I need an Upgrade

[von Ryan]

My computer is getting old... What do you recommend?

AMD Athlon XP 2000+ (1679 MHz)
nVidia Geforce FX 5200 (128 MB)
ASUS A7A266-E
512 MB RAM (DDR)

lol, u think that is old, check this out:

AMD Athlon XP 1600+
nVidia GeForce 4 MX 440
Gigabyte GA-7DXE
768 MB DDR SDRAM

[mirv]

I'd recommend getting an amd64 for a processor - they run 32bit just fine, or you could go for a 64bit OS. I run Gentoo under native 64bit, it loves that, but 32bit winxp (mainly because ati don't support <9500 64bit windows drivers, and I have a radeon 9250se) which still runs quite nice.

[Denny]

I also agree with the AMD64 CPU (shoulda got one myself)

[TruB]

i use amd 64 3200+.. 512 ram.. the ram is rather low but i cant afford buying more yet.. amd 64 works great.. but if you dont have a OS that support it, you dont use it fully..

[Zacker]

This is the last computer I assembled:

Optisk drev: LiteOn SOHW-1673S 2 MB / 160 ms / 48x (CD) / 16x (DVD) (R) / 48x (CD) / 16x (DVD±R) / 4x (DVD+R DL) (W) / 24x (CD) / 6x (DVD-RW) / 8x (DVD+RW) (RW)

RAM: Elixir 2 x 512 MB / DDR SDRAM / PC3200CL3 / 400

Tastatur&mus: 2N / DCS PH-KB tastatur/mus SORT

Kabinet: DCS Miditower X-Gaming Y3 350 Watt

Bundkort: MSI K8N Neo3-F / PCI-Express / Gigabit Ethernet / 5.1 kanal surround

CPU: AMD Processor in a Box (PIB) Athlon 64 3400+

GFX: ASUS Extreme AX600PRO/TD

HDD: Western Digital Caviar SE WD2500JD 250 GB / 7200 rpm / 8 MB / Serial ATA-150

[stefanhendriks]

my computer, i can't upgrade it. (its a freaking laptop). So, i'll deal with:

2.6Ghz CPU (intel) P4
512 DDR ram
40 Gig HD
Geforce FX 5200 Go , 64 MB video ram

And you know what, run HL2 : CSS at DirectX 7 mode smoooth!

[Exilibur]

For those of you who don't understand danish, I've taken the liberty to translate some of the words in zackers post:

Originally Posted by Zacker (translated)

This is the last computer I assembled:

Optical drive: LiteOn SOHW-1673S 2 MB / 160 ms / 48x (CD) / 16x (DVD) (R) / 48x (CD) / 16x (DVD±R) / 4x (DVD+R DL) (W) / 24x (CD) / 6x (DVD-RW) / 8x (DVD+RW) (RW)

RAM: Elixir 2 x 512 MB / DDR SDRAM / PC3200CL3 / 400

Keyboard and Mouse: 2N / DCS PH-KB Keyboard/Mouse Black

Case: DCS Miditower X-Gaming Y3 350 Watt

Motherboard: MSI K8N Neo3-F / PCI-Express / Gigabit Ethernet / 5.1 channel surround

CPU: AMD Processor in a Box (PIB) Athlon 64 3400+

GFX: ASUS Extreme AX600PRO/TD

HDD: Western Digital Caviar SE WD2500JD 250 GB / 7200 rpm / 8 MB / Serial ATA-150

i would personally get a much better soundcard, soundblaster for gaming, and something complety different if you're gonna use it for anything else.
A better mouse would probably be recommended too, i think.

[Cpl. Shrike]

Originally Posted by stefanhendriks

my computer, i can't upgrade it. (its a freaking laptop). So, i'll deal with:

2.6Ghz CPU (intel) P4
512 DDR ram
40 Gig HD
Geforce FX 5200 Go , 64 MB video ram

And you know what, run HL2 : CSS at DirectX 7 mode smoooth!

Yes you can.
Faster CPU, more ram, bigger hdd, extended battery pack.
Only the tft is fixed. :-/

[stefanhendriks]

faster CPU? i don't think my medion is upgradable at all. Except for battery, HD and CD/RW/DVD...