System Upgrade [NEW]

[Pyett]

My current system specifications are:

Sony VAIO

Model Name
PCV-RZ422P

Operating System
Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional with Service Pack 2

Processor
Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 3 GHz (Hyper-Threading) 800 MHz frontside bus

Chipset
Intel® 865PE

Hard Disk Drive
120 GB (7200 rpm)

Standard RAM
512 MB (256 MB x 2) PC2700 (DDR400) DDR SDRAM (Dual Channel DDR)

Maximum RAM
2 GB

Cache Memory
512 KB (on die)

Graphics
NVIDIA® GeForce FX 5200 Graphics Chip with 128 MB DDR SDRAM

Floppy Disk Drive
3.5" 1.44 MB

Upper Disc Drive Bay
DVD±RW Drive

Lower Disc Drive Bay
DVD-ROM Drive

Modem
Internal v.92 Modem

Expansion Capabilities
Slot 1 (bottom): CNR Modem/PCMCIA Interface; Slot 2: TV Tuner Card; Slot 3: Open (PCI); Slot 4 (top): graphics card (AGP)

Power Supply
300W 220-240V

Power Management
ENERGY STAR® Compliant ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface)


I want to increase the RAM by 1Gb, thus, giving 1.5Gb.

Since I have 2 slots free, do I just put in 2 x 512Mb of RAM?


Also, I want to upgrade my graphics card.

But not sure which graphics card to get.

Also, what other upgrades can I/do you think/recommend I should make?


Any suggestions and help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Cromewell]

Yes you can just plug the new memory into the free slots.

If you want to upgrade the video card I would look at getting a new powersupply but you are limited to AGP video cards with that motherboard.

 

[Pyett]

So there isn't much I can upgrade then.

Just increase the RAM? =[

Without replacing the power supply.

I don't know much about computers, haha sorry.

What would you do?