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Title: Need some advice
Post by: TheGoodNews on October 02, 2005, 10:10:42 PM

I just picked up a dinosaur of a computer and I need some advice from the tech heads.  I want to upgrade it to make it a decent gaming comp if possible.  Let me know if it's cheaper to upgrade or leave it as it is and invest in a newer machine.  Thanks in advance.  Here are the specs.

Operating System   System Model
Windows XP Professional (build 2600)   Dell Computer Corporation OptiPlex GX150
System Service Tag: 4XC9K11 (support for this PC)
Chassis Serial Number: 4XC9K11
Enclosure Type: Space-saving
Processor a   Main Circuit Board b
1.13 gigahertz Intel Pentium III
32 kilobyte primary memory cache
256 kilobyte secondary memory cache   Board: Dell Computer Corporation OptiPlex GX150
Bus Clock: 133 megahertz
BIOS: Dell Computer Corporation A09 11/07/2001
Drives   Memory Modules c,d
19.99 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
16.78 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

TEAC CD-224E [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]

Maxtor 2B020H1 [Hard drive] (20.00 GB) -- drive 0, s/n B1HR55SE, rev WAH21PB0, SMART Status: Healthy   254 Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot 'DIMM_A' has 256 MB
Slot 'DIMM_B' is Empty
  Local Drive Volumes
     
c: (NTFS on drive 0) 19.99 GB 16.78 GB free
 
  Network Drives
  None detected
Users (mouse over user name for details)   Printers
local user accounts last logon
 Mike10/2/2005 4:22:43 PM (admin)
local system accounts
 Administrator never (admin)
 Guest never  
 HelpAssistant never  
 SUPPORT_388945a0 never  


 Marks a disabled account;    Marks a locked account    None detected  
Controllers   Display
Standard floppy disk controller
Intel(r) 82801BA Bus Master IDE Controller
Primary IDE Channel [Controller]
Secondary IDE Channel [Controller]   Intel(r) 82815 Graphics Controller [Display adapter]
DELL E771p [Monitor] (14.9"vis, s/n 419TG17CH28Z, July 2001)
Bus Adapters   Multimedia
Intel(r) 82801BA/BAM USB Universal Host Controller - 2442
Intel(r) 82801BA/BAM USB Universal Host Controller - 2444   Intel(r) 82801BA/BAM AC'97 Audio Controller
Communications   Other Devices
   
3Com 3C920 Integrated Fast Ethernet Controller (3C905C-TX Compatible)
 Physical Address:  00:06:5B:AE:17:1C
RAS Async Adapter
USB Cable Modem 351000
 primary   Auto IP Address:  24.177.179.73 / 24
 Gateway:  24.177.179.1
 Dhcp Server:  68.114.39.2
 Physical Address:  00:0E:9B:B6:A1:F1
 
Networking Dns Servers:  24.177.176.35
24.178.80.35
66.168.240.35
   Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
PS/2 Compatible Mouse
USB Root Hub (2x)
Virus Protection [Back to Top]  
McAfee VirusScan Version 8.0.45
    Scan Engine Version 4.4.00
    Virus Definitions Version 4.0.4592
    Realtime File Scanning On

Title: Need some advice
Post by: Roscoroo on October 03, 2005, 12:00:21 AM

Secondary IDE Channel [Controller] Intel(r) 82815 Graphics Controller [Display adapter]


that right there is its biggest hangup for a decent gammer...

thats onboard vga .. sometimes you can disable it and add a AGP type card ,if it has and agp slot . (i would recomend a 9550 256 mb card as min for that cpu and up the system ram to 512mb for win98  at least .. )

if you dont have agp slot on that mainboard .. id invest in a better pc to start with.

Title: Need some advice
Post by: MrRiplEy[H] on October 03, 2005, 01:07:38 AM

Brand computers are no good for gamers. In this case it won't matter though because your motherboard is too old to accept any modern upgrades - you will have to dump the whole computer save pci network card or something that you may find dusting in there.

The power supply won't work. The mobo won't work. So that gives you no upgrade route for cpu, ram etc.