Advice On Upgrading My Pc

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Advice On Upgrading My Pc

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massimo727 View Member Profile	Oct 5 2007, 07:32 PM Post #1
Member Group: Members Posts: 57 Joined: 19-April 07 Member No.: 125,649	what would you need to give me advice on what to buy and what could be upgraded?

dc3 View Member Profile	Oct 5 2007, 09:10 PM Post #2
Arachibutyrophobia Group: BC Advisor Posts: 5,201 Joined: 4-March 05 From: Northern Sierra Foothills Member No.: 13,532	You could start by telling us what you currently are using and what you use it for, gaming, photo editing, CAD, office work...? -------------------- May we please have a little chlorine for the gene pool?

massimo727 View Member Profile	Oct 5 2007, 10:18 PM Post #3
Member Group: Members Posts: 57 Joined: 19-April 07 Member No.: 125,649	hope you can see it gaming, photo editing, and office work This post has been edited by massimo727: Oct 5 2007, 11:02 PM

madman6510 View Member Profile	Oct 5 2007, 10:44 PM Post #4
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 353 Joined: 28-January 07 From: Idaho Member No.: 108,886	Try uploading the picture here using the upload button. -------------------- "Some people are just plain crazy. END OF STORY. Don't blame the media, videogames, the USA, or movies. Blame the 40yr old dude with the knife." -- Anonymous

BlackSpyder View Member Profile	Oct 5 2007, 11:06 PM Post #5
Bleeping Diesel Addicted Group: BC Advisor Posts: 1,666 Joined: 23-January 06 From: Huddleston, VA USA (Home Sweet Home) Member No.: 51,954	Well a video card is out of the question since everything I read says that model has neither a PCI-e or AGP slot. You could get a PCI video card but that would be money better spent on a mother board that has a PCI-e slot. Upgrading your RAM (you have DDR type RAM) to 1Gb would also help. -------------------- Frugal:def Christmas shopping on Craigslist

