P.C. Upgrade?

[summond_skull]

Well My current system stats are:

MS Windows XP

AMD Athlon Processor

1100 MHZ (Megahertz)

1700 XP+

255MB RAM

NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 40


I wanted to upgrade my RAM to 500+ and get a better sound card.

Would you recommnd getting a upgrade or buying a new P.C./Laptop all together?

[Virtualbody1234]

That depends on how fast the AMD CPU is and if you have DDR RAM or not.

[Darth Sushi]

It depends on what type of apps you use. If you're a gamer, the vid card and memory are anemic. If you're just web-surfing, no changes are required. BTW, it would helpful to include your CPU speed.

[summond_skull]

I'm a casual computer user. Don't play games just surf the web. I editted and put the rest of my P.C.'s stats there. I use a lotof programs like ABC, MSN Messenger, Firefox and Photoshop and my P.C. goes pretty slow so I was wondering if I should upgrade it but I'm not to sure at the moment :{

[silent h3ro]

Yea u should definitely try and upgrade if u have the money. :)

[Virtualbody1234]

Well I still don't know if that is DDR RAM but if you don't game then adding more RAM would be a wise upgrade. Another 256 MBs.

[Formula1]

Yeah as VirtualBody said, getting atleast a 512 mb ram would be a smart idea. The reason that your computer goes kind of slow , is because of the ram, you basically need to get a higher one...

[tesco]

ya upgrade to 512mb.

what soundcard do you have now? why do you want a new card?

[SciManAl]

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[cpt_azad]

yes, RAM will do, but trust me, processor is as important (if not more in some situations) as RAM. i'd get both if i had the money, but for now go w/ 256 mb RAM @ PC3200 or 2100

[Snee]

Yeah as VirtualBody said, getting atleast a 512 mb ram would be a smart idea. The reason that your computer goes kind of slow , is because of the ram you , you just need to get a higher one...

I dare say the graphics card and the processor do their fair share of being slow as well.

But for office type of tasks it's the RAM that should be a priority.

[lynx]

How would you like a big upgrade for free?

Simply change your FSB from 100MHz to 133MHz and boost your processor speed to 1466MHz, which is what your XP1700+ should be running at. :rolleyes:

[SciManAl]

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[cpt_azad]

depends on his cooling system.

[SciManAl]

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[cpt_azad]

agreed. well i think he should bump it up to 133 (isn't much actually now that i think of it) and get that 256. should set him right till the next upgrade, which shouldn't be too long either.

[Virtualbody1234]

i'd seriosly doubt that, even stock should handle a little boost like that,
bigger question is if the mobo will suport it, mind you if its a prebuilt it wont OC at all, *shrugs* his call though on all of it i think many many many options have been presented to him though
It's not an overclock. It's setting it at the proper speed. His current speed is underclocked.

Well spotted, lynx.

[cpt_azad]

So it was underclocked from it's "stock" speed? Why?

[SciManAl]

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[SciManAl]

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[tesco]

So it was underclocked from it's "stock" speed? Why?
becauser a lot of motherboards are set to 100mhz by default...

[summond_skull]

Woooooooooow

Thanks for all the replies :). Sorry I couldn't reply faster, was at a New Years party :). Anyways...

I was thinkin' about upgrading it for free by changing it from 100MHZ to 133MHZ - but unsure on how to do that. Anyone fill me in?

Thanks a lot for the replies :)

[Virtualbody1234]

Well... Without the specifics of what motherboard you have, all I can tell you is that you have to go into the bios and look for the setting of the front side bus.

[summond_skull]

woooooooooow. I was also thinkin' about gettin' a new P.C. instead.

http://www.compgeeks.com/details.as...PC136AR&cat=SYS

Really interests me. Pretty cheap and looks effect. I just need to know if they ship computers overseas, and whether they will work in Britain or not :)

[Virtualbody1234]

http://www.compgeeks.com/details.as...PC136AR&cat=SYS

Page cannot be found.

[SciManAl]

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