Author Topic: my old pc....again (Read 5618 times)

Barnsey · « **on:** July 02, 2009, 01:26:26 PM »

well here she is...

soz for bad quality, from my phone.
i need to increase the ram... 256mb...
more hard drive space
and i need to make the case more.... flashy, i would prefer to add to this and not buy a new case
thnks
~barnsey

loganbyers07 · « **Reply #1 on:** July 02, 2009, 01:39:02 PM »

Why not just sell it and build a new pc.

Barnsey · « **Reply #2 on:** July 02, 2009, 01:44:30 PM »

i doubt its worth much at all.
it was made in 2001 XD
256 mb of ram :P
i'd prefer to make do with what i've got atm
+ im broke at the moment
~barnsey

MARIOPARTY53 · « **Reply #3 on:** July 02, 2009, 07:34:30 PM »

dont spend the money to upgrade that, just start a new pc build.

RoBot1ks · « **Reply #4 on:** July 02, 2009, 08:10:24 PM »

Yea dude you never know how much you can get out of it. Post it on ebay for like 10 days and start out the bidding at like $450 or something. W/e you wanna do

Barnsey · « **Reply #5 on:** July 03, 2009, 05:38:49 AM »

i'm not sure about building my own pc as i've never done it before
i thought upgrading this a bit would help me when i later build my own.
this would be more for learning and stuff
thanks
~barnsey

MARIOPARTY53 · « **Reply #6 on:** July 03, 2009, 10:11:15 PM »

Quote from: RoBot1ks on July 02, 2009, 08:10:24 PM

Yea dude you never know how much you can get out of it. Post it on ebay for like 10 days and start out the bidding at like $450 or something. W/e you wanna do

Im not even sure that thing is worth 150$

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Quote from: Barnsey on July 03, 2009, 05:38:49 AM

i'm not sure about building my own pc as i've never done it before
i thought upgrading this a bit would help me when i later build my own.
this would be more for learning and stuff
thanks
~barnsey

you have to start somewher!

W-Gaming5 · « **Reply #7 on:** July 03, 2009, 11:10:27 PM »

MARIOPARTY53 · « **Reply #8 on:** July 04, 2009, 01:25:48 AM »

Quote from: W-Gaming5 on July 03, 2009, 11:10:27 PM

I have that exact same pc
Mine came with an 18gb harddrive and its soooooo slow.

ohh then definatly, That thing isnt worth 45$
YOu can get a 1tb for 75, just proving how morthless that hardrive is
Thats like the luach models when Xp came out

Barnsey · « **Reply #9 on:** July 04, 2009, 10:20:48 AM »

got 74 gb of memory
but i think i only got 4 gb left :/
i've deleted prety much everything and run a disk defragmenter still only 4gb left

yeh i think i'll get some new memory
probs 1 tb
either tht or just save up for a laptop :/

MARIOPARTY53 · « **Reply #10 on:** July 04, 2009, 10:34:03 AM »

Quote from: Barnsey on July 04, 2009, 10:20:48 AM

got 74 gb of memory
but i think i only got 4 gb left :/
i've deleted prety much everything and run a disk defragmenter still only 4gb left
yeh i think i'll get some new memory
probs 1 tb
either tht or just save up for a laptop :/

save up for a new laptop, that thing ia OLD,
that ram is so old,that hardrive is only worth about 8$,the p4 mobo is old and dosnt have support of anything anymore,Im willing to bet that power suply is about 150 watts making it old,as graphix cards today suck around 200 watts of that power supply
Thats like throwing plastic boobs, lasic eye surgey and new teeth implants for a grandma thats going to die in a year.

Barnsey · « **Reply #11 on:** July 04, 2009, 10:40:32 AM »

lol to put it tht way :P
what recomendations do you have on laptops?
i need at least 4gb ram and lots of hd space.

Skullmaster · « **Reply #12 on:** July 04, 2009, 02:06:09 PM »

why do you need so much ram? A gig or two will work just fine

Barnsey · « **Reply #13 on:** July 04, 2009, 02:58:11 PM »

i run a ridiculous ammount of programs XD
firefox x4
itunes
spotify
msn
im
soulseek
bitcomet
etc.

PspKicks316 · « **Reply #14 on:** July 04, 2009, 04:53:43 PM »

So? You'll only need 2gb or so.
Besides, it's not so much the RAM as it is the type and speed of the RAM.

loganbyers07 · « **Reply #15 on:** July 05, 2009, 07:08:32 AM »

Well if you were running that many programs on 256 mb of ram you can deff run it on 2gb.

Barnsey · « **Reply #16 on:** July 05, 2009, 08:11:04 AM »

nah im running them on my sisters laptop :P
if i tried to run more than msn a firefox on that computer it would explode :P
any advice for a laptop? cheap but not rubbishly bad
one that'll last me a while
thanks
~barnsey

loganbyers07 · « **Reply #17 on:** July 05, 2009, 08:19:23 AM »

How about something like this :http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9370441&type=product&id=1218093004316

Barnsey · « **Reply #18 on:** July 05, 2009, 11:58:25 AM »

im liking that very much

im uk tho :/
link to uk site?
whats the model name?
thanks
~barnsey

MARIOPARTY53 · « **Reply #19 on:** July 07, 2009, 09:04:06 PM »

you can get a laptop for 2gb and then Upgrade it yourself with more ram.

Barnsey · « **Reply #20 on:** July 08, 2009, 07:53:07 AM »

sounds like a good idea

hopefully getting a laptop in the next month or so

aquatsr · « **Reply #21 on:** July 09, 2009, 03:11:45 AM »

Quote from: Barnsey on July 04, 2009, 02:58:11 PM

i run a ridiculous ammount of programs XD
firefox x4
itunes
spotify
msn
im
soulseek
bitcomet
etc.

This does not need 4 GB of RAM. I would recommend 2 GB if you're running Vista / Win 7 or 1 GB if you're running XP or Linux. More programs does not mean more RAM required; this is a fundamental fallacy that either your friends have misled you with or the computer industry has fooled you with.

Unless you do a lot of CAD, multimedia editing or large scale data analysis 2 GB of RAM is sufficient (2 GB at 800 MHz), anything more is good for the future, but in terms of current performance it is overkill. Especially 4+ GB

Barnsey · « **Reply #22 on:** July 09, 2009, 04:48:49 AM »

k thanks man
yeh my mate who claims to know everything about computers said that more programs = more ram needed

aquatsr · « **Reply #23 on:** July 09, 2009, 09:52:14 PM »

Quote from: Barnsey on July 09, 2009, 04:48:49 AM

k thanks man
yeh my mate who claims to know everything about computers said that more programs = more ram needed

He's not wrong. If you're going from 256 MB to 2 GB you're going to see a massive speed up if you run all the programs you mentioned. But going from 2 GB to 4 Gb running the same stuff isn't going to see a big difference.

Barnsey · « **Reply #24 on:** July 10, 2009, 03:59:00 AM »

k thanks
im goin into town today to start having a look
so about 2 gb of ram is gd
and 250gb hardrive?
how expensive would tht be?
~barnsey

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