massimo727 View Member Profile	Oct 5 2007, 11:22 PM Post #6
Member Group: Members Posts: 57 Joined: 19-April 07 Member No.: 125,649	Thanks, I'll look into getting a more ram, could a cpu-z txt file help figure out if I have PCI or AGP slot? ------------------------- CPU-Z version 1.41 ------------------------- Processors Map ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Number of processors 1 Number of threads 2 Processor 0 -- Core 0 -- Thread 0 -- Thread 1 Processors Information ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Processor 1 (ID = 0) Number of cores 1 Number of threads 2 (max 2) Name Intel Pentium 4 Codename Prescott Specification Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 3.00GHz Package Socket 478 mPGA (platform ID = 2h) CPUID F.3.4 Extended CPUID F.3 Core Stepping D0 Technology 90 nm Core Speed 2992.7 MHz (15.0 x 199.5 MHz) Rated Bus speed 798.0 MHz Stock frequency 3000 MHz Instructions sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3 L1 Data cache 16 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size Trace cache 12 Kuops, 8-way set associative L2 cache 1024 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size FID/VID Control no Features Thread dumps ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CPU Thread 0 APIC ID 0 Topology Processor ID 0, Core ID 0, Thread ID 0 Type 01001003h Max CPUID level 00000005h Max CPUID ext. level 80000008h Function eax ebx ecx edx 0x00000000 0x00000005 0x756E6547 0x6C65746E 0x49656E69 0x00000001 0x00000F34 0x00020800 0x0000441D 0xBFEBFBFF 0x00000002 0x605B5001 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x007C7040 0x00000003 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000004 0x00004121 0x01C0003F 0x0000001F 0x00000000 0x00000004 0x00004143 0x01C0103F 0x000003FF 0x00000000 0x00000005 0x00000040 0x00000040 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x80000000 0x80000008 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x80000001 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x80000002 0x20202020 0x20202020 0x20202020 0x6E492020 0x80000003 0x286C6574 0x50202952 0x69746E65 0x52286D75 0x80000004 0x20342029 0x20555043 0x30302E33 0x007A4847 0x80000005 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x80000006 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x04006040 0x00000000 0x80000007 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x80000008 0x00002024 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 Cache descriptor Level 1 D 16 KB 2 threads Cache descriptor Level 2 U 1 MB 2 threads Cache descriptor Level 1 T 12 KB 2 threads MSR 0x0000001B edx = 0x00000000 eax = 0xFEE00900 MSR 0x00000017 edx = 0x000A0000 eax = 0x00000000 MSR 0x0000002C edx = 0x00000000 eax = 0x0F12010F MSR 0x000001A0 edx = 0x00000000 eax = 0x20840089 CPU Thread 1 APIC ID 1 Topology Processor ID 0, Core ID 0, Thread ID 1 Type 01001003h Max CPUID level 00000005h Max CPUID ext. level 80000008h Function eax ebx ecx edx 0x00000000 0x00000005 0x756E6547 0x6C65746E 0x49656E69 0x00000001 0x00000F34 0x01020800 0x0000441D 0xBFEBFBFF 0x00000002 0x605B5001 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x007C7040 0x00000003 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000004 0x00004121 0x01C0003F 0x0000001F 0x00000000 0x00000004 0x00004143 0x01C0103F 0x000003FF 0x00000000 0x00000005 0x00000040 0x00000040 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x80000000 0x80000008 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x80000001 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x80000002 0x20202020 0x20202020 0x20202020 0x6E492020 0x80000003 0x286C6574 0x50202952 0x69746E65 0x52286D75 0x80000004 0x20342029 0x20555043 0x30302E33 0x007A4847 0x80000005 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x80000006 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x04006040 0x00000000 0x80000007 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x80000008 0x00002024 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 Cache descriptor Level 1 D 16 KB 2 threads Cache descriptor Level 2 U 1 MB 2 threads Cache descriptor Level 1 T 12 KB 2 threads MSR 0x0000001B edx = 0x00000000 eax = 0xFEE00800 MSR 0x00000017 edx = 0x000A0000 eax = 0x00000000 MSR 0x0000002C edx = 0x00000000 eax = 0x0F12010F MSR 0x000001A0 edx = 0x00000000 eax = 0x20840089 Chipset ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Northbridge Intel i865P/PE/G/i848P rev. A2 Southbridge Intel 82801EB (ICH5) rev. 02 Memory Type DDR Memory Size 512 MBytes Memory Frequency 199.5 MHz (1:1) CAS# 3.0 RAS# to CAS# 3 RAS# Precharge 3 Cycle Time (tRAS) 8 Performance Mode disabled MCHBAR dump ----------- Base address 0x0FECF0000 Size 256 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F 000 00 00 08 08 08 08 08 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 010 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 020 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 030 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 040 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 050 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 060 45 05 A0 D2 C6 42 14 00 71 02 50 20 05 80 00 00 070 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 080 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 090 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0B0 24 08 00 00 24 08 00 00 24 08 00 00 24 08 00 00 0C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Memory SPD ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DIMM #1 General Memory type DDR Manufacturer (ID) Micron Technology (2CFFFFFFFFFFFFFF) Size 256 MBytes Max bandwidth PC3200 (200 MHz) Part number 8VDDT3264AG-40BG5 Serial number 74759A0A Manufacturing date Week 41/Year 04 Attributes Number of banks 1 Data width 64 bits Correction None Registered no Buffered no Nominal Voltage 2.50 Volts EPP no XMP no Timings table Frequency (MHz) 133 166 200 CAS# 2.0 2.5 3.0 RAS# to CAS# delay 2 3 3 RAS# Precharge 2 3 3 TRAS 6 7 8 DIMM #2 General Memory type DDR Manufacturer (ID) Micron Technology (2CFFFFFFFFFFFFFF) Size 