Upgrade PC

**jonski** · March 11th, 2007 10:09 AM

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** · March 11th, 2007 10:29 AM

Originally Posted by jonski

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** · March 11th, 2007 10:47 AM

Originally Posted by mikmik316

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** · March 11th, 2007 11:23 AM

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** · March 11th, 2007 01:09 PM

Originally Posted by metatron

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** · March 11th, 2007 01:13 PM

Originally Posted by jonski

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** · March 11th, 2007 01:29 PM

Originally Posted by 3sgTe

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** · March 11th, 2007 02:37 PM

*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** · March 11th, 2007 03:20 PM

Originally Posted by 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.

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.