Harpr33t Posted April 26, 2011 Content Count: 1980 Joined: 08/21/08 Status: Offline Share Posted April 26, 2011 My little annoying brother wants to upgrade some parts on his computer and my parents have tasked me with the job. I can spend around 400 to do it. He basically wants to casual game on this comp. (He's a Xbox 360 fag) System Specs: OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 Build 2600 OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation System Manufacturer Dell Inc. System Model Dell DM061 System Type X86-based PC Processor x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 6 GenuineIntel ~1862 Mhz SMBIOS Version 2.3 Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time Total Physical Memory 3,072.00 MB Available Physical Memory 2.22 GB Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB Available Virtual Memory 1.95 GB Page File Space 4.84 GB GPU: Radeon X1300/X1550 Any help would be appreciated Link to comment
Tweezy Posted April 26, 2011 Content Count: 3791 Joined: 08/08/09 Status: Offline Share Posted April 26, 2011 Holy shit that is an old computer... Well, after a little research the Petinum D Processors use LGA Socket 775, meaning you can get quite good CPU's, bit outdated compared to your i7's, but still good. CPU - Intel CPU Q8400 Quad Core - £113 I wasn't able to find out what motherboard he uses, but from google pictures I couldn't see any PCI-E or AGP GPU slots, meaning he's stuck with that shitty X1300... If anything, I would tell him to sell it on ebay, might get £40 for it. Then build a new one, I'm sure for $500 I could do you a good build with future upgrades when needed. Link to comment
Harpr33t Posted April 26, 2011 Content Count: 1980 Joined: 08/21/08 Status: Offline Share Posted April 26, 2011 The processor in this comp is an Intel Dual Core 1.8 not a D. But can I still buy that Processor? Link to comment
Chaoz` Posted April 26, 2011 Content Count: 1740 Joined: 04/04/10 Status: Offline Share Posted April 26, 2011 well i found a google pic, this might be his mobo: ImageShack® - Online Photo and Video Hosting it has a PCIe slot, so you're good to go Link to comment
Harpr33t Posted April 26, 2011 Content Count: 1980 Joined: 08/21/08 Status: Offline Share Posted April 26, 2011 Should I take some pictures of it? Or go to the Dell Website and find out from there? Link to comment
Chaoz` Posted April 26, 2011 Content Count: 1740 Joined: 04/04/10 Status: Offline Share Posted April 26, 2011 well more pics would be good tho. just some mobo shots would be great, cuz i'm not sure if that really is the same mobo tho Link to comment
b0red Posted April 26, 2011 Content Count: 4360 Joined: 04/25/09 Status: Offline Share Posted April 26, 2011 Yeah pics would help because without pci slots your pretty much screwed and better off just buying a whole new setup. You could save cash though on hard drives though since you already have some. Link to comment
Harpr33t Posted April 26, 2011 Content Count: 1980 Joined: 08/21/08 Status: Offline Share Posted April 26, 2011 Link to comment
Tweezy Posted April 27, 2011 Content Count: 3791 Joined: 08/08/09 Status: Offline Share Posted April 27, 2011 Can you get your motherboard number as well please? I need to see max RAM capacity. Link to comment
Harpr33t Posted April 27, 2011 Content Count: 1980 Joined: 08/21/08 Status: Offline Share Posted April 27, 2011 I am at max RAM right now. Windows XP can only use 3 GB max and thats what I have. Link to comment
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