I have to upgrade my computer...
@Poltergeist08 (155)
Croatia (Hrvatska)
January 8, 2008 11:58am CST
Well, it's a whole new year and I'd like to upgrade my computer. I had my machine for a while now and the hardware (mostly the graphics card) is getting a bit too outdated. Unfortunately, I'm not that much of a computer wiz so I can mess up something big time, and I'd like you to help me out a bit.
Here's my current configuration.
Intel Celeron D CPU (2.4 GHz)
1.5 GB RAM (DDR)
ASUS Radeon 9600 SE (128 MB, DirectX 9.0c, Shader 2.0)
And all of that is plugged onto a Gigabyte AGP motherboard.
Now what I'd like to do is swap most off it. I would like a relatively good low-priced PCIe motherboard and a CPU and craphics card that could handle some of the newer games on Low/Medium specs.
I don't need a high-performance gaming rig, but I wouldn't like a slow-witted office computer either. Can you help out?
5 responses
@gkurt08 (233)
• Philippines
9 Jan 08
I don't see why your specifications fail the most advanced games around in terms of graphics. 1.5GB RAM is more than enough to deal with those games. Your cpu is not that bad also. 2.4 GHz is good enough. Maybe its you hard disk memory on C:. You should free it some space because it causes your computer to hang, strip or crash. The drive c: should have at least 1 gb free space in order to meet games demands.
@Taskr36 (13963)
• United States
15 Jan 08
Actually the specs are extremely weak. The Intel Celeron is a terrible processor. It is the worst processor you could possibly use for gaming. The Radeon 9600 was a good video card back in 2003, but it is horribly outdated now. 1.5GB of RAM is fine, but the processor and video card are terrible bottlenecks.
@Poltergeist08 (155)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
9 Jan 08
Well, you're right. I do have only 1.5 GB of free space on my C: disk...
But my computer's specs are ruined by my graphics card... Well thanks for the reply.
@darkangel079 (1488)
• United States
8 Jan 08
It all depends on your use of your computer. For one you can upgrade your video card at least 256MB DDR or GDDR2 or GDDR3 if you want to play low/med games. I also recommend 2GB of RAM instead of 1.5GB - depending on your usage you should add up more capacity on your hard drive. You should check out newegg online for good cheap computer parts on sale.
@Taskr36 (13963)
• United States
15 Jan 08
Well to give you solid advice I would need to know your budget in American dollars. Basically you should aim for an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 2GB of RAM, and a GeForce 8600GTS or better video card. For the motherboard I would suggest ABit, Gigabyte, or DFI. You should probably get a motherboard that supports 8GB of RAM or more so it will be upgradeable in the future.
@darkness01 (1300)
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8 Jan 08
the computer you currently have is old. It depends on how much you want to spend that will determine how good your next pc is.
There are places all over the internet that will allow you to build a pc to your spec, a bit of searching will help.
@Poltergeist08 (155)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
8 Jan 08
Thanks for the reply, but the biggest problem is the price differences because I don't live in the USA or even the UK. Even when I convert using xe.com's currency converter I end up with the wrong sum.
But thanks anyway, I'll search a bit and post a configuration I put together.
@Poltergeist08 (155)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
8 Jan 08
Well, I do too, but the problem is selecting the right parts at the right price. I don't wanna pay a ton of cash for a machine that will run something for only a year or two and then end up as the next Pentium 2.
