RE: computer upgrades
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RE: computer upgrades - 5/11/2008 6:23:22 PM
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mattlowe01
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ktown, the power draw between a p4 2.8 and 3.4 isnt that much, he should be fine with his power supply.
Tell us what part of your computer you would like to upgrade? Snapiness, overall quickness of running tasks, opening programs quicker, faster load time, being able to open more web pages at once
Snapiness - another gig of ram would make the most notable difference
overall quickness - upgrading to 3.4 p4
open programs quicker - the 3.4
opening more programs at once - another gig of ram
faster load times/boot times - a faster hard drive
more webpages - another gig of ram
how much is a faster hard drive? how much is the 3.4 p4? is the hard drive the same thing as the 3.4 p4? also i was told i have 2 512 thigns of ram. so how much would 2 1 gigs of ram cost?
It depends, you can get a very decent hard drive for around 100$ that will give you plenty of room for music, movies, pictures, etc.
The 3.4ghz p4 is around 80-100$ on ebay
2x1gb of ram will cost you around 70$ nowadays (dirt cheap compared to before)
The hard drive is not the same as the 3.4ghz p4. the p4 is the processor, the hard drive stores all your information
Honestly, you would be much better off picking up a decent computer than upgrading yours, since well... your computer is dead technology. Your processor is already 3 generations behind. Even a low end core2duo system today will blow yours out of the water, and will hold you over for a few more years.
The way i think about it, sink 200$ into your computer now, hold you over for another year maybe with all the new software and hardware coming out.. Or sink 400$ into a decent desktop, hold you over for at least 4 years. The fact is, operation systems and applications are becoming more and more demanding and your computer as of now wont be able to hold up to it for much longer, without making you angry lol
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RE: computer upgrades - 5/11/2008 6:38:14 PM
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imnotmy77stang
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tigerdirect has some ocz memory on sale this weekend 2gb of DDR2 for 29 bucks after rebate. its definately worth grabbing. then save yoru cruical information and reformat. you'll be amazed at how much faster it feels.
jesus, when will you people listen?
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RE: computer upgrades - 5/11/2008 7:02:31 PM
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Jasperstang308
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ORIGINAL: mattlowe01
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ORIGINAL: Jasperstang308
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ORIGINAL: mattlowe01
ktown, the power draw between a p4 2.8 and 3.4 isnt that much, he should be fine with his power supply.
Tell us what part of your computer you would like to upgrade? Snapiness, overall quickness of running tasks, opening programs quicker, faster load time, being able to open more web pages at once
Snapiness - another gig of ram would make the most notable difference
overall quickness - upgrading to 3.4 p4
open programs quicker - the 3.4
opening more programs at once - another gig of ram
faster load times/boot times - a faster hard drive
more webpages - another gig of ram
how much is a faster hard drive? how much is the 3.4 p4? is the hard drive the same thing as the 3.4 p4? also i was told i have 2 512 thigns of ram. so how much would 2 1 gigs of ram cost?
It depends, you can get a very decent hard drive for around 100$ that will give you plenty of room for music, movies, pictures, etc.
The 3.4ghz p4 is around 80-100$ on ebay
2x1gb of ram will cost you around 70$ nowadays (dirt cheap compared to before)
The hard drive is not the same as the 3.4ghz p4. the p4 is the processor, the hard drive stores all your information
Honestly, you would be much better off picking up a decent computer than upgrading yours, since well... your computer is dead technology. Your processor is already 3 generations behind. Even a low end core2duo system today will blow yours out of the water, and will hold you over for a few more years.
The way i think about it, sink 200$ into your computer now, hold you over for another year maybe with all the new software and hardware coming out.. Or sink 400$ into a decent desktop, hold you over for at least 4 years. The fact is, operation systems and applications are becoming more and more demanding and your computer as of now wont be able to hold up to it for much longer, without making you angry lol
why do i need more hard drive space? i have 160 right now and only used 30.
how do i find out what mobo i have
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RE: computer upgrades - 5/11/2008 7:30:08 PM
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pj1010
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You don't need more space.
The goal is to get you a quicker drive/additional spindle.
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