is it time for me to get a new computer??

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Lifer
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I have quite an old rig from 2001:

P4 1.8 gig, pc133 SDRAM, 40 gig HD, radeon 8500 128 meg.

How much does it cost me to get a decent computer? I dont need to get anything blazin fast... something to play games decently (not much of a FPS fan)
 
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Kipper

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Just upgrade the video card and max out your RAM...cheaper that way. :D
 
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Lifer
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Originally posted by: notfred
A P4 1.8 is "quite old"?

<-- posting form a 2-week-old 1.3ghz machine.
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yes for a desktop?

maybe what I need is a reformat
 
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mAdD INDIAN

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<-- posting from a P3-993, 256mb ram, and geforce2.

Just recently upgraded to the P3 and Geforce2.
 
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her209

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I have a 486-DX2 running Win XP 64-bit Edition. It r0x0rs my b0x0rs.
 
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ProviaFan

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Originally posted by: MadCowDisease
Just upgrade the video card and max out your RAM...cheaper that way. :D
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He's on SDR SDRAM - don't put any more money into that crap, it's too outdated. Get a new motherboard that supports DDR SDRAM, at least. Depending on which socket configuration your P4 is, you may need a new CPU as well.
 
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nsafreak

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Originally posted by: her209
I have a 486-DX2 running Win XP 64-bit Edition. It r0x0rs my b0x0rs.
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Bah I pwn you with my Power Computing PowerTowerPro 225 running MacOS 8.6 :)

 
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TitanDiddly

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Get a new mobo/ram, then gradually upgrade the rest as you can afford. If you have the cash, just build an A64 rig.
 
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Lifer
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Originally posted by: ProviaFan
Originally posted by: MadCowDisease
Just upgrade the video card and max out your RAM...cheaper that way. :D
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He's on SDR SDRAM - don't put any more money into that crap, it's too outdated. Get a new motherboard that supports DDR SDRAM, at least. Depending on which socket configuration your P4 is, you may need a new CPU as well.
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its a dell 4300... u think I need a new CPU? how much does a decent computer run for anyyways? (if you built your own)
 
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Svnla

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You think you computer is old??

<<--------- is typing from a desktop Dell Dimension XPS700T = Pent 3 700Mhz, 128MB PC100 SDRAM, 30 GB HD, 32MB Nvidia graphic card, Win98 (close to top of the line in 2000).

I upgraded the RAM, HD, and Windows.

To the OP, I think it will cost you between 500 to 1K for a decent computer (depends greatly on the configuration). I am talking about desktops only.
 
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SZLiao214

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Before my notebook i was running on a 750 mhz amd athlon with 256 megs of ram. Back then my geforce2 was godly!
 
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gabemcg

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Originally posted by: deftron
I'm posting from an abacus
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I modded my sundial to support firefox, I just upgraded from crude grunts, and smoke signals
 
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gabemcg

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Originally posted by: flxnimprtmscl
Originally posted by: gabemcg
Originally posted by: deftron
I'm posting from an abacus
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I modded my sundial to support firefox, I just upgraded from crude grunts, and smoke signals
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Link to instructions for the mod?
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I can't find the tutorial I used, but I've got a pic HERE <---------------------------------------clicky
 
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