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I got done with building my first computer a while ago and I realized that some of the parts on it are not exactly good enough for what i want to use it for.
It contains,
-A terribly cheap in quality Chaintech P4 mobo cost me 89$ and i regret it
-Intel Celeron 2Ghz processor with stock fan
-80gb western digital Serial ATA harddrive
-Some unknown used DVD Drive
-256mb pc2100 kingston DDR-SDRAM
-windows xp professional
-400watt powersupply
-1, soon to be 3 case fans with 4 dollar exaust card through pci slot in back.
I was leaning towards upgrading processor so I can get faster ram (pc2700+ without overclocking) Is this all i really need to make this into a gaming machine?
and by the way- I dont want to overclock at all... even if it means paying more.
For gaming and school use, should i even bother spending double to get 1 gig of ram or should 512mb be enough?
I want to get a 167 dollar P4 2.8ghz proc. with 800mhz fsb and 1meg cache, would that overheat easy and if so what should i get for cooling if i were to upgrade my processor?
Thank you for hearing me out... if you have anny suggestions please let me know.
It contains,
-A terribly cheap in quality Chaintech P4 mobo cost me 89$ and i regret it
-Intel Celeron 2Ghz processor with stock fan
-80gb western digital Serial ATA harddrive
-Some unknown used DVD Drive
-256mb pc2100 kingston DDR-SDRAM
-windows xp professional
-400watt powersupply
-1, soon to be 3 case fans with 4 dollar exaust card through pci slot in back.
I was leaning towards upgrading processor so I can get faster ram (pc2700+ without overclocking) Is this all i really need to make this into a gaming machine?
and by the way- I dont want to overclock at all... even if it means paying more.
For gaming and school use, should i even bother spending double to get 1 gig of ram or should 512mb be enough?
I want to get a 167 dollar P4 2.8ghz proc. with 800mhz fsb and 1meg cache, would that overheat easy and if so what should i get for cooling if i were to upgrade my processor?
Thank you for hearing me out... if you have anny suggestions please let me know.