Building A Custom PC

[Tuned MP5T]

I'm going to build a custom pc, but I want to use HP parts. Does anyone know if HP sells individual parts?

 

[Douggie]

Any reason why you want to use HP parts? They don't sell many individual parts and the parts are not going to be cheap. I suppose you can get stuff like HP DVD burners, HP monitors, HP printers and scanners... but that's about it. But you'll be better off (save money) buying a HP system if you want a computer with HP parts.

 

[GHOSTWHISPER]

Pricewatch, you can buy HP harddrives, mobos, I mean they are used for HP's they are neccessarily made by HP though. Why do you want to do this? Do you already have exsisting HP parts, like the motherboard?

 

[MiaTurbo]

Why HP parts?

They should sell replacememnt parts, but they'd be more expensive than aftermarket.

How custom are you building? I'm building on in an old radio case from the 30's

 

[RyanJayG]

aftermarket parts > HP parts

 

[jersey_emt]

HP builds crappy computers. Why would you want to use their parts?

Custom all the way......research and choose EVERY part you put in.

 

[Tuned MP5T]

Call me stupid but I like the HP pavilion a750y. Had a pavilion before but the only thing I didn't like was that it came with a lot of trial version stuff (MS Works, Word Perfect) and "spyware" (Backweb, Wild Tangent, etc.)

One question I have what if I brought a HP a750y with a dead HD? And I replaced the hard drive will it still have the programs I mentioned in the paragraph about? I can get a government discount on the OS and MS Office.

The computer will be basically used for iTunes, Surfing, e-Mail, Instant Messages, Work and of course surfing.

 

[RyanJayG]

if you replace the HD you lose EVERYTHING.... though if you have the discs you can reinstall them.

seriously though if you want an HP you are better off just using the case (and even that is debatable)

cram it full of good stuff.

 

[Tuned MP5T]

if you replace the HD you lose EVERYTHING.... though if you have the discs you can reinstall them.

seriously though if you want an HP you are better off just using the case (and even that is debatable)

cram it full of good stuff.

What do you mean I would lose everything? But from what I'm reading is that only HP parts would work in the case.

 

[redfyre]

HP builds crappy computers. Why would you want to use their parts?

Custom all the way......research and choose EVERY part you put in.

My thoughts exactly. Not a fan of HP either. From my experiece (I do a lot of computer stuff on the side as a hobby) HP computers are nothing but trouble. Build your own with good parts.

 

[RyanJayG]

What do you mean I would lose everything? But from what I'm reading is that only HP parts would work in the case.

well for starters, a new HD has nothing on it, so if the old HD is shot and caunt be used how do you expect to have stuff on a brand new HD. if you still have the install CD then sure you can install it. as for the case I meant ripping out EVERYTHING and using just that. people have put PC's into everything, G4 cases, shoeboxes, no cases, etc. thats what I mean

 

[jersey_emt]

Yeah I had a no-case computer my freshman year of college.

Parts were mounted on the wall lol

 

[Douggie]

Call me stupid but I like the HP pavilion a750y. Had a pavilion before but the only thing I didn't like was that it came with a lot of trial version stuff (MS Works, Word Perfect) and "spyware" (Backweb, Wild Tangent, etc.)

One question I have what if I brought a HP a750y with a dead HD? And I replaced the hard drive will it still have the programs I mentioned in the paragraph about? I can get a government discount on the OS and MS Office.

The computer will be basically used for iTunes, Surfing, e-Mail, Instant Messages, Work and of course surfing.

If you like it that much, then just buy a new HD, then get a copy of an OS and MS Office using the government discount and reinstall from scratch. As long as you don't use the restore CD that came with the HP computer, it will not have those useless crap on it.

But I guess you could try using that restore CD, then remove those programs manually by yourself once the computer is back up. This way, you don't have to buy a new OS.

 

[Lord_Zath]

Wall-mounted computers kick ass.

As for a case, screw HP. Most of the time, and especially their Pavillion, the MOBO is just barely small enough to fit. And most of the time, it's mounted at a slight angle, so you can't even put PCI cards in w/o taking off the faceplates!

Forget HP bro. I had a tech support job once and I went to help a girl w/a HP Pavillion. You turned it on, and you can literally hear the HDD arm bouncing up and down. Hmm, wonder what's wrong there...

Go full custom. Custom case, power supply, mobo, processor, video, audio, RAM, hdd, CD Burner/DVD. OR just buy something new like a Dell. These days it's cheaper to just get a pre-built from a major company.

LZ
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[Tuned MP5T]

If you like it that much, then just buy a new HD, then get a copy of an OS and MS Office using the government discount and reinstall from scratch. As long as you don't use the restore CD that came with the HP computer, it will not have those useless crap on it.

But I guess you could try using that restore CD, then remove those programs manually by yourself once the computer is back up. This way, you don't have to buy a new OS.

What will happen to the drivers that operate the cd rom drives?

EDIT: Will I be able to install 2 hd. The C drive will be for the program files and the D drive will be for storage files and my crap.

 

[Douggie]

What will happen to the drivers that operate the cd rom drives?

EDIT: Will I be able to install 2 hd. The C drive will be for the program files and the D drive will be for storage files and my crap.

If the CD-rom drives are IDE drives, then there are no drivers required. You should be able to boot with just the winXP CD in the CD-rom when you turn on your computer and perform the OS installation.

If you install winXP, most of the drivers should already be included. The major drivers that u need are for the graphics card and sound card. If winXP doesn't have those drivers, you can always download them from the HP website later.

Yes, most computer systems should be able to handle up to 4 IDE storage devices (HDDs, CD-RW, CD-roms etc..)

 

[jersey_emt]

My advice to you -- buy a new computer. No offense, but from what I've seen, you don't know enough about PC's to go building or heavily upgrading one.

 

[Lord_Zath]

Yeah I was thinking the same thing. Building a computer is NOT as easy as legos. You really have to know your stuff.

LZ
Z

 

[jersey_emt]

Yeah I was thinking the same thing. Building a computer is NOT as easy as legos. You really have to know your stuff.

LZ
Z

Nah, putting it together is the easy part.

The hard part is researching what parts to buy, getting everything to work together, and configuring everything for optimal performance.

 

[RyanJayG]

lego case + custom computer = the best of both worlds