Help: About my machine

Hello,

I have an old computer, and I've upgraded it for many times.

Hardware List:

Cpu: Celerom 733 MHz up to 1100 MHz
Motherboard: GA-6VXE+
Ram: 320 MB
HD: 10 GB + 60 GB
Sound Card: CS4281
Video Card: Geforce 2 MX 400 with 64 MB
NIC: Realtek 8139

Now I have my Linux system and Windows 2000.

I'd like to know, if I wanna upgrade my machine, what parts should I
upgrade?

Thanks in advance.

Amy Lee

Amy Lee wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I have an old computer, and I've upgraded it for many times.
>
> Hardware List:
>
> Cpu: Celerom 733 MHz up to 1100 MHz
> Motherboard: GA-6VXE+
> Ram: 320 MB
> HD: 10 GB + 60 GB
> Sound Card: CS4281
> Video Card: Geforce 2 MX 400 with 64 MB
> NIC: Realtek 8139
>
> Now I have my Linux system and Windows 2000.
>
> I'd like to know, if I wanna upgrade my machine, what parts should I
> upgrade?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Amy Lee

Leave it as is, change nothing. Start planning a new system with new
Core 2 Duo processor, DDR2 RAM. Such as e.g. these:
http://www.komplett.co.uk/k/kc.aspx?bn=10293

Amy Lee wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have an old computer, and I've upgraded it for many times.
>
> Hardware List:
>
> Cpu: Celerom 733 MHz up to 1100 MHz
> Motherboard: GA-6VXE+
> Ram: 320 MB
> HD: 10 GB + 60 GB
> Sound Card: CS4281
> Video Card: Geforce 2 MX 400 with 64 MB
> NIC: Realtek 8139
>
> Now I have my Linux system and Windows 2000.
>
> I'd like to know, if I wanna upgrade my machine, what parts should I
> upgrade?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Amy Lee

Everything. The only things you could keep would be power supply, case
and monitor - and if it is an old computer that has been upgraded many
times before, then likely power supply and maybe even case should be
replaced as well.

Cost won't be as high as you think, as sound and networking are included
on motherboards these days for minimal additional cost. Depending on
your video needs, you could also get an onboard video solution - which
still could be better than MX 400 (haven't kept up with the speed of
onboard video solutions, although they are certainly a lot less than
separate cards).

On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 19:17:06 +0800, Amy Lee <openlinuxsource@gmail.com>
wrote:

>Hello,
>
>I have an old computer, and I've upgraded it for many times.
>
>Hardware List:
>
>Cpu: Celerom 733 MHz up to 1100 MHz
>Motherboard: GA-6VXE+
>Ram: 320 MB
>HD: 10 GB + 60 GB
>Sound Card: CS4281
>Video Card: Geforce 2 MX 400 with 64 MB
>NIC: Realtek 8139
>
>Now I have my Linux system and Windows 2000.
>
>I'd like to know, if I wanna upgrade my machine, what parts should I
>upgrade?
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Amy Lee

IMOH it wouldn't be worth upgrading, and being so old there's probably
not much you would get out of it for the money spent.

I'd sooner buy a new barebone kit and upgrade that or just get something
like this.....
COMPAQ Presario SR2150NX(RR790AA)
Celeron D 356(3.33GHz)
512MB DDR2, 120GB
Audio, Ethernet, DVD Burner, Windows Vista
$319.00 @ newegg.com (after rebate).

Ed

On Jun 19, 7:17 am, Amy Lee <openlinuxsou...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have an old computer, and I've upgraded it for many times.
>
> Hardware List:
>
> Cpu: Celerom 733 MHz up to 1100 MHz
> Motherboard: GA-6VXE+
> Ram: 320 MB
> HD: 10 GB + 60 GB
> Sound Card: CS4281
> Video Card: Geforce 2 MX 400 with 64 MB
> NIC: Realtek 8139
>
> Now I have my Linux system and Windows 2000.
>
> I'd like to know, if I wanna upgrade my machine, what parts should I
> upgrade?
>
So much depends on how you use the machine, but upgrading the RAM to
512M is probably worth it. I wouldn't fool with anything else, unless
you just absolutely need a bigger hard drive. For everyday use, my
PIII machines seem mostly to be FSB (memory bandwidth) constrained.
I'm not planning on throwing anything away.

Robert.