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Ok guys as some of you know... I know next to nothing about computers. I have a little bit of spare cash left over from Christmas and was wondering what I could do to speed up my beast.
Specs are as follows:
Operating System
MS Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit SP1
CPU
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400 @ 2.66GHz 41 °C
Yorkfield 45nm Technology
RAM
4.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 533MHz (7-7-7-20)
Motherboard
ASUSTeK Computer INC. P5Q3 DELUXE (LGA 775) 33 °C
Graphics
ASUS VH242H (1920x1080@60Hz)
ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 (ATI) 52 °C
Hard Drives
488GB Seagate ST3500418AS ATA Device (SATA) 38 °C
488GB Seagate ST3500320AS ATA Device (SATA) 43 °C
244GB Seagate ST3250410AS ATA Device (SATA) 44 °C
Optical Drives
ATAPI DVD A DH20A3S ATA Device
DTSOFT Virtual CdRom Device
Audio
SoundMAX Integrated Digital HD Audio
Any ideas or links you can share would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
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Well you are pretty much ruled or caged by your Mobo there Mick.
Can't upgrade too much wihout going the whole hog.
Maybe slap in a couple of cosmetic upgrades but ultimately you are not going to get too far without a rebuild.
Depending on how much you want to spend, that will gauge on where you can go from here.
"Sniff a fkn unemployment line of Cocaine" ...Jayceon 'The Game' Taylor
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Would a CPU upgrade do much?
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Casper wrote:
Would a CPU upgrade do much?
Nope!
"Sniff a fkn unemployment line of Cocaine" ...Jayceon 'The Game' Taylor
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OutlawNinja wrote:
Well you are pretty much ruled or caged by your Mobo there Mick.
Can't upgrade too much wihout going the whole hog.
Maybe slap in a couple of cosmetic upgrades but ultimately you are not going to get too far without a rebuild.
Depending on how much you want to spend, that will gauge on where you can go from here.
Ninj nailed it on the head. It is all or nothing with the older motherboard. If I were you Mick I would try to keep saving the money and get up to date on everything.
Don't waste good money on old technology.
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yup put that money in your piggy bank and when your pc no longer works just get a new one 
what kind of monitor do you have? if its old, there's nothin like playin games on a good resolution like 1920x1080 or 1920x1200 or better. looks great! or a 120hz like ninj got.
Posted Jan 20, 12
· Last edited Jan 20, 12
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Yeah I'm on 1920x1080 monitor so that part is about the only thing that's good in my system then....lol
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That's actually a pretty kick ass system there sir. I would suggest getting some decent RAM in there though. You processor has a FSB of 1333 but the RAM you have is only 533? Get a kit like this, the board supports it as far as I can tell and it will help. Much faster, slightly higher CAS and twice the memory. You also might look at a newer video card since you can always bring that into a new machine as you can with this RAM when you do upgrade.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145261
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He's running a 32 bit system so 8 gigs of ram won't work.
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I have 64 bit for my laptop but I was wondering does it install on a pc? I was thinking it would be just like a big company to make a OS for each so you need to spend more $. if it does I have no problem getting that ram and doing a reinstall.
So if that all works you recon that ram is the go?
Thanks
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