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| 418896 | 2006-01-07 03:24:00 | I have a comp that i really like but its a bit obselete. Is it worth upgrading. Here is its specs. Intel Pentium 3 Motherboard-IBM 6059KZA Motherboard Chipset-Intel Solano i815E System Memory-256 MB (PC133 SDRAM) BIOS Type-IBM (07/27/01) Video-NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400 (64 MB) HDD-Seagate 160gb ATA100 7200rpm 8mb cache Optical Drives-CD-R/RW and DVD Any comments appreciated. Cheers |
Crusader (9537) | ||
| 418897 | 2006-01-07 03:40:00 | If you happy to rip the case open and do the upgrade yourself theres no reason why you shouldnt upgrade that PC . If the case is ATX and you dont mind the way it looks then theres no reason you cant upgrade the internals . Get rid of the P3, mobo and SD-RAM as even the fastest P3 is starting to show its age . You can definately reuse the harddrive and if your not a gamer the GeForce2 is more than adequate, unless you really want to write DVD you can keep the optical drives, and perhaps upgrade later . Is the GeForce2 PCI or AGP? If its AGP then it might be an idea to replace the video card and make the jump to PCIe, as buying an older motherboard with AGP will limit upgrade choices in the future . Also remember to buy a new PSU, its likely the one you have is proprietry and simply not powerful enough, dont buy based on wattage buy based on brand . Alot of cheap PSU's simply arent as powerful as they claim . As with any upgrade we need to know your budget and skill level . Sometimes its cheaper and easier just to buy a new PC, but nowhere near as much and you dont learn as much . |
Pete O'Neil (6584) | ||
| 418898 | 2006-01-07 03:40:00 | Well.....nothing wrong with the drives.. | pctek (84) | ||
| 418899 | 2006-01-07 03:47:00 | What do u want to do with it? Upgrade probably not. Better to just buy ur own parts and put it together. I note the bios is IBM. So the case is might be unlikely to be standard ATX design. If it is it may not be defined as upgrading becos, you will need a new cpu, motherboard, vid card, ram etc etc... its a 95% upgrade of the PC. But if it works now just use that, I have a laptop at the 600Mhz P3 right now, yet to get a PC. What video card is it? AGP, PCI?? How much RAM?? How much of the Ram slot is left? If you wanna keep it then u could add ram and add a better vid card, assuming for AGP, then u could get a faster full speed card than ur current MX card. If you got PCI, then I won't bother with graphics and just add RAM?? |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 418900 | 2006-01-07 04:11:00 | If by upgrade you mean move to a better computer then hell yes. If by upgrade you mean hang better gear off your current mobo then a big hell no. Personally I would salvage the drives from that rig and pass the rest onto a deserving youngster. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 418901 | 2006-01-07 05:41:00 | Find a second hand hard drive and swap drives. Sell old PC as working system (though you'll get hardly anything for it). Also consider taking the DVD, CD-R/W drives if they are any good. |
gibler (49) | ||
| 418902 | 2006-01-07 08:09:00 | Yea i guess its probably better to start over as i am a gamer and the recent games are demanding higher specs. The vid card is AGP so yea thats another reason to. It only has 256mb SDRAM so it is a snail but the HDD and the optical drivers are great and could keep so that would save me some money. I dont think anyone would really want this, maybe some grandma who checks her email or something what do you guys reckon its worth if i kept it the same except replaced the HDD with a 30gb Maxtor 7200rpm 2mb cache? | Crusader (9537) | ||
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