Need some recommendations for upgrading my computer!

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Permalink Reply by John Silver on July 31, 2009 at 2:51pm

At most you could upgrade to 2gigs of memory. Your motherboard does not support more than that.

There is a big difference between 1 and 2 gigs especially for with Photoshop and video editing because the files are loaded into memory for editing. If you don't have enough memory it uses the hard disk for "extra" memory and it is very very slow.

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Permalink Reply by indigo196 on July 31, 2009 at 8:13pm

Being honest... save your money and build a new PC with a better processor and more ram.

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Permalink Reply by Shayna Pittman on August 1, 2009 at 6:09am

Well thanks. . . I guess thats what I will have to do. I really like the case. Its a Antec. I suppose the guts can be upgraded.

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Permalink Reply by indigo196 on August 1, 2009 at 9:45am

Yeah..,. if you have a nice case and a good PSU you can just pull the guts. Its a pain, but a sad reality for computers. I can help you price out some good stuff on NewEgg if you need help.

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Permalink Reply by Shayna Pittman on August 6, 2009 at 6:46pm

Oh great! I will definitely get back to you. . about that. . . i need to decide on how much am i willing to spend.

Thank you!

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Permalink Reply by kosei on August 10, 2009 at 7:41pm

Definitely making a good choice here :-) Since you already have the case, you could buy a much better computer than what you have for a few hundred dollars. Not cheap, I know, but definitely better than it once was! I built a really good gaming rig for only $700, which was unheard of even 5 years ago.

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Permalink Reply by Justin G on August 1, 2009 at 3:41am

I have to agree with indigo. The bus speed for that CPU is only 133MHz most now are 1000MHz or better.

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Permalink Reply by Roki1997 on August 22, 2009 at 10:27am

Oh man you really need to ubgrade your PC no offence but my sister has a simiallar one

-1 GB of DDR RAM
-AMD Athlon 1.3 GHz
-160GB HDD
-NVidia Geforce 6600GT
-im not sure about the case!



my system

-AMD Athlon 5200+ Dual Core Processor 2.71GHz (overclocked at 2.80 GHz)
-EVGA Nvidia Geforce GTS 250 512MB GDDR3 2000MHz
-320GB HDD
-1 DVD RW drive
-Motherboard (Im not sure)
-450W PSU
-Thermaltake Blueorb CPU Cooler


so i guess you really need to ubgrade!

my recommendations
-AMD Phenom II Quad Core Processor 2.6 GHz
-4GB of DDR2 RAM 800 or even better DDR3
-EVGA NVidia Geforce GTS 250 512MB GDDR3
-1-4 Hard Disks atleast 320 GB all together
-1 DVD RW drive 16X
-For The Motherboard im not sure but if your going to run SLI or Crossfire you know what to do!

sorry for this long post!

hope it helps!

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Permalink Reply by Shayna Pittman on September 1, 2009 at 7:30pm

Dude you have no idea. . . money has been crazy tight and I am so desperately in need to upgrade my system. Especially to better get the feel of a dual monitor set up. I love my computer but it is time for change. . .

Thanks for the recommendations. . I am finally getting settled in my new home. . so this is will be the first thing on my list to do . . . nothing means more than a new system in a new house. . .

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