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ImMoRtaL · 04-18-2008, 07:08 PM

Alright, seems only valid attachment is fuckin .exe omg I'm gonna kill Chewy...

So basically I'm looking to upgrade my computer yet again. I have pentium 4 currently... so really wondering what I should upgrade that to and also probably gonna go 2x video.. No budget atm so will take all suggestions. ^.- Hardware experts wanted!!

Here are my current specs then:

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Operating System   System Model 
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (build 2600)   No details available 
Processor a   Main Circuit Board b 
3.20 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4
16 kilobyte primary memory cache
2048 kilobyte secondary memory cache   Board: ASUSTeK Computer INC. P5LD2 Rev 1.xx
Bus Clock: 200 megahertz
BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 0301 05/11/2005 
Drives   Memory Modules c,d 
480.10 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
322.23 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

DVDRW IDE 16X [CD-ROM drive]
LQ4729V IFC137W SCSI CdRom Device [CD-ROM drive]
LQ4729V IFC137W SCSI CdRom Device [CD-ROM drive]
LQ4729V IFC137W SCSI CdRom Device [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]

MAXTOR STM3320620AS [Hard drive] (320.07 GB) -- drive 1
ST3160827AS [Hard drive] (160.04 GB) -- drive 0   3072 Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot 'DIMM0' has 512 MB
Slot 'DIMM1' has 1024 MB
Slot 'DIMM2' has 512 MB
Slot 'DIMM3' has 1024 MB 
  Local Drive Volumes 
     
c: (NTFS on drive 0) 160.03 GB 5.82 GB free 
h: (NTFS on drive 1) 320.07 GB 316.42 GB free 

 
Controllers   Display 
Standard floppy disk controller
Intel(R) 82801GB Serial ATA Storage Controllers - 27C0
Intel(R) 82801GB Ultra ATA Storage Controllers - 27DF
Primary IDE Channel [Controller] (2x)
Secondary IDE Channel [Controller]   NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS [Display adapter]
SHP LL-193A-B [Monitor] (19.1"vis, s/n 5T018935, May 2005) 
Bus Adapters   Multimedia 
ITE IT8211 ATA/ATAPI Controller
SCSI/RAID Host Controller
Intel(R) 82801GB USB Universal Host Controller - 27C8
Intel(R) 82801GB USB Universal Host Controller - 27C9
Intel(R) 82801GB USB Universal Host Controller - 27CA
Intel(R) 82801GB USB Universal Host Controller - 27CB
Intel(R) 82801GB USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 27CC   Realtek High Definition Audio
USB Audio Device

lordofsheep · 04-18-2008, 07:33 PM

get an amd dual core or a similar intel chip, wow you have a floppy drive?

it seems your good for HDD space, if your pc is slow try adding a little more RAM or delete some unwanted programs

but I doubt your pc is slow since you have like 3 GB of RAM and 300+ HDD space left

ImMoRtaL · 04-18-2008, 07:35 PM

Yeah, can't have any more ram since XP will only recognize 3gb max. But, I'm good on space... I used belarc advisor to get those specs out and I had to delete half of it cause its all the programs on my computer which is like 100+ =D

lordofsheep · 04-18-2008, 07:42 PM

wow 100+ programs, try this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819105194

ImMoRtaL · 04-18-2008, 07:45 PM

Interesting, so what is that? I'm not so good on cores and such. My friends dad has a 8-core =D Is that good?!

lordofsheep · 04-18-2008, 07:53 PM

The FSB is substantially higher on quad-cores

lordofsheep · 04-18-2008, 07:54 PM

quad-cores are right now the best processors known to man since it's the "first" 45 nm chips

ImMoRtaL · 04-18-2008, 07:58 PM

Interesting, ill go google it a bit I suppose... after my COD4 Practice!!

ImMoRtaL · 04-19-2008, 08:36 PM

999 · 04-19-2008, 08:49 PM

The maximum amount of memory that can be supported on Windows XP Professional and Windows Server 2003 is also 4 GB. However, Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition supports 32 GB of physical RAM and Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition supports 64 GB of physical RAM using the PAE feature.

