4 Year Old Problem

[superuser]

Well guys at last my 4 year old processor (P III 933 Mhz Socket 370) failed after frequent PC hangs.Now I have to get a nwe one but sadly the box pack of New P III CPUS are not available in Kolkata. All that is available is Old (second hand) Used ones.The dealers are Saying that I cannot get new CPU in india

So guys is it correct New P III Cpu are Unavailabe in India????? Well i guess that many user still are using P III machines so........

If New is Not available Then What Should I do ???????
What are the chances of the second ones running how long???

I don;t Wannna buy a new PC and Correct This One and Use .......Pls reply
Also I am willing to go anywhere in india to get a new box pack one

[tuxfan]

A new P3 may not be available now. I guess the dealers are quite right. You will have to either settle for a second hand one or upgrade MoBo, processor, RAM, cabinet.

If you decide for a 2nd hand one, there will be no guarantee for how long it will work :(

[Keith Sebastian]

Try eBay.

[vignesh]

P3 is not availabel.My friend just tried that and now has settled for a p4 upgrading the whole box !

[superuser]

Thanks guys I guess Now I have to go for New Sys. So Please suggest me a Config with the lowest possible Budget. Its Because I will be using this PC only for Surfing Web and Downloading Stuffs form Internet.(This is the Only reason I wanted to get my P3 machine running again).So Pls Suggest me a config for such a low end PC with Prices and i don;t Mind if it is Intel or AMD

[tuxfan]

You don't need to change your monitor, modem, CD drives, keyboard, mouse, etc.

You need only a MoBo, processor, RAM and cabinet. Take a P4 2.2 (minimum available) with original Intel board (not too cheap, but 3 years warranty and almost everything is on-blaord), 256 RAM and good looking cabinet ;) with enough air flow and front USB ports.

[vignesh]

Amd is cheaper than intel.Go for asus motherboard and very important is the cabinet size and cooling fans.

[KnightRider]

if box pack is not available in calcutta.... then where else???? my frnds p3 new packs are gone.. u will have to go for a second hand of course.... and now better go for a new pc instaed of another p3 cpu

[sidewinder]

if box pack is not available in calcutta.... then where else???? my frnds p3 new packs are gone.. u will have to go for a second hand of course.... and now better go for a new pc instaed of another p3 cpu
Damn right.spend around 6k nd get amd sempron 220+,msi mobo nd 256 mb ddr 400.thats worth an upgrade 1