Any ideas to customize/upgrade? (Is it worth it thread)

[Concordedly]

So at a New Year's Eve party, some idiot comes stumbling up to me asking me to fix his computer. Taking it home, he had multiple downloader trojans and a fake antivir trojan on his computer. It was the most poorly maintained computer I've seen in my life in terms of software. I ran a boot of WinXP on it and got it back in order in about an hour or two, calling the guy, I decided I liked this computer better than mine and wanted to see if he would pay for a different computer rather than a repair price on his. He's buying my Dell Dimension for $100 (ripoff I guess, but hell, my life ain't easy so I'm taking it without guilt)

This is the computer I got out of it (Which really is better than a Dimension 2350 but not by much)

Hardware
Base processor
Intel Pentium4 515 2.93 GHz
533 MHz Front side bus
Socket 775
Chipset
Intel 915G
Motherboard
ASUS name: PTGD1-LA
HP name: Grouper-GL8E
Memory
Component Attributes
Memory Installed 512 MB (2 x 256MB)
Maximum allowed 4 GB* (4 x 1GB) requires the replacement of the installed 256 MB DIMMs

*Actual available memory may be less
Speed supported PC3200 MB/sec
Type 184 pin, DDR1-400 SDRAM
DIMM slots Four
Open DIMM slots Two

Hard drive
200 GB Ultra DMA
7200 rpm
Serial ATA (SATA)
8x DVD+R/RW DL drive
(must use Double-Layer media discs in order to take advantage of the DL technology)
type Attributes
DVD+R DL Write Once 2.4X
DVD+R Write Once 8X
DVD+RW Rewritable 4X
DVD ROM Read 12X
CD-R Write Once 24X
CD-RW Rewritable 10X
CD-ROM Read 40X

DVD-ROM drive
Maximum speed: 16X
Modem
PCI K56flex data/fax modem
Video graphics
Integrated in Intel 915G chipset
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 900
Sound/audio
Integrated on motherboard
Realtek ALC 880 chipset 8-channel audio
Dolby 7.1 surround sound support with Dolby Pro Logic IIx
THX support
Network (LAN)
Integrated 10/100 Base-T
Realtek RTL8101L
9-in-1 card
USB interface
9-in-1 digital media card reader supports the following cards:
Compact Flash I
Compact Flash II
SmartMedia
Memory Stick
Memory Stick Pro
MultiMediaCard
Secure Digital (SD)
Micro Drive
xD Picture Card (xD = extreme digital)
External I/O ports
I/O ports on the front panel
Port type Quantity
USB (2.0) Three (one on the 9-in-1 faceplate, two on the motherboard)
9-in-1 media card reader One card with four slots
IEEE 1394 One
Headphone One
Line-in One
Microphone One

I/O ports on the back panel
Port type Quantity
USB (2.0) Four
IEEE 1394 One
Audio One each (line-in, line-out, microphone)
Parallel One
LAN One
VGA (monitor) One
PS/2 (keyboard, mouse) Two

Expansion slots (total)
Slot type Quantity
PCI Three (two available)
PCI express x16 One (available)
DIMM Four (two available)

Drive bays (total)
Bay type Quantity
5.25-inch, external Two (both occupied)
3.5-inch, external Two (one available)
3.5, internal One (occupied)

Power supply
AC input voltage (47-63Hz):
100-127V/8A
200-240V/4A
DC output wattage: 300 Watts
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Any thoughts on some decent-good upgrades worth putting in while I'm still buying the parts for my expensive build?

 

[Concordedly]

I think I'll just probably upgrade the memory to 2GB and call it good. 2x1GB sticks should be fine. I don't think there's a lot else worth upgrading. Any input appreciated.

 

[Bodaggit23]

Looks like you've got just about the same computer that you sold.

Neither are worth putting a penny into, in my opinion, especially if
there's a new build on the way.

 

[Concordedly]

Alright. I'll take your word for it. I'm sitting at 1GB now, so I'll stay put until my new build is ready. You are right though, they are just about the same PC but this one has better BIOS options by far. I might try running Win7 on it now that I have the option to select PCI only for the video card. The Dimension only had an Auto-configure option. Thanks Bodaggit!