Alright, im seriosly thinking of upgrading again over the next 6 months to year.
i figure i can afford around 1000 to 1500$ also im using it for gaming mostly. Heavy gaming like oblivion and such.
This is what i have now,
Hewlett-Packard Compaq Presario SR1803WM
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
OS Service Pack Service Pack 2
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
Computer Name DEMORTIX (A Dark Dreamscape)
User Name Compaq_Owner
Motherboard:
CPU Type Intel Celeron D 351, 3200 MHz (24 x 133) (total poo)
Motherboard Name Unknown
Motherboard Chipset ATI Radeon Xpress 200
System Memory 1536 MB (DDR SDRAM) (added 1 gig stick)
BIOS Type Award (12/19/05)
Communication Port ECP Printer Port (LPT1)
Display:
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT (256 MB) (upgraded myself)
Monitor Plug and Play Monitor [NoDB] (1648605)
Multimedia:
Audio Adapter Creative Audigy LS Audio Processor (upgraded)
Storage:
IDE Controller Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
IDE Controller Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
IDE Controller Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
Disk Drive ST380011A (80 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/100)
Optical Drive LITE-ON DVDRW LH-20A1P
Optical Drive TSSTcorp CD-R/RW TS-H292C
SMART Hard Disks Status OK
yay, go nifty program. i dont remember off hand what my power is, but im guessing its at 430Watt.
First thing i was thinking of doing was upgrading my CPU
Intel Pentium D 950 Presler 3.4GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80553950
$250
Antec TPQ-850 ATX12V / EPS12V 850W Power Supply
$250
CORSAIR ValueSelect 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Desktop Memory Model VS2GBKIT667D2
$70
Seagate Barracuda ES ST3500630NS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive $150 and maybe a faster spare drive someday.
Then maybe one of these or a similer Video Card.
EVGA 640-P2-N821-AR GeForce 8800GTS 640MB 320-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card
$369.99
EVGA 768-P2-N831-AR GeForce 8800GTX 768MB 384-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card
$529.99
BFG Tech BFGR88320GTSOCE GeForce 8800GTS 320MB 320-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card
$309.99
Im also thinking it might be better to just buy a new case and Mother bored, start from scratch. gimme thoughts, suggestions, ideas. thanks.
i figure i can afford around 1000 to 1500$ also im using it for gaming mostly. Heavy gaming like oblivion and such.
This is what i have now,
Hewlett-Packard Compaq Presario SR1803WM
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
OS Service Pack Service Pack 2
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
Computer Name DEMORTIX (A Dark Dreamscape)
User Name Compaq_Owner
Motherboard:
CPU Type Intel Celeron D 351, 3200 MHz (24 x 133) (total poo)
Motherboard Name Unknown
Motherboard Chipset ATI Radeon Xpress 200
System Memory 1536 MB (DDR SDRAM) (added 1 gig stick)
BIOS Type Award (12/19/05)
Communication Port ECP Printer Port (LPT1)
Display:
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT (256 MB) (upgraded myself)
Monitor Plug and Play Monitor [NoDB] (1648605)
Multimedia:
Audio Adapter Creative Audigy LS Audio Processor (upgraded)
Storage:
IDE Controller Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
IDE Controller Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
IDE Controller Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
Disk Drive ST380011A (80 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/100)
Optical Drive LITE-ON DVDRW LH-20A1P
Optical Drive TSSTcorp CD-R/RW TS-H292C
SMART Hard Disks Status OK
yay, go nifty program. i dont remember off hand what my power is, but im guessing its at 430Watt.
First thing i was thinking of doing was upgrading my CPU
Intel Pentium D 950 Presler 3.4GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80553950
$250
Antec TPQ-850 ATX12V / EPS12V 850W Power Supply
$250
CORSAIR ValueSelect 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Desktop Memory Model VS2GBKIT667D2
$70
Seagate Barracuda ES ST3500630NS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive $150 and maybe a faster spare drive someday.
Then maybe one of these or a similer Video Card.
EVGA 640-P2-N821-AR GeForce 8800GTS 640MB 320-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card
$369.99
EVGA 768-P2-N831-AR GeForce 8800GTX 768MB 384-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card
$529.99
BFG Tech BFGR88320GTSOCE GeForce 8800GTS 320MB 320-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card
$309.99
Im also thinking it might be better to just buy a new case and Mother bored, start from scratch. gimme thoughts, suggestions, ideas. thanks.
