What can I do to make this computer better?

[chuiy]

Hey guys, here is my current pc build.

[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]System Security Status[/FONT]

Security Benchmark Score

0.67 of 10 (details...)

Virus Protection

Up-to-date

Microsoft Security Updates

1 missing

[SIZE=+1]Computer Profile Summary[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]Computer Name: [/SIZE][SIZE=-1]flapjack (in MSHOME) — Jesse[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]Profile Date: [/SIZE][SIZE=-1]Monday, July 18, 2011 12:30:46 PM[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]Advisor Version: [/SIZE][SIZE=-1]8.2a[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]Windows Logon: [/SIZE][SIZE=-1]Jesse[/SIZE]
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click for Belarc's System Management products Operating System new – server roles System Model Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 (build 2600)
Install Language: English (United States)
System Locale: English (United States)
Installed: 9/16/2010 6:46:18 PM Dell Inc. OptiPlex GX620
System Service Tag: DYFD5C1 (support for this PC)
Chassis Serial Number: DYFD5C1
Enclosure Type: Mini-Tower Processor a Main Circuit Board b 3.00 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4
16 kilobyte primary memory cache
2048 kilobyte secondary memory cache
64-bit ready
Hyper-threaded (2 total) Board: Dell Inc. 0HH807
Serial Number: ..CN1374068F00OE.
Bus Clock: 800 megahertz
BIOS: Dell Inc. A10 10/27/2006 new USB Storage Use in past 30 Days (mouse over last used for details) new Hosted Virtual Machines (mouse over name for details) Last Used Seagate Desktop -- drive 1, s/n 2GHKREZ8, rev 0130 7/18/2011 12:11:53 PM GOOGLE Mass storage, s/n A10000193D522D, rev ffff 7/17/2011 9:59:31 PM* Apple iPod, s/n 000A27001ADCEA66, rev 1.62 7/8/2011 2:48:55 PM* Kingston DataTraveler G3, s/n 0013729B6EB8EB40D0000232, rev PMAP 7/6/2011 3:50:37 PM* TOSHIBA TransMemory, s/n 001D92A85EAAB991B336001D, rev PMAP 6/20/2011 7:56:27 AM*
* Possibly used again before the reboot following this time. None discovered Drives new – drive encryption Memory Modules c,d 1080.19 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
956.67 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDR8164B [Optical drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]

HDS728080PLA380 [Hard drive] (80.00 GB) -- drive 0, s/n PFDBU0EJTA52EX, rev PF2OA63A, SMART Status: Healthy
Seagate Desktop USB Device [Hard drive] (1000.20 GB) -- drive 1 3584 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory

Slot 'DIMM_1' is Empty
Slot 'DIMM_3' has 1024 MB (serial number 00082546)
Slot 'DIMM_2' has 2048 MB (serial number 0008177D)
Slot 'DIMM_4' has 1024 MB (serial number 00080BCD) Local Drive Volumes new – volume encryption




c: (NTFS on drive 0) * 79.99 GB 29.50 GB free

e: (NTFS on drive 1) 1000.20 GB 927.17 GB free


* Operating System is installed on c: Network Drives None discovered Users (mouse over user name for details) Printers local user accountslast logon

Jesse 7/18/2011 12:12:13 PM (admin) local system accounts

Administrator never (admin)

ASPNET never

Guest never

HelpAssistant never

SUPPORT_388945a0 never

Marks a disabled account;

Marks a locked account Microsoft XPS Document Writer on XPSPort: WebEx Document Loader on WebEx Document Loader Port Controllers Display Standard floppy disk controller
Primary IDE Channel [Controller] (2x)
Secondary IDE Channel [Controller] (2x)
Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller (2x) LogMeIn Mirror Driver [Display adapter]
NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS [Display adapter]
DELL 1707FP [Monitor] (17.1"vis, s/n XX-0CC280-XXXXX-642-AH5K, April 2006) Bus Adapters Multimedia Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller
Standard Universal PCI to USB Host Controller (4x) SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio Virus Protection [Back to Top] Group Policies AVG Anti-Virus 2011 Version 10.0 Virus Definitions Version Up To Date Realtime File Scanning On None discovered Communications new – connection speed & status Other Devices


Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx Gigabit Controller ↑ Linksys WUSB600N Wireless-N USB Adapter with Dual-Band ver. 2 primary Auto IP Address: 192.168.1.117 / 24
Gateway: 192.168.1.1
Dhcp Server: 192.168.1.1
Physical Address: 68:7F:74:80:93:EE Networking Dns Server: 192.168.254.254 HID-compliant consumer control device (2x)
HID-compliant device
USB Human Interface Device (3x)
HID Keyboard Device
HID-compliant mouse
Generic USB Hub
USB Composite Device
USB Mass Storage Device
USB Root Hub (5x)
What can I do (Under 100$ preferrably) To make games run smoother (most of my fps games are about 12 fps) Any help is appreciated!

 

[Fardringle]

What exactly do you want to be able to do with the computer? There's really not much that you can upgrade on that system.

You could get a SLIGHTLY faster CPU but it's probably not worth the cost.

You already have the maximum RAM that XP can handle.

You don't need more disk space (nearly a terabyte of free space).

You could potentially get a faster video card, but that CPU will limit anything noticeably faster than your 8400 gs.


If you are wanting to spend money to upgrade, you can buy a new system with a dramatically faster CPU and a much better video card for about the same cost as the possible upgrades to your existing computer (that really wouldn't much of a difference anyway).

 

[chuiy]

Alright thanks for the help and thats what I was thinking, I was thinking of keeping the mobo and finding a compatable cpu that would work, but the mobo is so old, nothing worthwhile would be compatable :T I find myself stuck in a hole......