I'd like to 'upgrade' my PC

2007-12-09 14:05:18

#1

kptk92: u; +972|6886|tc_london

Ok, so here are my specs, I'm just wondering what could need upgrading, and, if so, what are your recommendations?

(Include price as well please):

Manufacturer: Dell Inc
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+, MMX, 3DNow, ~2.2GHz
Memory: 1022MB RAM
Hard Drive: 116 GB
Video Card: 256MB ATI Radeon X1300PRO

Edit: Making the text more clearer

Last edited by kptk92 (2007-12-09 14:08:27)

2007-12-09 14:08:56

#2

Bell: Frosties > Cornflakes; +362|7027|UK

Buy a new machine........

(In all honesty, it's not worth your time or more importantly your money upgrading that...)

If that isnt an option, I take it its an AGP motherboard? Get an x1950pro video card, and another GIG of RAM

Martyn

2007-12-09 14:12:29

#3

Kurazoo: Pheasant Plucker; +440|7162|West Yorkshire, U.K

Bell wrote:
Buy a new machine........

(In all honesty, it's not worth your time or more importantly your money upgrading that...)

If that isnt an option, I take it its an AGP motherboard? Get an x1950pro video card, and another GIG of RAM

Martyn

He's right, the motherboard will probably not let you upgrade enough to do much use for next gen

2007-12-09 14:13:13

#4

kptk92: u; +972|6886|tc_london

Ok ... any idea of how much a new PC would cost with decent specs?

Any good recommendations?

Last edited by kptk92 (2007-12-09 14:13:38)

2007-12-09 14:14:19

#5

Mekstizzle: WALKER; +3,611|7099|London, England

Bell wrote:
Buy a new machine........

(In all honesty, it's not worth your time or more importantly your money upgrading that...)

If that isnt an option, I take it its an AGP motherboard? Get an x1950pro video card, and another GIG of RAM

Martyn

Why get a new machine? An extra gig of ram and an X1950 pro would do him nicely for another year or so. It's not worth your time forking out for a whole new machine.

You could get something really nice for £500 though.

Last edited by Mekstizzle (2007-12-09 14:14:36)

2007-12-09 14:15:42

#6

kptk92: u; +972|6886|tc_london

Mekstizzle wrote:
Bell wrote:
Buy a new machine........

(In all honesty, it's not worth your time or more importantly your money upgrading that...)

If that isnt an option, I take it its an AGP motherboard? Get an x1950pro video card, and another GIG of RAM

Martyn
Why get a new machine? An extra gig of ram and an X1950 pro would do him nicely for another year or so. It's not worth your time forking out for a whole new machine.

You could get something really nice for £500 though.

Well all I'm looking for is something decent so I can play my games not on the lowest graphic settings without lagging ...

Not sure about price range though, if something is decent enough, I will try and buy it

2007-12-09 14:18:57

#7

Mekstizzle: WALKER; +3,611|7099|London, England

^^

You could stick an aftermarket CPU cooler on that and easily clock it to 3.00Ghz and it's one of the best bang for buck CPU's out there.

I'll probably be buying what I chose around Jan/Feb, things'll probably be even cheaper by then.

2007-12-09 14:19:32

#8

Bell: Frosties > Cornflakes; +362|7027|UK

Mekstizzle wrote:
Bell wrote:
Buy a new machine........

(In all honesty, it's not worth your time or more importantly your money upgrading that...)

If that isnt an option, I take it its an AGP motherboard? Get an x1950pro video card, and another GIG of RAM

Martyn
Why get a new machine? An extra gig of ram and an X1950 pro would do him nicely for another year or so. It's not worth your time forking out for a whole new machine.

You could get something really nice for £500 though.

I would agree, usually, but, for anyone who wants to upgrade now, that spec up there doesnt allow much for an upgrade. He will be back on withing six months saying he needs yet more upgrades and considering, a new gpu, RAM and possibly CPU could burn him £300ish, might as well double that and get a nice new gaming machine.

Less you really wanted it for christmas, I would wait till late january.

@ OP Will you be building it yourself?

