Getting money to improve my computer

zergnewb

United States816 Posts

September 23 2009 23:39 GMT

Hi guys. As the title says I'm getting money to get some better components/parts for my computer. I don't know much about this stuff so I thought I would come to all of you. I am getting $250 dollars and am hoping to get a better graphics card and/or a lot more RAM. My computer is a Windows XP. It has a NVIDIA GeForce graphics card and 480MB of RAM. Though my friend says if I improve those and still have a bad CPU my computer will just be slower. The only thing I could find in "Properties" that I thought might be that is 991 MHz.

So any help or advice?

FragKrag

United States11552 Posts

September 23 2009 23:44 GMT

a better graphics card and more ram won't help a computer running at 991 MHz.

Then entire computer will probably need to be replaced. Even if you got top of the line parts, the cpu would bottleneck everything.

and chances are your mobo won't support very much and will help bottleneck too.

DivinO

United States4796 Posts

September 23 2009 23:46 GMT

I think more RAM would definitely help. A processor may too, but I think there's something about compatibility of processors and computers there is to know, something I don't know. XP.

iceburn

United States303 Posts

September 23 2009 23:51 GMT

if youre really at 991 mhz, you could really use a cpu upgrade, ram is cheap go to 2 gigs, you could prolly go replace cpu, ram and gpu for 250 if you tried hard enough to look around and arn't looking for the lastest gen.

what worries me is the power supply won't give enough. and motherboard won't even be compatible with new cheap gear.

Scorch

Austria3371 Posts

September 23 2009 23:52 GMT

On September 24 2009 08:39 zergnewb wrote:
My computer is a Windows XP.

Sorry, this is funny

It seems your computer must be at least 8 years old. Your stuff is probably too old to even find compatible components to upgrade - especially if you are a noob with computers. For 250$ you can get a crappy new or used computer which is much faster than your current machine. Or have a friend give you their old computer in exchange for a beer.

zergnewb

United States816 Posts

September 23 2009 23:52 GMT

Damn. Well I guess I can save most of the money to buy a computer that isn't a piece of crap.

Night[Mare

Mexico4793 Posts

September 23 2009 23:54 GMT

i would recommend buying a whole new pc. Looks like yours is quite antique, upgrades are going to be of little use :\.

zergnewb

United States816 Posts

September 23 2009 23:56 GMT

Well thanks for the responses. I'll just save up for a better computer. Hopefully I can do so in time for SC2.

mahnini

United States6862 Posts

September 23 2009 23:57 GMT

you could probabl building a non gaming pc for less than $400 these days

Scorch

Austria3371 Posts

September 24 2009 00:02 GMT

#10

On September 24 2009 08:56 zergnewb wrote:
Well thanks for the responses. I'll just save up for a better computer. Hopefully I can do so in time for SC2.

For SC2 you'll probably have to spend around 450$ at the very least, better 650$. Just so you know what awaits you. And this is without a monitor as I guess you're still sporting a 17" CRT or so.

dhe95

United States1213 Posts

September 24 2009 00:17 GMT

#11

save another $250 and buy yourself an intel core 2 duo.

or save another $500 and buy a low end intel quad

LxRogue

United States1415 Posts

September 24 2009 00:21 GMT

#12

$250 is plenty to buy some new ram and a graphics card, but like everyone else said, you probably should save up for a whole new system.

If you got a CPU, RAM, and a graphics card for $250 in a new system, you could probably run SC2 on low-mid settings just fine.

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