Upgrade PC

[jonski]

Computer:
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
OS Service Pack Service Pack 2
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
Computer Name USER-E80905717C
User Name user1

Motherboard:
CPU Type Intel Pentium 4, 2400 MHz (18 x 133)
Motherboard Name Unknown
Motherboard Chipset SiS 661FX/GX
System Memory 512 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type AMI (06/02/06)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)

Display:
Video Adapter RADEON 9550 Secondary (256 MB)
Video Adapter RADEON 9550 (256 MB)
3D Accelerator ATI Radeon 9550 (RV350)
Monitor LG StudioWorks 45V [14" CRT] (112416843009)

Multimedia:
Audio Adapter SiS 7012 Audio Device

Storage:
IDE Controller SiS PCI IDE Controller
Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive
Disk Drive Maxtor 6E040L0 (40 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/133)
Disk Drive ST380215A (74 GB, IDE)
Optical Drive LITE-ON DVDRW SHW-1635S (DVD+R9:8x, DVD-R9:4x, DVD+RW:16x/8x, DVD-RW:16x/6x, DVD-ROM:16x, CD:48x/24x/48x DVD+RW/DVD-RW)
SMART Hard Disks Status OK

Partitions:
C: (NTFS) 76308 MB (73044 MB free)
E: (NTFS) 39205 MB (39139 MB free)
Total Size 112.8 GB (109.6 GB free
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ok na..upgrade ako kagabi kaya lang nakalimutan ko back-up mga ibang files ko nung nag format ako. sira pero yung nabili ko na RAM kaya balik ako bukas para ipalit ko. Bigay naman kayo mga usefull softwares kasi walang kalaman laman PC ko ngayon.


ano pa ba pwede dito upgrade?

[Jun aka Pekto]

Monitor LG StudioWorks 45V [14" CRT] (112416843009)


ano pa ba pwede dito upgrade?

Well, this isn't 1994 anymore. I think that one should be next. If even just for internet browsing, a bigger monitor will benefit you. With your video card, a 17" monitor would be just right. I wouldn't bother with anything bigger.

[smalltimer]

XP Home -> Vista Basic
XP Media Center -> Vista Home Premium
XP Professional -> Vista Business

bro san to gagawin? meron bang office na nagpa process nito? nag search ako sa internet wala ako makita eh. ok na ok to since madami dami din akong XP pro na licensed

[Jun aka Pekto]

Bigay naman kayo mga usefull softwares kasi walang kalaman laman PC ko ngayon.

Also.... I'd hold off on Vista until you upgrade to a whole new pc. Except for eye candy, you're not missing too much.

Some free apps you ask?

Here's some that I use. I'm sure there are other free apps other people use:

AVG - antivirus software
Spybot Search and Destroy - spyware removal
Ad-Aware - spyware removal
DeepBurner Pro - DVD and CD burning software
Google Earth
Everest Home Edition - system monitoring
Converber - unit conversion
DVD Shrink - removes copy protection from DVD
AutoGK - mpeg to xVid/Divx converter
SimpleDivx - vob to Divx/xvid converter
Audacity - Sound recorder/editor
7-Zip - multiple format archive/extract
FLV player - plays saved downloaded YouTube files
Free YouTube to iPod Converter
Star Dock Objectdock - glorified toolbar like OSX's Dock.
Tagalog Translator - comes in handy here
Start Killer - makes Start Button disappear
MS VirtualPC 2004
MS Photo Story 3 For Windows
iTunes
WinAmp
WMP11
IE7
Firefox
Windows Media Encoder 9 Series
Thunderbird
Windows Defender - realtime antispyware (legit XP only)

DOSBox - running old DOS games reliably
ScummVM - runs old Lucasarts games
Project64 - N64 emulator
MAME32 - arcade emulator

Additional:
Open Office - Office Suite like Microsoft's but free
nVidia firewall - only if you have an nForce4 Ultra motherboard
NASA World Wind - like Google Earth except it's for the Moon and Mars
Celestia - open-source Astronomy app *awesome*

[3sgTe]

i've had epox boards give up on me too. a slot a (yung amd processor na mukhang cartridge) board and a socket a epox board gave up on me just a little over a year (very convenient for warranty purposes) of use. switched to gigabyte, dfi and msi boards and my pc's have been running smoothly ever since.