Martyn

2007-12-09 14:22:01

#9

kptk92: u; +972|6886|tc_london

Mekstizzle wrote:
http://i12.tinypic.com/6l8g74k.png

^^

You could stick an aftermarket CPU cooler on that and easily clock it to 3.00Ghz and it's one of the best bang for buck CPU's out there.

I'll probably be buying what I chose around Jan/Feb, things'll probably be even cheaper by then.

Bloody hell, £500 ...

Ok, I wont spend that much unless I buy a new PC ... how much would a x1950 PRO + 1GB extra of RAM cost me?

@Bell: No, am not building, I'm 15, and pretty dumb when it comes to Tech

2007-12-09 14:24:51

#10

Poseidon: Fudgepack DeQueef; +3,253|7015|Long Island, New York

kptk92 wrote:
Mekstizzle wrote:
http://i12.tinypic.com/6l8g74k.png

^^

You could stick an aftermarket CPU cooler on that and easily clock it to 3.00Ghz and it's one of the best bang for buck CPU's out there.

I'll probably be buying what I chose around Jan/Feb, things'll probably be even cheaper by then.
Bloody hell, £500 ...

Ok, I wont spend that much unless I buy a new PC ... how much would a x1950 PRO + 1GB extra of RAM cost me?

@Bell: No, am not building, I'm 15, and pretty dumb when it comes to Tech

I'm 15 too and I built my own machine over the summer. NO EXCUSE! GTFO!

2007-12-09 14:25:49

#11

Bell: Frosties > Cornflakes; +362|7027|UK

kptk92 wrote:
Mekstizzle wrote:
http://i12.tinypic.com/6l8g74k.png

^^

You could stick an aftermarket CPU cooler on that and easily clock it to 3.00Ghz and it's one of the best bang for buck CPU's out there.

I'll probably be buying what I chose around Jan/Feb, things'll probably be even cheaper by then.
Bloody hell, £500 ...

Ok, I wont spend that much unless I buy a new PC ... how much would a x1950 PRO + 1GB extra of RAM cost me?

@Bell: No, am not building, I'm 15, and pretty dumb when it comes to Tech

Built my first when I was 16! It seems more difficult than it actually is, but even if you cant build it, I am sure you will find a shop near you who will put it together, for a small labour charge.

x1950s are about £100 right now, and the RAM, well, you need to find out specifically what type you have atm to match it up.

Martyn

2007-12-09 14:28:04

#12

kptk92: u; +972|6886|tc_london

Yeah, well, am lazy ^^^

£100, seems alright... as for RAM, i duno how to find out so halp here please

2007-12-09 14:35:23

#13

Bell: Frosties > Cornflakes; +362|7027|UK

Erm, if my memory serves me right, google CPU-Z, download it, and obv run it, then it should tell you what you have.

I think.........

Martyn

2007-12-09 14:36:08

#14

~FuzZz~: .yag era uoy fi siht deaR; +422|6800|Orrstrayleea

Poseidon wrote:
kptk92 wrote:
Mekstizzle wrote:
http://i12.tinypic.com/6l8g74k.png

^^

You could stick an aftermarket CPU cooler on that and easily clock it to 3.00Ghz and it's one of the best bang for buck CPU's out there.

I'll probably be buying what I chose around Jan/Feb, things'll probably be even cheaper by then.
Bloody hell, £500 ...

Ok, I wont spend that much unless I buy a new PC ... how much would a x1950 PRO + 1GB extra of RAM cost me?

@Bell: No, am not building, I'm 15, and pretty dumb when it comes to Tech
I'm 15 too and I built my own machine over the summer. NO EXCUSE! GTFO!

I'm 16, And just ordered my:

-Intel CD2 Q6600
-Asus P5K
-(2x 1 GB) Kingston 800mhz RAM
-Saphire tech X1950 XTX
-Thermaltake Soprano III case
-Cordless Logitech Mouse/keyboard
-WINDOWS XP

Get a Job and start saving mate

2007-12-09 14:37:55

#15

kptk92: u; +972|6886|tc_london

Pea....Tear.....Griffen wrote:
Poseidon wrote:
kptk92 wrote:

Bloody hell, £500 ...

