Computer upgrading...

by rebelii • 6 Apr 2008, 15:02 • Journals
Hardware:

CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2600+, MMX, 3DNow, ~1.9GHz
HD: 250 IDE 3,5 + 76 GB
Monitor: 19" Plug-And-Play Screen
Keyboard: Compaq PS2 Keyboard (2K - 3)
Mouse: Razer deathadder [Nova Blue]
Mousepad: SteelSeries QcK Mini
Sound: Realtek AC97 Audio
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100
Memory: 1GB DDR400 Ram
O/S: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2
Headset: Fatal1ty gaming headset.
Connection: DSL 10mb/sec.


What is the most urgent to upgrade if I wanna keep on with a bit more recent games / lag less ?

Knowing I have a very very low budget atm and that I can't play buy a new computer or update everything.
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Deactivated6284 6 Apr 2008, 16:03
Most of the hardware
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Leppii 6 Apr 2008, 16:04
Most of the hardware

indeed
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unaimed 6 Apr 2008, 16:07
imho keyboard, mouse, mousepad.
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Panda 6 Apr 2008, 16:07
Everything D:
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suL1v 6 Apr 2008, 16:08
internet
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sean 6 Apr 2008, 16:12
agreed. Sul1v is always right.
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Danje 6 Apr 2008, 16:11
Nice ruining the thread :P,

From that you need to update to get less FPS lag.

Processor to a cheap amd dual (may need a new mobo but you can get one really cheap nowadays)

another gig of ram

And a 7800GT graphics for £30 or so.

Final cost around £90
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peoples 6 Apr 2008, 16:18
You are fucked sir, only good things would be better CPU - not going to happen, since they are hard to get now. Better GPU, already suggested, hard to get. It won't be cheap at all.
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Bryan 6 Apr 2008, 16:20
change everything as update is only gonna cost you more money then buying new stuff.

i buy a new pc every 3 years and keep the others as server or just as network pc with loads of harddisks. like my old p4 2.8 has 2 terra inside and 1 terra hdd external.

and i use it only for storage and irc, music, ....
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nvc 6 Apr 2008, 16:34
you need to update the graphics card and to do that you need to update the CPU and to do that you need to update the motherboard which means that you need new ram
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Paintrain 6 Apr 2008, 16:44
no point upgrading, buy a new PC
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overdrive 6 Apr 2008, 17:18
Like some people already said: dont upgrade, buy a new mobo.

You are using a mobo with AGP, whereas all new gfx cards use PCI-E. Upgrading your gfx is just throwing away your money.

Buy random 60€ mobo + 150€ AMD cpu + 2x30€ RAM + 200€ gfx card. You can prolly recycle a lot of stuff like DVD, maybe even your harddisk, though you are prolly running ATA 100 or so, better just buy a new SATA as you dont want your HD to bottleneck your system.

I guess for 500€ you could get a decent system together. Could save some money, by only adding only one RAM chip in the beginning, but tbh adding a second RAM chip will hugely increase the performance on newer PC's, allowing you to run at double RAM speed.

Just spend as much money as possible on mobo + cpu, buy some cheap ram + gfx and upgrade over time.

Some random prices i found on forcom.be:
Intel Core2 Duo E8400 3.00GHz 6MB Boxed € 169,95
AMD Phenom 9750 sAM2 64bit quad-core BOX € 169,20
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