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Civic98
03-20-2003, 11:31 PM
ok i don't wanna spend too much money on it ....wat is/are something(s) i can upgrade w/o spendin too much money?? i duno much bout computers....:paranoid:
94_AcCoRd_EX
03-21-2003, 01:18 AM
You're going to have to tell us exactly what you have in order for us to suggest upgrades :)

If its too old, you'll have to just start from scratch.
Maxvla
03-21-2003, 01:19 AM
wow. thats a very open ended question that could take quite a while to answer.

would you mind being a bit more specific? maybe post the specs of your current rig? what your uses are and what items you are interested in, if any.
Maxvla
03-21-2003, 01:20 AM
day late, dollar short. beaten by the one and only trevor.

thats ok though cause i'm only 1/100th awake.
Civic98
03-21-2003, 11:12 AM
-Compaq presario
-windows xp
-pentium 3
-wat else???
Civic98
03-21-2003, 11:13 AM
oh yeah and it was a windows 98 , i recently upgraded it to windows XP ........
Daviso27
03-21-2003, 01:01 PM
Go to HERE, (http://pcpitstop.com/pcpitstop/pitstop.asp) Click on "Let's Go...It will run a series of test and it will tell you what is wrong with your PC...No Sh!t.
94_AcCoRd_EX
03-21-2003, 01:03 PM
Originally posted by Civic98
-Compaq presario
-windows xp
-pentium 3
-wat else???

If its a presario, you can add more ram and maybe upgrade the proc a little bit, but its not worth it.

If you'd tell us what you're willing to spend, we could get you an AMD athlon system for a great price I'm sure.
Civic98
03-21-2003, 09:22 PM
around $100-$150
94_AcCoRd_EX
03-21-2003, 11:26 PM
Hmm... $150. Well, you can't get much. Maybe buy yourself a stick of RAM if it doesn't already have 256. I'd save it until you can get something better (and build it yourself!).
Grex
03-24-2003, 10:34 PM
512 Megs of SDRAM should do you fine. If your concern is videogames, then system RAM and Graphics Card RAM are more important than processor speed. ATI all the way, btw.
DumbMoFo
04-10-2003, 10:45 PM
Well, depending on your computing style, that may or may not be enough to do what you want.

Are you a gamer? or are you mainly the word processing/e-mail/internet type?

If you want to try to do something here, more RAM, however, I would suggest saving the cash for a new machine down the road.