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whitex

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my computer is a emachine w1500 back when i got it it was just to do school reports and get on the net now that im more into pc gaming i need help is there any cheap way to upgrade it to get it closer to current standards
 
you dont want to upgrade a emachine. They are made small, and they are made difficult to upgrade. It would be in your best interest to buy a new pc, or try making your own.
 
And with what you are running, the price to upgrade it to current day standards would be near the price of a new computer. I would build you own if you have the $.
 
I just serviced an eMachine with an Atholon 1.5ghz cpu with 512mb of ram running at a 200mhz memory timing that could be brought up to 333mhz. The max on the W3050 is 1gb total. You must be running an XP1600 as seen on the specifications on their support site.

"Specifications
CPU: AMD Athlon™ XP Processor 1600+ (1.40GHz) with QuantiSpeed™ architecture
Operating System: Genuine Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition2
Monitor Bundle: eMachines 15" eView™ 15w Monitor
(13.8" Viewable, 0.28mm dot pitch)
Chipset: VIA KM 266
Memory: 128MB DDR
Hard Drive: 40GB HDD
Optical Drives: 24x Max. CD-RW Drive;
3.5" 1.44MB FDD
Video: S3 ProSavage8 (integrated)
(1 AGP slot available for upgrade)
Sound: Avance Logic ALC201
Modem: 56K ITU v.92-ready Fax/Modem
Peripherals: Keyboard, Wheel Mouse, Amplified Speakers
Ports/Other: 4 USB ports (2 on front), 1 Serial, 1 Parallel, 2 PS/2, Audio In & Out, MIDI/Game port, Mic & Head Phone jack on front, 3 PCI slots (2 available)
Dimensions: 7.25" W x 14.125" H x 16" D
Internet Access: AOL 3-month membership included
Software: Microsoft Works 2000, Money 2002, Adobe® Acrobat® Reader, Real Player, Encarta Online, Netscape® 6.2.1, AOL 7.0, CompuServe®, MSN®, BigFix®, McAfee Anti-Virus (90-days trial version)" http://www.emachines.com/support/product_support.html?cat=Desktops&subcat=W-Series&model=W1500

With a max fsb of only 266mhz you may be able to jump up one or two models on the cpu and add some memory there. But the overall cost would be better directed towards a new system other then the lowest of the line prebuilt systems. Those are plainly speaking "something to throw on shelves" at retail outlets. The money spent trying to upgrade the outdated model there would put you into a fairly decent Socket 939 board.
 
ASUS A8N5X nVIDIA nFORCE4 CHIPSET SERIAL ATA150 ATX FORM FACTOR 1xPCI-E(X16)/1xPCI-E(X4)/2xPCI-E(X1)/3xPCI/4xDDR W/SATA,RAID,LAN(Gb),USB 2.0 & AUDIO (CPU TYPE:AMD ATHLON 64 - SOCKET 939)=AMD ATHLON 64 4000+ - SAN DIEGO= CORSAIR TWINX1024-3200C2PT=(512MBX2)

thats the options i choose on that site im thinking another GB tho what do u think
whats a good video card for a low price
 
On Asus boards a pair of 1gb Kingston DDR400 dimms would go well. For a look over of both NVidia and ATI driven cards in the $60-$150 price range, http://www.mwave.com/mwave/Deepsearchdd.hmx?UID=&CID= Here the preference on ATI models cards speaks for itself. Where the response will probably come from someone pushing the 7900 GT or another NVidia driven card with a large price tag as well. The older ATI X850 and X1300 models looked good while some may suggest the NVidia 6800.
 
It's not like Kingston and Asus were made to go together or work especially well with each other. You can choose: G Skill, Corsair, Kingston, OCZ, Mushkin, Crucial are all "good" companies.
As for the graphics card, if you're budget is low, I would suggest the X800GTO2 or 7600GT. The 7600GT is much better though.
 
Kingston turned out to be the reliable brand on the Asus boards run at this end. Corsair is noted for the gaming machines while OCZ is the premium name. Initially Cprsair was run on one of the boards until it developed faults while constantly running some demanding apps. The Kingston memory now being run has been in the system longer under the same situations. On video cards whitex will have to decide which one is the best for the budget.
 
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