*jonski

pls post the current specs of your pc and the programs/games that you're planning to run and are currently using.

yeah epox easily give up due to high heat temperature.. madaling masira epox motherboard kapag mahina cooling system ng cpu mo.. pero its the best combination with amd processors in the league of gaming... mabilis siya magbasa compared with other boards... so kung mabilis mgbasa ang isang hardware it only means that it can easily heat up temperature... kaya yung akin tinadtad ko ng cooling fan and tubes... hindi rin advisable mag liquid cooled.. ive also placed my desktop inside my room para aircon.. 2 years na to.. up to now ok pa rin.. parang naka xbox 360 ako lalo na pag naglalaro nfs carbon....... recent na naging sira nitong desktop ko is the wireless connection... thats all...

[metatron]

System Memory 512 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM)

dagdag ka pa ng 512mb kung kaya. sweet spot para sa xp ang 1gig.

tama sinabi ni jun. get a new monitor. 17" if you're into a bit of 3d gaming. 19" kapag web browsing at 2d apps mo lang usually ginagamit pc mo.

aside from ram and a new monitor, hold mo muna lahat ng upgrades unless willing ka nang mag try ng vista. kelangan mo nang bumili ng halos buong pc for vista. ang magagamit mo na lang from your current set-up e yung mga harddrives, optical drives, floppy drive at keybaord/mouse. lahat mula sa power supply, motherboard, processor, ram at videocard, kelangan bago na.

[metatron]

yeah epox easily give up due to high heat temperature.. madaling masira epox motherboard kapag mahina cooling system ng cpu mo.. pero its the best combination with amd processors in the league of gaming... mabilis siya magbasa compared with other boards... so kung mabilis mgbasa ang isang hardware it only means that it can easily heat up temperature... kaya yung akin tinadtad ko ng cooling fan and tubes... hindi rin advisable mag liquid cooled.. ive also placed my desktop inside my room para aircon.. 2 years na to.. up to now ok pa rin.. parang naka xbox 360 ako lalo na pag naglalaro nfs carbon....... recent na naging sira nitong desktop ko is the wireless connection... thats all...

siguro malas lang talaga ako sa epox...at xbox360(14 months pa lang di na nag-o-on. nagbli-blink na lang ng pula yung switch). kaya ako nagpalit sa dfi para sa amd gaming rig at msi para sa amd mainstream pc at intel gaming/videoediting rig. mabuti at tumagal naman sa iyo epox board mo.

[Horsepower]

*MetatroN: Na-scam kasi ang Epox noon because of a stolen capacitor design from Rubicon. The thief didn't know na coded pa yung nakuha nya kaya baligtad ang karamihan sa final product though it works. Actually marami sila pati MSI at Asus nadamay but Epox had the most of returned products. To be safe, get the Solid capacitors na like from Gigabyte DSQ series.



Jonski:

Upgrade your mobo to intel 875 chipset with HyperThreading Technology such as P4C800
SiS is not exactly a fast chipset (honestly i think it's the slowest i've tried).

Upgrade to P4 3.2/3.4GHz 800FSB (to benefit from Hyperthreading)
your current 2.4GHz 533 FSB is holding down the overall speed. Northwood is best but Prescott is alright (though medyo mainit which can be fixed by a good fan).

Upgrade to 1GB RAM (512x2 DDR400) or 2GB (1GB x 2 DDR400)

Upgrade to SATA-3G (aka Sata2) (200GB or 320GB with 16Mb Cache)

Upgrade to a 19" Widescreen LCD (this may be costly, around 12k++ but it will save you from premature eye exams because LCD don't flicker like small monitors. I personally use a 21" Flat Trinitron that i intend to sell or swap to a 24" Widescreen LCD).

