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If i have this: Intel Pentium 4 CPU 2.93GHz, 2926 Mhz, 1 Core, 1 Logical Processor.


Will i be able to upgrade it to this: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/142969
 
That's your processor. You processor goes onto your motherboard.

We need to know what brand and model motherboard you have.
 
You pretty much have one the best CPU's that motherboard will support. If you can overclock it go ahead, otherwise you need a brand new build.

It wouldn't take much to get a way better motherboard and CPU. Pick up a cheap but new $60 motherboard and a E3200 celeron dual core which is $53 on newegg right now. The new celeron's are way better than the older ones.
Oh, you'll also need some ddr2 ram though. A 2gb dual channel setup (2x1gb) will be like $30 for ddr2-800 ram.


Oh sorry you are in UK I'll give you links to ebuyer-

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/161009

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/173865

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/164756


Thats stuff right there will make your PC so much faster than now you won't know what to do.
 
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yes but it's only ddr ram not ddr2. Your ram won't work sorry it's old lol.

Those parts will make your PC seem like night and day.
 
What operating system are you running? XP?

Also, is your hard drive an IDE or Sata? How about your dvd rom, ide or sata? If you have an IDE hard drive you'll need to get a sata dvd rom, the new mother boards only have 1 IDE port now since most people don't have IDE stuff anymore.
So, you can keep your hard drive either way but I recommend a sata dvd burner-

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/176025

Thats the one I have, it's very good. If you have a SATA hard drive and/or a SATA dvd rom than disregard all this as you don't need to worry or buy anything else then.

On the video card, yeah you should be able to run a great video card now BUT you'll be needing a power supply thats good enough. What power supply do you have? And also, what games do you play? Just trying to get a feel for what video card to recommend.
 
I'm currently running Windows 7 32BIT.

This is all the infomation i can find on my HDD's/DVD Drives. If you know a way i can find more infomation then let me know.
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201.14 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
161.31 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

PHILIPS DVDR1628P1 ATA Device [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]

Maxtor 6E040L0 [Hard drive] (41.11 GB) -- drive 0, s/n E1RHNMHE, rev NAR61EA0, SMART Status: Healthy
ST3160021A [Hard drive] (160.04 GB) -- drive 1, s/n 5JS7ZRCJ, rev 8.01, SMART Status: Healthy

I found this in DxDiag:
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System Information
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Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Packard Bell NEC
System Model: 00000000000000000000000
BIOS: BIOS Date: 07/11/05 18:56:38 Ver: 08.00.09
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.93GHz, ~2.9GHz
Memory: 2048MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 2046MB RAM
Page File: 811MB used, 3281MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7600.16385 32bit Unicode

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Disk & DVD/CD-ROM Drives
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Drive: C:
Free Space: 18.7 GB
Total Space: 39.2 GB
File System: NTFS
Model: Maxtor 6E040L0 ATA Device

Drive: D:
Free Space: 127.2 GB
Total Space: 144.6 GB
File System: NTFS
Model: ST3160021A ATA Device

Drive: E:
Free Space: 7.9 GB
Total Space: 8.0 GB
File System: NTFS
Model: ST3160021A ATA Device

Drive: G:
Model: PHILIPS DVDR1628P1 ATA Device
Driver: c:\windows\system32\drivers\cdrom.sys, 6.01.7600.16385 (English), 7/13/2009 23:11:26, 108544 bytes

I would love to be able to play the latest games such as Modern Warefare 2. This game comes out on Tuesday, 10th November. Here are the required specifications to play the game on minimum settings:

  • OS: Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7 (Windows 95/98/ME/2000 are unsupported)
  • Processor: Intel Pentium 4 3.2 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 3200+ processor or better supported
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 256 MB NVIDIA GeForce 6600GT or better or ATI Radeon 1600XT or better
  • DirectX®: Microsoft DirectX(R) 9.0c
  • Hard Drive: 12GB of free hard drive space
  • Sound: 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
  • Internet: Broadband connection and service required for Multiplayer Connectivity. Internet Connection required for activation.
  • Co-op/Multiplayer Hosting: To host Co-op or MP matches, a 2Ghz dual-core or better processor is recommended.
 
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Hmm looks like you got a couple hard drives. Can you post a pic of the inside of your case? Specifically the hard drives and how they are arranged?
All of you drives are IDE so you'll be needing the SATA dvd rom for sure.


Yeah that cpu and just about any newer graphics card will play that game with ease.
 
Sorry i dont have a camera :/

Ah okay, could you recomend some?

Oh good :) Thats all i really want it to be able to do :D

Thank-youu!
 
Here's a SATA dvd burner, they aren't real expensive-


http://www.ebuyer.com/product/176025


I'm just not sure how you have your hard drives arranged though, so I can't accurately give any tech help on how to configure the new setup.
Can you open the ''my computer'' window and give me a screen shot of that?
 
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