New to building computers.

Jimis

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I bought a Sony VGC-LM1E 2 years ago and the motherboard + graphics card have recently broke. I took it to Sony repair shop and they quoted me 400 pound. Obviously I wasn't going to do that. When I bought it I didn't know very much about computers, as its an all-in-one its not at all good for gaming. But I guess it has some good bits like the Nvidia Graphics card. So I was thinking of building a new computer and I was wondering would it be possible if I could take out the graphics card out of my old VGC-LM1E and build a new computer with some of the components from the old computer saving me money. I'm looking for a Gaming PC and I have a budget of 600 pounds.I've never built a computer before so this is all confusing to me, but hopefully with you guys help I can pull it off.

Here are some of the components of the old computer I could use to build a new computer:

Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT

Processor: 1 x Intel Core 2 Duo T7250 / 2 GHz ( Dual-Core )
 
What the heck is that computer? Is it basically a laptop with the keyboard and monitor separate and then the components are in the monitor? You wont be able to use that graphics card and video card in a desktop computer and building a laptop from scratch is basically impossible. Not that I have much knowledge of laptops but I never see any discussions of building one. Your off to a rough start I'm afraid and should probably just sell all that stuff and start from scratch with a desktop pc
 
I just assume you've £600 for the tower. Those component you mentioned won't be able to re-use

£607, exclude shipping
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