Your current videocard is ok but if you can upgrade to a higher series like 6600GT or higher, better.




But building a new Core2 Duo system is STILL the most cost effective way to do it. hehehehehehe

[metatron]

*MetatroN: Na-scam kasi ang Epox noon because of a stolen capacitor design from Rubicon. The thief didn't know na coded pa yung nakuha nya kaya baligtad ang karamihan sa final product though it works. Actually marami sila pati MSI at Asus nadamay but Epox had the most of returned products. To be safe, get the Solid capacitors na like from Gigabyte DSQ series.

i actually wanted a gigabyte 965 based dq6 (14k yata yun) for my e6600 setup kaso ang mahal! di na nakayanan ng budget kaya ended up getting an msi p965 platinum ($150 lahat-lahat na sa newegg) instead.

[jonski]

Paano mag crack? install kasi ako game and sabi crack ko daw muna and wala ako idea kung paano crack yung game...

[Jun aka Pekto]

Paano mag crack? install kasi ako game and sabi crack ko daw muna and wala ako idea kung paano crack yung game...

That delves into piracy. Not a good idea to openly discuss.....

[number001]

With your spec. it is difficult to upgrade bec. shops here in the Philippines phase out parts so quickly that you cant even find anything compatible to buy. For example, it is very difficult to find socket 478 mb (puro LGA 775 na ngayon) , DDR ram ( puro DDR2 na ngayon) , etc.

Honestly, your only resort is to buy an all new system and simply reuse your hard drives, optical drive, and casing (if its a good one).

Or actually you can just upgrade using the following components. You will have to reuse your ram, agp video card, and the rest. All you need to throw out or sell are your processor and motherboard.

Processor: Celeron D 352 (3.2 Ghz) - Php 3,380
Motherboard: Asus P5PE-VM ( Intel 865) - Php 2,900

Total upgrade costs is Php 6,280 +/-

Of course this upgrades also assumes that you will be using your system for normal internet, office, etc....2D applications. If its for gaming, go ahead and buy a new processor, motherboard, ram, pci-express video card, power supply, etc.

The Celeron D is quite competent and it is faster than your old processor. About the same speed as mainstream Pentium4 three years ago. If you dont want Celeron D you can omit it and try finding single core 65nm Pentium4 like the 631, 641, etc. It costs at the most at Php 1,500 over the Celeron D's current price. Hurry before they disappear. Dual core Pentium4 are out of the question bec. they are expensive and if you buy then you might as well as get the Core Duo then.

The motherboard I recommended is compatible with the Core Duo processors so you can also upgrade to that in the future when its price drops in the Php 5,000 or 6,000 price range a pop (if ever that will happen).

[3sgTe]

siguro malas lang talaga ako sa epox...at xbox360(14 months pa lang di na nag-o-on. nagbli-blink na lang ng pula yung switch). kaya ako nagpalit sa dfi para sa amd gaming rig at msi para sa amd mainstream pc at intel gaming/videoediting rig. mabuti at tumagal naman sa iyo epox board mo.

told you!.. hehehe.. main cause high heat temperature.. sobrang init yung soldered ic's and capacitor easily melt w/c leads to board malfunction o yung sinasabi nilang buko???

[Horsepower]

Hmm, for the Celeron D, i'd recommend you get FoxConn 945/955 instead, Core Duo / Core2 Duo compatible na. yung may built in Video/Audio/GigaLan is only 4k++ last time i built one for my cousin.

[mikmik316]

bro san to gagawin? meron bang office na nagpa process nito? nag search ako sa internet wala ako makita eh. ok na ok to since madami dami din akong XP pro na licensed

You get the free upgrade when you purchase an XP license with the coupon or when you bought a branded PC within October to March.

[axelangel007]

[axelangel007]