# Help me find a barebone computer.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-barebone-computer/377161>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 20, 2006, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-barebone-computer/377161 "2006-10-20T00:21:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Scruloose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@Scruloose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scruloose)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2006, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-barebone-computer/377161/1 "2006-10-20T00:21:14Z")

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Long story short: My desktop computer crashed. Figuring the problem to be the hard drive, I bought a new one, along with a brand new copy of Windows XP (I had upgraded from 3.1 thru Win95 thru 98 thru XP). I can’t get the new OS to load, so I’m hoping it’s only the main board that’s bad. I figure I’ll drop $150 or so on a barebones so I can make use of my existing components that work or are new.

I need help finding a barebones system that will maximize use of my existing components. And so I turn to the Teeming Millions.

My current home built system is as follows:

Brand new IDE Hard Disk  
ASRock P4V88 Mobo w/ 512mb ram  
ATI Rage AGP video card  
Pentium 4, 3.0 ghz, socket 478 processor.  
Some type of CD rom that doesn’t appear to need replacement.

I would just buy an identical MoBo, but that model doesn’t appear to be available anywhere, so, I’d like to find a barebones system that would allow me to keep the processor, CD rom, HD, ram and video card. I’d like a new power supply in the event that mine is bad.

Any ideas? Anyone know a good site that allows this type of filtered search? Or a good company I could explain this to and they’d hook me up? A little help here?

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**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2006, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-barebone-computer/377161/2 "2006-10-20T00:27:40Z")

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[www.newegg.com](http://www.newegg.com)

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**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2006, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-barebone-computer/377161/3 "2006-10-20T00:30:43Z")

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You could just buy the barebones components separately to make sure you get what you want. The only real issue is matching the motherboard to your existing processor and RAM.

[www.newegg.com](http://www.newegg.com) is the goto place for computer components. All you need to do is find an equivalent motherboard, decide if you want your old case and, if not, get a new one with a suitable power supply already installed.