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by timehawk

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So, we want a better computer for the family, and specifically for us gamerz that use up lots of RAM. This is the problem...

Our current computer has...

Pentium II MMX - 233 mHZ
PC-100 64MB RAM (supposed to be 96MB but it doesn't recognize the most recent upgrade)
7.2 GB Hard Driver
1 - 4MB Video driver (not sure about the RAM)

We mostly want to upgrade the video driver to a nVIDIA 32MB GEFORCE 2 MX or better, look into 256MB RAM (if it can handle it), 20 - 40GB hard drive and a burner. I'm no expert, but i think all this current equipment would not run as well on the current processor and motherboard than on a new one.

If we had to upgrade the processor and motherboard, it would probably be better to just buy a whole new system.

Your thoughts are extremely welcome :)

Steve

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by rbergancia

Steve,

There's a handful of factors that you have to consider in making a choice in upgrading a Pc or buying a new one. First of all, if you're talking about games nowadays alot of them are very demanding specially the 3D one's that you have to have at least this amount of memory, this type of video card, etc., next thing you have to worry about is the budget, for me it's better to build my own gaming PC at least i know what's inside my box. Usually gaming PC only doesn't need that much components if you're going to use it for games, if you're going to use it as a workstation also it's a whole new ball game. If you need reference for gaming PC component and where to get them at resonable price (don't worry I'm not a sales person), send me an email. RBergancia@mail.com, Later.

Game On,

Rich

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