Lookin to upgrade the old bitch/whore/slag of a computer...basically wanna make it more powerful, fast and which video card i should get ect..not sure on the specs i have atm..is there anyway i can check?

All i know its Intel P4 3.40 ghz, 512mb ram, 200 gig hard drive..and im pretty sure its got a shitty 8 in 1 card reader or whateva..and i need somethin nice for when i play games, the card it has frags on newest games lmao :( like i got quake 4 for chrissy last yeard..and well, the card had it running so shit i couldnt play it..anywayyyyy :( baught it a year ago...but yeh..help appreciated

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You..Don't...REALLY, wanna go there do you?

What's your budget ?

Find out what type of memory your using, e.g "DDR 400". Then buy 2 GB's worth (£100). That will make your pc run faster. Then buy a graphics card, you will needa find out if your motherboard has a AGP or a PCI-e graphics card slot. I'd take a guess, that it'd have a AGP one so buy a Nvidia 7800GS graphics card (£80).

Since AGP is an old standard, there are many limitations and you will not be able to get the maximum out of games. Personally if I was you, I would buy a new base system or upgrade nearly the whole system which includes CPU, memory and graphics card.

The depth of the upgrade really depends on Australian prices. It might be cheaper to just buy a new pc, lol. Hook me up with a few Australian online store sites and I'll be able to advise you more accurately.

Im also looking to buy a new pc, I heard Dell was good, and they are making computers how you want them now on the dell website...

Should I get a Dell??

www.dell.com

@ bonestarr do NOT get a dell..piece's of shit..trust me
@ denz anyway mate how i can check out all the shit u need to know?

and the budget would be 500-600 aus which is like 260-300 ur money i think

graphics card- ATi Radeon 9200

i have it and its fucking awesome

but my comp is new so i dont know...

Dell - the cheapest components in the world... tacky shit. Avoid...

Zeke, first download PCWizard2006 (try breaking it up if you can't find it like that). That will tell you everything you need to know. If you post up some screenshots, I'll be able to tell you what you need...

What Pc do you have? A Custom Build? Advent? eMachine? Dell? Etc... If you have one of those, post up the model number too :D

@ bonestarr do NOT get a dell..piece's of shit..trust me
@ denz anyway mate how i can check out all the shit u need to know?

and the budget would be 500-600 aus which is like 260-300 ur money i think

Download the program here http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php . It tells you everything about your pc, even the resisters which it's using :eek: .

Im also looking to buy a new pc, I heard Dell was good, and they are making computers how you want them now on the dell website...

Should I get a Dell??

www.dell.com (http://www.dell.com)

Dell cut costs too much. They buy 'near' broken components from manufactures and sell them off in their PCs.