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system...AE/PAEmem.mspx

Get a quad core or wait a couple of years, new better stuff will be out. Such as the dawn of USB 3.0, DDR3, etc

ImMoRtaL · 04-20-2008, 11:18 PM

Dj Chang · 04-21-2008, 10:48 AM

I would sent it to hell

**Links 2 3 4** · 04-24-2008, 02:53 PM

Really... I ran a computer like that, and EVERYTHING sides games ran so damn smooth. It's just HOW you set up windows sometimes

ImMoRtaL · 04-26-2008, 08:39 PM

Still need suggestions =D

fscrp · 04-28-2008, 10:59 AM

I think quad-core is overkill, especially since apps have to be written to use them; I do not know of any games that use more than 2 (doesn't mean they aren't out there though). Haven't read much on the AMD dual-cores, but I got an Intel Core 2 Duo last year and it has been a great CPU. Power consumption is a lot lower as is heat. Most overclock really well, but I stuck with the stock speed.

**Links 2 3 4** · 04-28-2008, 06:34 PM

Quad core = future proof
Dual core = cheap and semi-future proof.

**Links 2 3 4** · 05-03-2008, 07:21 PM

Why the hell is this stickied?

GitnMeSumCash · 05-08-2008, 10:06 AM

Go with the dual core amd 6600... unless you wanna go with black edition processors ment for insane over clocking....don't waste your money on the quad cores until they get them stable...and got with AMD...look for some memory like OCZ or Patriot Extreme, and most of all upgrade your board, I see it is an ASUS which is good, but go with the asus lifestyle boards, aweome for overclocking...

**Links 2 3 4** · 05-14-2008, 06:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GitnMeSumCash

Go with the dual core amd 6600... unless you wanna go with black edition processors ment for insane over clocking....don't waste your money on the quad cores until they get them stable...and got with AMD...look for some memory like OCZ or Patriot Extreme, and most of all upgrade your board, I see it is an ASUS which is good, but go with the asus lifestyle boards, aweome for overclocking...

lol fanboy

how is a dual core 6600+ going to beat a quad core?

IzzehO · 05-14-2008, 06:42 AM

Lol whats wrong with a P4?

And yes 999 is right, wait a couple of years - the system you have now is still fine and if you buy something now it'll be obsolete in two years anyway at the exponential rate technology is growing.

04-18-2008, 07:35 PM	#3 (permalink)
ImMoRtaL Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: U.S.A Posts: 1,473 Reputation: 49	Yeah, can't have any more ram since XP will only recognize 3gb max. But, I'm good on space... I used belarc advisor to get those specs out and I had to delete half of it cause its all the programs on my computer which is like 100+ =D __________________ Hate me all you want. Talk crap about me. But that's not going to change a single thing about me... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ Forgive your enemies, but don't forget their names. If You need the Full version/serial to any program just pm me and I will try to get it for you

04-18-2008, 07:45 PM	#5 (permalink)
ImMoRtaL Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: U.S.A Posts: 1,473 Reputation: 49	Interesting, so what is that? I'm not so good on cores and such. My friends dad has a 8-core =D Is that good?! __________________ Hate me all you want. Talk crap about me. But that's not going to change a single thing about me... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ Forgive your enemies, but don't forget their names. If You need the Full version/serial to any program just pm me and I will try to get it for you

04-18-2008, 07:58 PM	#8 (permalink)
ImMoRtaL Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: U.S.A Posts: 1,473 Reputation: 49	Interesting, ill go google it a bit I suppose... after my COD4 Practice!! __________________ Hate me all you want. Talk crap about me. But that's not going to change a single thing about me... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ Forgive your enemies, but don't forget their names. If You need the Full version/serial to any program just pm me and I will try to get it for you

04-19-2008, 08:36 PM	#9 (permalink)
ImMoRtaL Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: U.S.A Posts: 1,473 Reputation: 49	Bump __________________ Hate me all you want. Talk crap about me. But that's not going to change a single thing about me... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ Forgive your enemies, but don't forget their names. If You need the Full version/serial to any program just pm me and I will try to get it for you

