Upgrading an old PC
An old friend requested
me to help him upgrade
his old PC. He is a very
thrifty type of person
and is not willing to
spend more than 400 dollars
on this mini project.
I did a price research
and found this board:
Abit SG72. This board
is the best value for
all-in-one Intel FSB800
with mATX form factor.
It comes with SIS661 chipset,
DDR 400, AGP 8x, 6 channel
sound, 8 USB2.0, 10/100
Lan, Hyperthreading support.
With all these good features,
it is only selling for
$105. This is really value
for money! (2 Yr warranty)
I bought a piece of 256MB
DDR400 (PC3200). This
board can support up to
DDR 400. 256MB of RAM
should be good enough
as my friend is using
Windows XP Home Edition.
I have experienced slowness
of XP systems that are
installed with 128MB.
Hence, I would recommend
buying 256MB RAM at least.
(Lifetime warranty)
My friend had bad experience
with Celeron chip, which
he complained that those
chips are very low in
performance. To satisfy
him, I bought a Intel
P4 2.4A GHz 533 FSB 1MB
CPU Socket 478. (3 Yr
warranty)
In total, he spent $383
for all the above items.
So I got them fixed up
into his old system. It
is really value for money
as he almost like getting
a new system with enhanced
performance boosting by
paying a minimum amount.
Upgrading system is quite
easy and fun for novice,
and if you have the time
no harm trying to do it
yourself.
Last Updated:
November 5, 2004
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