Ok, I wont spend that much unless I buy a new PC ... how much would a x1950 PRO + 1GB extra of RAM cost me?

@Bell: No, am not building, I'm 15, and pretty dumb when it comes to Tech
I'm 15 too and I built my own machine over the summer. NO EXCUSE! GTFO!
I'm 16, And just ordered my:

-Intel CD2 Q6600
-Asus P5K
-(2x 1 GB) Kingston 800mhz RAM
-Saphire tech X1950 XTX
-Thermaltake Soprano III case
-Cordless Logitech Mouse/keyboard
-WINDOWS XP

Get a Job and start saving mate

I has about £200 to burn No jobs for me!!!

2007-12-09 14:41:25

#16

~FuzZz~: .yag era uoy fi siht deaR; +422|6800|Orrstrayleea

Bell wrote:
Erm, if my memory serves me right, google CPU-Z, download it, and obv run it, then it should tell you what you have.

I think.........

Martyn

Or, Start>Control Panel>System>General

That ^^ Will usually tell you Wat CPU you're running, How much RAM is REGISTERING, What OS you're running and Sometimes will have info about you MOBO

2007-12-09 14:44:56

#17

kptk92: u; +972|6886|tc_london

k, followed Pea's instructions, it says:

1.98GHz, 1.00GB of RAM

Does this mean anything?

Don't forget I'm trying to identify my RAM here

2007-12-09 14:44:59

#18

~FuzZz~: .yag era uoy fi siht deaR; +422|6800|Orrstrayleea

kptk92 wrote:
Pea....Tear.....Griffen wrote:
Poseidon wrote:

I'm 15 too and I built my own machine over the summer. NO EXCUSE! GTFO!
I'm 16, And just ordered my:

-Intel CD2 Q6600
-Asus P5K
-(2x 1 GB) Kingston 800mhz RAM
-Saphire tech X1950 XTX
-Thermaltake Soprano III case
-Cordless Logitech Mouse/keyboard
-WINDOWS XP

Get a Job and start saving mate
I has about £200 to burn No jobs for me!!!

Keep saving man, and get someting awesome, Otherwise you'll just want to upgrade in another 6 months

2007-12-09 14:47:38

#19

Bell: Frosties > Cornflakes; +362|7027|UK

kptk92 wrote:
k, followed Pea's instructions, it says:

1.98GHz, 1.00GB of RAM
Does this mean anything?

Don't forget I'm trying to identify my RAM here

Does it not say anything about the type? As in DDR-400, DDR2, PC6400

Anything like that ^^^

Martyn

2007-12-09 14:49:36

#20

kptk92: u; +972|6886|tc_london

The whole thing says:

Dell Dimension DIMC521
AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+
1.98GHz, 1.00GB of RAM
Physical Address Extension

2007-12-09 14:54:42

#21

Bell: Frosties > Cornflakes; +362|7027|UK

http://www.crucial.com/store/listproduc … id=1254104

Scan your machine

Martyn

2007-12-09 14:58:44

#22

kptk92: u; +972|6886|tc_london

CT587639

This is the number/code that is highlighted in blue on the items... mean anything now?

2007-12-09 15:07:53

#23

Bell: Frosties > Cornflakes; +362|7027|UK

FFS buy a new machine then, jesus you could have it built buy now! Not your fault mate, but it has to be specific when its an OEM machine like a Dell.

Maybe someone else help him out? I cant think of any other way to check right now :\

Martyn

Last edited by Bell (2007-12-09 15:08:34)

2007-12-09 15:11:22

#24

kptk92: u; +972|6886|tc_london

Bell wrote:
FFS buy a new machine then, jesus you could have it built buy now!

Lmao!!

Ok, nvm, I request a close please

2007-12-09 15:12:48

#25

Bell: Frosties > Cornflakes; +362|7027|UK

Edit ^^^ Not anoyed with you buddy, its just when I try and find this stuff out I get a load of stupid links to stuff that clearly isnt working :\ LIKE ASK LEO, who the hell is he anyway :\

Martyn

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