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I have a fairly decent computer and i wish to upgrade it. Now how do i do this and how do i know what parts to get and whether it will fit and work in the machine. I am in the uk and hoping the budget wont be that expensive. I want to upgrade the ram, graphics card and maybe processor although i got 3.06 fsb 533.
Also whats the difference between graphics cards where one has 128MB and another has 256MB
Cheers
Give us your specs, a budget for each upgrade part and we'll susgest the best options. 256mb cards only have advantages over the 128mb version if you go all out and buy the best cards. A 256mb version of a FX5200 is worthless as the ram would never be used.
We need:
CPU
RAM
GFX Card
HDD
OS
Motherboard
Budget for each part or an overall budget
Intel Pentium 4 3.06GHz H.T FSB 533 2 cpu's
512MB DDR
Nivida GeForce fx 5200 128 tv out DVI
Samsung 80GB 7200rpm
windows xp professional 5.1 build 2600
How do i find the motherboard i cannot find it
Budget 500 pounds i have overall.
really that comp isnt to bad....A good graphics card would prob be your best bet. And what do you mean 2 cpu's?
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Originally Posted by bigdawgfoxx
Two cpu's? probably hyperthreading ? But seems like a nice system to me too.
;)
Find mobo? Try this : http://www.lavalys.com/products.php?lang=en
With thanks to clocker . :D
lol i dunno its said something about the 2 cpu's on the dxdiag for some reason
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Originally Posted by Flametongue
Yeah thats hyperthreading, i get it as well. Totally normal.
I personally would susgest getting 6600GT (£130) and 1Gb of Ram, either getting an extra stick of 512mb Ram (£40-£70) or what i would reccomend is buy a brand new duel channel PC4000 1gb of ram (£100 give or take). Ofcourse it all depends on how fast your current ram is.
So with about £200-£250 that would upgrade your system alot and give it the extra needed gaming power. Also while upgrading do a fresh format and install of Windows because alot of slow down can be because of Windows being clogged up with shyte files, spyware, adware and other nasties.
Are you really into gaming? If not then a high end graphics card is overkill.
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Originally Posted by Virtualbody1234
His idea of upgrading is over kill too ! ;) But if one has the resources ,why not?
@preezy, Your hired you can spend my money anytime! :D
cheers peeps for the information + yeah i am into gaming (alot) especially pc gaming
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