new parts?

dorothy_2005

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Hi to all from a newbee, first, then a question, of course.
I have a ASUS P4SPMXSE mo bo, Celeron 2,40 Ghz, Maxtor HDD, 256 Mhz DDR DIMM RAM, SoundMax integrated audio, SiS 651 integrated 64 MB VGA, 10\100 LAN, also integrated. So, what would be the best to add or change with the budget of about $500, knowing that only 1 Gb of RAM can be installed. My first priority should be the VGA, obviously, and, by the way, how would you rate this board, and the system overall. Mind you I did not buy it, it was a present, and one doesn`t look given horse in the mouth, right?
Thanks in advance.

Dorothy
 
Well first thing you wanna do is ditch the celery. Get maybe a 2.4 or 2.6 P4 (must be 533FSB). If you wanna load up on ram then get the gig, Kingston, Micron, Crucial, Corsair, Samsung, GEIL all make good memory. As for Gfx the onboard won't do anything for you, get maybe a 9600 Pro or if you somehow get more money the 9800 Pro or XT.

P.s. http://usa.asus.com/prog/spec.asp?m=P4SP-MX&langs=09 says 2Gb can be installed and DDR333 max.
 
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