguish and motherboards are always marked so there we have it a simple home PC perfect for everyday use made up from spare and entirely used parts like I said if you want to build something like this for yourself from an old 775 system perhaps then these parts are readily available online and for decent prices and you know what I'm tempted to turn this into our next budget gaming PC project so with our sort of compact PC in an Acer case complete it's time to see if she powers up perfect so guys thank you so much for watching this video I hope you enjoyed it let me know if you think we should turn this into the next budget gaming PC project you know like these $5 Dell except that $5.00 and the Dell missing but never mind anyway if you like this video leave a like leave a dislike if you didn't subscribe to the channel if you haven't done so already and hopefully I'll see all of you in the next videohello everyone and welcome to another video now these are all my spare PC parts you may recognize some of them from builds in the past that have since been dismantled and now just sit around waiting to be used again today that's exactly what we're doing using these parts we'll be building a capable home PC that will be suitable for everyday tasks and leaves room for upgrade in the future so let's get into it here we've got 2 gigabytes of kingston ddr2 memory a 500 year by Toshiba hard drive a DVD RW drive a 300 watt best tech PSU pulled from an HP compaq system as well as a socket 775 motherboard pulled from the same compact PC we've also already paired this with our $5 Dells original CPU the e60 850 and to store everything we'll be using an Acer micro ATX case that has been home to a couple of previous builds too if you wanted to buy similar components to this then it really won't cost you all that much and you'd get a great budget PC out of it so let's get started as you can see we've already got our back plate for the motherboard installed so let's get the power supply in simply slot in like so and fasten all four screws at the back of the system the same applies to the DVD drive slaughter in popping the screw to hold it in place and we're on our way next up it's the turn of the motherboard which as I mentioned already has our CPU and fan installed so that should be ready to go if you're new to PC building then always remember to apply thermal paste your CPU before sitting the heatsink on there and ensure that you have motherboard risers installed in your case to keep it raised dropping the screws and tighten the RAM is next to go in make sure it's the right way round and slaughter in push firmly and the clips at the end should close to keep the memory in place we also connect our power connector from the power supply and four pin connector to the motherboard as well next up it's the turn of the hard drive I can't believe I had a 500 gigabyte Drive just laying there doing nothing but it will get put to good use now in a case like this it will slot straight in here but if you want to or have to put it in below one of the DVD drives in a smaller slot then you may have to put it in before the motherboard most of the time it will still fit though go ahead and connect the SATA power cable from the power supply to the hard drive 2 and the other connector to the DVD drive I'm going to be honest I only had one SATA cable spare so I'll connect my DVD drive up properly at a later time I put it in already though just to fill the hole in the front of the case so now it's time for more intricate parts the cables are USB audio and front panel connectors all need to be attached luckily our case has an all-in-one cable for the front panel but you may have to connect a few cables individually the USB and audio cables are easy to distinguish and motherboards are always marked so there we have it a simple home PC perfect for everyday use made up from spare and entirely used parts like I said if you want to build something like this for yourself from an old 775 system perhaps then these parts are readily available online and for decent prices and you know what I'm tempted to turn this into our next budget gaming PC project so with our sort of compact PC in an Acer case complete it's time to see if she powers up perfect so guys thank you so much for watching this video I hope you enjoyed it let me know if you think we should turn this into the next budget gaming PC project you know like these $5 Dell except that $5.00 and the Dell missing but never mind anyway if you like this video leave a like leave a dislike if you didn't subscribe to the channel if you haven't done so already and hopefully I'll see all of you in the next video\n"