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Its not that much; its just natural. Internet is probably best though if you live so far out. All depends where you want to buy it from?
PCI vs AGP
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Thanks for seeing my intent.I'm trying to slow you down so you can be sure you know what you need,not want because of What your friends etc might say.DCHWeb said:Well, out here in the boondocks, there is only one computer "store" but it is nothing but my isps little shop where they have modems and stuff. I have talked to them and they don't know anything about video cards. When I have saved up enough for gas for a trip to the city, I shall take a look, assuming I have money left over for what I need after paying for gas to get there
Last time I looked into getting a new motherboard (around 3 years ago prolly) the cheapest one I found was about 200 dollars without the processor, which was another 200 dollars. Have they really come down that much?
What do you have now ?
What isn't up to snuff for ?
Please post on your profile at least the continent.
Well, you can take the coordinate pair I give you in my location and you will find that I am situated in the southeast part of kansas, one of the central-most states in the US. Every big city is at least two hours away from my small little town.
Anyway, the computer I am attemting to upgrade is a Hewlett-Packard prebuilt system that my dad gave to me when he bought a new one. The computer was purchased by our insurance company when we were struck by lightning, and in effort so loose a client, they bought a machine that was no longer supported by HP and had had many of its parts recalled. I refuses run at optimal performance, reason unknown, but here are the specs:
OS: Windows XP Home Edition SP1
Processor: AMD Athlon, MMX, 3DNow @ 1.3 GHz
RAM: 112 MB
Video: S3 ProSavage KM133 16MB
Sound: VIA AC'97 Audio
It doesn't matter anymore, I have decided I am just going to build an all new system. I have my laptop still so I'll just hold off gaming for another year I guess. If you have any suggestions on why you think that comuter ( ^ ^ ) won't run (It takes no less than 15 minutes to cold boot) properly, let me know. Otherwise, I would appreciate comments on brands of these parts:
Motherboard
Video Card
Sound Card
Anyway, the computer I am attemting to upgrade is a Hewlett-Packard prebuilt system that my dad gave to me when he bought a new one. The computer was purchased by our insurance company when we were struck by lightning, and in effort so loose a client, they bought a machine that was no longer supported by HP and had had many of its parts recalled. I refuses run at optimal performance, reason unknown, but here are the specs:
OS: Windows XP Home Edition SP1
Processor: AMD Athlon, MMX, 3DNow @ 1.3 GHz
RAM: 112 MB
Video: S3 ProSavage KM133 16MB
Sound: VIA AC'97 Audio
It doesn't matter anymore, I have decided I am just going to build an all new system. I have my laptop still so I'll just hold off gaming for another year I guess. If you have any suggestions on why you think that comuter ( ^ ^ ) won't run (It takes no less than 15 minutes to cold boot) properly, let me know. Otherwise, I would appreciate comments on brands of these parts:
Motherboard
Video Card
Sound Card
First thought.Did XP detect all your devices when installing ?
Definetly get a pci sound card.SB Live is still a very cheap choice but much better than internal,or any newer SB.SB rules.
As far a mbd,it's best to go with a "new mbd/cpu combo".
512 ddr ram.
Anything else won't improve your AMD 1.3.But i suggest genuine intel and an asus mbd.
Slow boot is another story,maintenance.
Try here for a checkup
http://www.pcpitstop.com/
Who sang this ?
Kansas City here I come ?
Definetly get a pci sound card.SB Live is still a very cheap choice but much better than internal,or any newer SB.SB rules.
As far a mbd,it's best to go with a "new mbd/cpu combo".
512 ddr ram.
Anything else won't improve your AMD 1.3.But i suggest genuine intel and an asus mbd.
Slow boot is another story,maintenance.
Try here for a checkup
http://www.pcpitstop.com/
Who sang this ?
Kansas City here I come ?
Nah, I have done all kinds of maintenance, nothing will fix this computer. As I noted, HP quit supporting this model of PC before it was even purchased, so I am just going to throw it in the trash can.
So you recommend Asus mother board SB Live Sound card and Intel CPU? I will look into it, thanks a lot.
So you recommend Asus mother board SB Live Sound card and Intel CPU? I will look into it, thanks a lot.