04-20-2008, 11:18 PM	#11 (permalink)
ImMoRtaL Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: U.S.A Posts: 1,473 Reputation: 49	bump __________________ Hate me all you want. Talk crap about me. But that's not going to change a single thing about me... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ Forgive your enemies, but don't forget their names. If You need the Full version/serial to any program just pm me and I will try to get it for you

04-18-2008, 07:33 PM	#2 (permalink)
lordofsheep Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Connecticut Posts: 265 Reputation: 3	get an amd dual core or a similar intel chip, wow you have a floppy drive? it seems your good for HDD space, if your pc is slow try adding a little more RAM or delete some unwanted programs but I doubt your pc is slow since you have like 3 GB of RAM and 300+ HDD space left

04-18-2008, 07:42 PM	#4 (permalink)
lordofsheep Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Connecticut Posts: 265 Reputation: 3	wow 100+ programs, try this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819105194

04-18-2008, 07:53 PM	#6 (permalink)
lordofsheep Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Connecticut Posts: 265 Reputation: 3	The FSB is substantially higher on quad-cores

04-18-2008, 07:54 PM	#7 (permalink)
lordofsheep Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Connecticut Posts: 265 Reputation: 3	quad-cores are right now the best processors known to man since it's the "first" 45 nm chips

04-19-2008, 08:49 PM	#10 (permalink)
999 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 205 Reputation: 5	The maximum amount of memory that can be supported on Windows XP Professional and Windows Server 2003 is also 4 GB. However, Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition supports 32 GB of physical RAM and Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition supports 64 GB of physical RAM using the PAE feature. http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system...AE/PAEmem.mspx Get a quad core or wait a couple of years, new better stuff will be out. Such as the dawn of USB 3.0, DDR3, etc

04-21-2008, 10:48 AM	#12 (permalink)
Dj Chang Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 160 Reputation: 4	I would sent it to hell

04-24-2008, 02:53 PM	#13 (permalink)
Links 2 3 4 Moderator Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 39 Reputation: 0	Really... I ran a computer like that, and EVERYTHING sides games ran so damn smooth. It's just HOW you set up windows sometimes

04-26-2008, 08:39 PM	#14 (permalink)
ImMoRtaL Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: U.S.A Posts: 1,473 Reputation: 49	Still need suggestions =D __________________ Hate me all you want. Talk crap about me. But that's not going to change a single thing about me... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ Forgive your enemies, but don't forget their names. If You need the Full version/serial to any program just pm me and I will try to get it for you Last edited by ImMoRtaL; 04-26-2008 at 09:49 PM..

04-28-2008, 10:59 AM	#15 (permalink)
fscrp Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: A pollen-infested place Posts: 237 Reputation: 9	I think quad-core is overkill, especially since apps have to be written to use them; I do not know of any games that use more than 2 (doesn't mean they aren't out there though). Haven't read much on the AMD dual-cores, but I got an Intel Core 2 Duo last year and it has been a great CPU. Power consumption is a lot lower as is heat. Most overclock really well, but I stuck with the stock speed.

04-28-2008, 06:34 PM	#16 (permalink)
Links 2 3 4 Moderator Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 39 Reputation: 0	Quad core = future proof Dual core = cheap and semi-future proof.

05-03-2008, 07:21 PM	#17 (permalink)
Links 2 3 4 Moderator Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 39 Reputation: 0	Why the hell is this stickied?

05-08-2008, 10:06 AM	#18 (permalink)
GitnMeSumCash Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 252 Reputation: 1	Go with the dual core amd 6600... unless you wanna go with black edition processors ment for insane over clocking....don't waste your money on the quad cores until they get them stable...and got with AMD...look for some memory like OCZ or Patriot Extreme, and most of all upgrade your board, I see it is an ASUS which is good, but go with the asus lifestyle boards, aweome for overclocking...

05-14-2008, 06:42 AM	#20 (permalink)
IzzehO Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 609 Reputation: 51	Lol whats wrong with a P4? And yes 999 is right, wait a couple of years - the system you have now is still fine and if you buy something now it'll be obsolete in two years anyway at the exponential rate technology is growing. __________________

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