I'm looking to upgrade my desktop from 2006 for some low to mid performance gaming (RuneScape, Minecraft, TOR, LOTRO) and have $265 to spend including shipping. I have all peripherals and a hard drive that I hope to transfer from the current system to the next as well as a CD drive.
Processor
Name-AMD Athlon 64 3500+
CodeName- ClawHammer
Package-Socket 939
Core Speed - 2210.1 MHz
Bus Speed - 200.9 MHz
Mainboard
Manufacturer - ASUSTeK Computer INC.
Model- A8N-VM-CSM Rev1.xx
NViDIA GeForce 6150 Chipset
NVIDIA nForce 410/430 MCP Southbridge
Graphic Interface Version- PCI-Express
Link Width: x16
Max. Supported x16
Memory
Type - DDR
Size- 1024 MBytes
DRAM Frequency- 200.9 MHz
DirectX Version- DirectX 9.0c
Device Name- NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS
Approx Memory - 512.0 MB
Main Driver - nv4_disp.dll
Version - 6.14.0011.7516
I was told to look for CPU/Mobo/RAM combos, but I haven't been able to find these packages. Can you give me some suggestions on
1) How to tell what my current chassis is (I'm looking into this now)
Edit: The chassis is an Antec Atlas 550
2) Give me possible upgrades (Right now I'm looking at just removing the guts and starting fresh)
Processor
Name-AMD Athlon 64 3500+
CodeName- ClawHammer
Package-Socket 939
Core Speed - 2210.1 MHz
Bus Speed - 200.9 MHz
Mainboard
Manufacturer - ASUSTeK Computer INC.
Model- A8N-VM-CSM Rev1.xx
NViDIA GeForce 6150 Chipset
NVIDIA nForce 410/430 MCP Southbridge
Graphic Interface Version- PCI-Express
Link Width: x16
Max. Supported x16
Memory
Type - DDR
Size- 1024 MBytes
DRAM Frequency- 200.9 MHz
DirectX Version- DirectX 9.0c
Device Name- NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS
Approx Memory - 512.0 MB
Main Driver - nv4_disp.dll
Version - 6.14.0011.7516
I was told to look for CPU/Mobo/RAM combos, but I haven't been able to find these packages. Can you give me some suggestions on
1) How to tell what my current chassis is (I'm looking into this now)
Edit: The chassis is an Antec Atlas 550
2) Give me possible upgrades (Right now I'm looking at just removing the guts and starting fresh)