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Old August 21st, 2009, 01:41 PM   Digg it!   #1 (permalink)
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upgrading help

well like the title said i need help on upgrading my comp, I want to upgrade it to a better gaming pc.
heres the specs currently:
Processor
Model : Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 3.06GHz
Speed : 3GHz
Cores per Processor : 1 Unit(s)
Threads per Core : 1 Unit(s)
Integrated Data Cache : 16kB, Synchronous, Write-Thru, 8-way, 64 byte line size
L2 On-board Cache : 256kB, ECC, Synchronous, ATC, 4-way, 64 byte line size, 2 lines per sector

System
Mainboard : MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD MS-7101
Bus(es) : ISA AGP PCI IMB USB i2c/SMBus
Multi-Processor (MP) Support : No
Multi-Processor Advanced PIC (APIC) : Yes
BIOS : Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG
Total Memory : 512MB DIMM DDR

Chipset
Model : Intel 82865G/PE/P, 82848P DRAM Controller / Host-Hub Interface
Front Side Bus Speed : 4x 133MHz (532MHz)
Total Memory : 512MB DIMM DDR
Memory Bus Speed : 2x 166MHz (332MHz)

Memory Module(s)
Memory Module : Jade Star 512MB DDR PC3200U DDR-200 (3-3-3-8 2-11-0-0)

Video System
Adapter : RADEON 9200 SERIES (PS1.4, VS1.1 238MHz, 128MB 165MHz, AGP 2.00)

Logical Storage Devices
Hard Disk (C : 153GB (NTFS) @ Maxtor 6L160P0 (164GB, ATA133, 3.5", 7200rpm, 8MB Cache)
Optical Drive (D : N/A @ HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-H10N (ATA33, DVD+-RW, CD-RW, 2MB Cache)
Optical Drive (H : N/A @ TCZCZ 7ODA7ST2ZOTQ (SCSI, BD-R, HD-DVD-R, DVD+-R-DL, CD-R)
3.5" 1.44MB (A : N/A

Operating System
Windows System : Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5.01.2600 (Service Pack 2)
Platform Compliance : x86

thanks for helping me out
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Old August 21st, 2009, 01:47 PM     #2 (permalink)
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Well im afraid everything would need to be updated to make putting money into it 'worth it'. I would suggest to sell what you have now and put the money towards a new build....
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ha guess making a new build is easier just wanted to see if i could upgrade instead but thanks the info
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ha guess making a new build is easier just wanted to see if i could upgrade instead but thanks the info

Don't get me wrong you could upgrade it.... its just you could spend the money better and get more performance.....

I doubt the board will support anything over P4 so you need a new one, along with a new cpu, then DDR2 memory, also a pci-e card (which will require new PSU)...... which is pretty much replacing everything. So you may as well build from scratch.....
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