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| 277049 | 2004-09-30 03:37:00 | Hey i'm thinking of upgrading my dads pc which is: 550MHz 10Gig 154SDRAM 12MG Video mem What is a cheap but half good upgrade?? what shud i upgrade and at what cost?? |
Codex (3761) | ||
| 277050 | 2004-09-30 03:41:00 | forgot to mention Windows 2000 pro | Codex (3761) | ||
| 277051 | 2004-09-30 03:42:00 | Your better off getting him a cheapie I think, AMD 2400+ ish or Celeron 2.4Ghz (no more debates please!) should be fine. Cost should be just over $500 i would think... |
~~~~~ s y ~~~~~ (2054) | ||
| 277052 | 2004-09-30 03:54:00 | You'd be lucky to get a Athlon 2400+ now they've been replaced with the Sempron. Which preforms about the same as an equivilant celeron, thus elimiating any debate as to which is better :) | Pete O'Neil (250) | ||
| 277053 | 2004-09-30 04:10:00 | What does he use it for? Games - internet - Email etc? Bye |
Peter H (220) | ||
| 277054 | 2004-09-30 04:14:00 | "they've been replaced with the Sempron. Which preforms about the same as an equivilant celeron, thus elimiating any debate as to which is better" Depending of course whether its a D stepping or a stock celeron. :-) not debating though, all cpus mentioned are better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick. |
the highlander (245) | ||
| 277055 | 2004-09-30 04:28:00 | built a pc yesterday for someone......celeron 2.4Ghz, 256 DDR, on board sound/vid/network/usb, new case, new modem, 40Gb Hdd parts cost about ummmmm.....approx $500, (retail) . you could add say $100 for a *reasonable* vid card and say another $80 to double the ram you could also add $150 and install a P4 2.8ghz instead.........if the old boy just wants to surf the web and email and not too much else I'd go for the celeron or similar amd cpu and a 64Mb vid card most likely or possibly even 32Mb vid onboard...... | drcspy (146) | ||
| 277056 | 2004-09-30 04:36:00 | its for his emails and his buisness but also for games(Black and White 2) | Codex (3761) | ||
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