256 MBytes Max bandwidth PC3200 (200 MHz) Part number 8VDDT3264AG-40BG5 Serial number 74759A6D Manufacturing date Week 41/Year 04 Attributes Number of banks 1 Data width 64 bits Correction None Registered no Buffered no Nominal Voltage 2.50 Volts EPP no XMP no Timings table Frequency (MHz) 133 166 200 CAS# 2.0 2.5 3.0 RAS# to CAS# delay 2 3 3 RAS# Precharge 2 3 3 TRAS 6 7 8 Dump Module #1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F 00 80 08 07 0D 0A 01 40 00 04 50 70 00 82 08 00 01 10 0E 04 1C 01 02 20 C0 60 70 75 75 3C 28 3C 28 40 20 60 60 40 40 00 00 00 00 00 37 46 30 28 50 00 01 30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 80 40 2C FF FF FF FF FF FF FF 08 38 56 44 44 54 33 32 50 36 34 41 47 2D 34 30 42 47 35 20 05 00 04 29 74 60 75 9A 0A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 70 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 80 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF 90 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF A0 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF B0 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF C0 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF D0 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF E0 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF F0 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF Dump Module #2 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F 00 80 08 07 0D 0A 01 40 00 04 50 70 00 82 08 00 01 10 0E 04 1C 01 02 20 C0 60 70 75 75 3C 28 3C 28 40 20 60 60 40 40 00 00 00 00 00 37 46 30 28 50 00 01 30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 80 40 2C FF FF FF FF FF FF FF 08 38 56 44 44 54 33 32 50 36 34 41 47 2D 34 30 42 47 35 20 05 00 04 29 74 60 75 9A 6D 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 70 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 80 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF 90 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF A0 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF B0 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF C0 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF D0 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF E0 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF F0 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF Monitoring ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mainboard Model 0N6381 (0x150 - 0x502620) LPCIO ----------------------------------------------------- Vendor SMSC Vendor ID 0x55 Chip ID 0x14 Config Mode I/O address 0x2E Dump config mode register space, LDN = 0xA 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20 14 04 29 00 44 00 2E 00 06 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 30 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 60 0C 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 70 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 PCI Device List ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Host Bridge bus 0 (0x00), device 0 (0x00), function 0 (0x00) Common header Vendor ID 0x8086 Model ID 0x2570 Revision ID 0x02 PI 0x00 SubClass 0x00 BaseClass 0x06 Cache Line 0x00 Latency 0x00 Header 0x00 PCI header Address 0 (memory) 0xF0000000 Subvendor ID 0x1028 Subsystem ID 0x019D Int. Line 0x00 Int. Pin 0x00 Capabilities Vendor Dependant Capability Offset E4h Dump 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F 00 86 80 70 25 06 01 90 20 02 00 00 06 00 00 00 00 10 08 00 00 F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 28 10 9D 01 30 00 00 00 00 E4 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 50 00 00 10 00 40 80 1C 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 60 08 05 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 70 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 90 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 0A 38 00 A0 02 00 30 00 17 42 00 1F 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 B0 00 00 00 00 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20 10 00 00 C0 00 00 00 00 F0 1F 0E 28 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 D0 02 28 04 0E 0B 0D 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 40 01 E0 00 00 00 00 09 00 06 11 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 F0 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 68 0F 03 00 00 00 00 00 VGA Controller bus 0 (0x00), device 2 (0x02), function 0 (0x00) Common header Vendor ID 0x8086 Model ID 0x2572 Revision ID 0x02 PI 0x00 SubClass 0x00 BaseClass 0x03 Cache Line 0x00 Latency 0x00 Header 0x00 PCI header Address 0 (memory) 0xE8000000 Address 1 (memory) 0xFEB80000 Address 2 (port) 0x0000EFA8 Subvendor ID 0x1028 Subsystem ID 0x019D Int. Line 0x10 Int. Pin 0x01 Capabilities Power Management Capability Offset D0h Version 1.0 Dump 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F 00 86 80 72 25 07 00 90 00 02 00 00 03 00 00 00 00 10 08 00 00 E8 00 00 B8 FE A9 EF 00 00 00 00 00 00 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 28 10 9D 01 30 00 00 00 00 D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 01 00 00 40 00 00 00 00 0F 47 8C 23 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 50 00 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 60 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 70 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 02 FF 00 00 00 71 02 50 20 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 90 03 00 00 00 90 00 2E EC 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 B0 24 08 00 00 24 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 C0 00 00 00 00 F0 1F 0E 28 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 D0 01 00 21 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 E0 28 04 00 00 09 00 06 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 68 0F 03 00 00 00 00 00 This post has been edited by massimo727: Oct 6 2007, 02:12 PM

massimo727 View Member Profile	Oct 6 2007, 02:14 PM Post #7
Member Group: Members Posts: 57 Joined: 19-April 07 Member No.: 125,649	bump

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