My PC

[ThE_KiD]

Hello everyone,

I need some suggestions regarding the speed of my PC. Speed as in how fast it takes to start up, load and play games without lagging badly... I currently use a 512mb ram drive (i know it doensn't meet the minimum requirements of games right now... -_-")

One of my friends told me to just simply buy a new PC but it would cost alot... My other friend also suggested to buy a 1gb ram drive but the problem is, I dont know my motherboard type so if I buy the wrong ram for the wrong motherboard it wont fit.

Any suggestions? :wink:

[Kernel Kev]

Give us your motherboard details and i will look into what i feel would be good for you.

My PC which is going to be a stormer is going to cost me just over £300. Which is brilliant in my eyes.

All good updating Ram but the CPU may be slow and motherboard may only support the slower speed Ram sticks.



Kev
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[ThE_KiD]

Sure, but I can give you the details asa I get back from my holiday. thx

[Kernel Kev]

No worries, you might want to pay attention to cabe if he speaks his wise words :lol:

He knows much more than me :cry:



Kev
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[ThE_KiD]

haha okie dokie

[The Juggler]

To upgrade your pc you really want to work out what you want it to do for you.... do you want a games machine, an internet surfer, a homework helper, a business machine or an all rounder???

Depending on what you want and how much you have to spend will guide people into advising you on your options.

Normally a games machine is the most expensive option if your after cutting edge graphics etc. For these you need fast ram and a fast cpu and obviously a decent graphics card... all of these are no good unless you have a decent monitor to show you the quality of the components.

As Kev suggested post the full specifics of your machine now....
CPU
Memory (amount and type)
Hard drive (capacity and speed)
Mother board spec
Powersupply (max watts output)

Once armed with this information I am sure one of the techheads here will be able to advise you on your best option.




Des


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[ThE_KiD]

My PC is mainly for games/downloading.

[Cabe]

Depending on the state of your current PC I would probably recommend you ditch most of it and build a new PC. If you give me a budget I'll see what I can find for you to build a gaming PC.

You'll probably want to spring for a DX10 gaphics card (any of the GeForce 8 series) so consider that too.

[ThE_KiD]

I got my PC around 3 years ago. It's a official hp PC not customized so I dont know if I can add ram to it -___-"

I am looking at a budget of aprox 5000-6000$HKD which is 313-376 pounds.

[Death1505921]

Originally Posted by ThE_KiD

I got my PC around 3 years ago. It's a official hp PC not customized so I dont know if I can add ram to it -___-"

I am looking at a budget of aprox 5000-6000$HKD which is 313-376 pounds.

That'll be a bitch. Mines a packard bell, three years old too. After using a scanner and looking up my mobo it should have been able to take a gig in each ram slot, but it could only handle 512. IDK what PB had done to it, they were also cheap and removed two of the ram modules, since it only needed the 2 when i bought it. It also wouldnt let me upgrade the graphics card. So Im building a new one.

Specs:

custom case
4gig ram
duel core 2 duo E6600 processor
400gb HDD 16mb cache
512 GE-FORCE 7200
450W PSU

It'll cost me about £500, or $1000.