• $100 Upgrade
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Hi I'm looking to upgrade my computer soon. I'm looking for something to quicken up average source games that I play. Maybe a GPU, Processor, or some RAM? In USA [code] Summary Operating System MS Windows XP Home 32-bit SP3 CPU Intel Pentium D 820 SmithField 90nm Technology RAM 1.0GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 266MHz (4-4-4-11) Motherboard Dell Inc. 0X8582 (Microprocessor) Graphics DELL E770s @ 1024x768 256MB RADEON X600 256MB HyperMemory (ATI) Hard Drives 156GB Seagate ST3160023AS (SATA) 23 °C Optical Drives TSSTcorp DVD-ROM TS-H352C HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8487B Audio IDT High Definition Audio CODEC Operating System MS Windows XP Home 32-bit SP3 Installation Date: 25 July 2010, 00:02 Serial Number: CR883-8D7HW-GF979-9WYRG-YRK9J Windows Security Center Firewall Enabled Antivirus Disabled CPU Intel Pentium D 820 Cores 2 Threads 2 Name Intel Pentium D 820 Code Name SmithField Package Socket 775 LGA Technology 90nm Specification Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 2.80GHz Family F Extended Family F Model 4 Extended Model 4 Stepping 4 Revision A0 Instructions MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, EM64T Bus Speed 199.5 MHz Rated Bus Speed 798.0 MHz Stock Core Speed 2800 MHz Stock Bus Speed 200 MHz Caches L1 Data Cache Size 2 x 16 KBytes L1 trace cache 2 x 12 Kuops L2 Unified Cache Size 2 x 1024 KBytes Core 0 Core Speed 2793.1 MHz Multiplier x 14.0 Bus Speed 199.5 MHz Rated Bus Speed 798.0 MHz Thread 1 APIC ID 0 Core 1 Core Speed 2793.1 MHz Multiplier x 14.0 Bus Speed 199.5 MHz Rated Bus Speed 798.0 MHz Thread 1 APIC ID 1 RAM Memory slots Total memory slots 4 Used memory slots 2 Free memory slots 2 Memory Type DDR2 Size 1024 MBytes Channels # Dual DRAM Frequency 266.0 MHz CAS# Latency (CL) 4 clocks RAS# to CAS# Delay (tRCD) 4 clocks RAS# Precharge (tRP) 4 clocks Cycle Time (tRAS) 11 clocks Bank Cycle Time (tR?) 15 clocks SPD Number Of SPD Modules 2 Slot #1 Type DDR2 Size 512 MBytes Manufacturer Samsung Max Bandwidth PC2-4300 (266 MHz) Part Number M3 78T6553CZ3-CD5 Serial Number 450621C9 Week/year 31 / 05 SPD Ext. EPP JEDEC #3 Frequency 266.7 MHz CAS# Latency 5.0 RAS# To CAS# 4 RAS# Precharge 4 tRAS 11 tRC 15 Voltage 1.800 V JEDEC #2 Frequency 266.7 MHz CAS# Latency 4.0 RAS# To CAS# 4 RAS# Precharge 4 tRAS 11 tRC 15 Voltage 1.800 V JEDEC #1 Frequency 200.0 MHz CAS# Latency 3.0 RAS# To CAS# 3 RAS# Precharge 3 tRAS 8 tRC 11 Voltage 1.800 V Slot #2 Type DDR2 Size 512 MBytes Manufacturer Samsung Max Bandwidth PC2-4300 (266 MHz) Part Number M3 78T6553CZ3-CD5 Serial Number 450B21D5 Week/year 31 / 05 SPD Ext. EPP JEDEC #3 Frequency 266.7 MHz CAS# Latency 5.0 RAS# To CAS# 4 RAS# Precharge 4 tRAS 11 tRC 15 Voltage 1.800 V JEDEC #2 Frequency 266.7 MHz CAS# Latency 4.0 RAS# To CAS# 4 RAS# Precharge 4 tRAS 11 tRC 15 Voltage 1.800 V JEDEC #1 Frequency 200.0 MHz CAS# Latency 3.0 RAS# To CAS# 3 RAS# Precharge 3 tRAS 8 tRC 11 Voltage 1.800 V Motherboard Manufacturer Dell Inc. Model 0X8582 Chipset Vendor Intel Chipset Model i945P Chipset Revision 00 Southbridge Vendor Intel Southbridge Model 82801GB (ICH7/R) Southbridge Revision A1 BIOS Brand Dell Inc. Version A01 Date 05/25/2005 Graphics Monitor Name DELL E770s on RADEON X600 256MB HyperMemory Current Resolution 1024x768 pixels Work Resolution 1024x738 pixels State enabled, primary, output devices support Monitor Width 1024 Monitor Height 768 Monitor BPP 32 bits per pixel Monitor Frequency 75 Hz Device \\.\DISPLAY1\Monitor0 RADEON X600 256MB HyperMemory GPU RV380 Device ID 1002-5B62 Subvendor ATI (1002) Technology 110 nm Transistors 75 M Release Date Jun 2004 DirectX Support 9.0 DirectX Shader Model 2.0 OpenGL Support 2.0 Bios Core Clock 400.00 Bios Mem Clock 250.00 Driver ati2mtag.sys Driver version 6.14.10.6601 BIOS Version 113-A33437-102 ROPs 4 Shaders Vertex 4/Pixel 4 Memory Type DDR Memory 256 MB Bus Width 128 Bit Hard Drives ST3160023AS Manufacturer Seagate Form Factor 3.5" SATA type SATA-II 3.0Gb/s Device type Fixed ATA Standard ATA/ATAPI-6 48-bit LBA Supported Serial Number 5MT27BLL Interface SATA Capacity 156GB Real size 160,000,000,000 bytes S.M.A.R.T 01 Read Error Rate 059 (049 worst) Data 000537E9E3 03 Spin-Up Time 097 (096) Data 0000000000 04 Start/Stop Count 098 (098) Data 0000000A35 05 Reallocated Sectors Count 100 (100) Data 0000000000 07 Seek Error Rate 087 (060) Data 0023B701BB 09 Power-On Hours (POH) 088 (088) Data 0000002A7A 0A Spin Retry Count 100 (100) Data 0000000000 0C Device Power Cycle Count 098 (098) Data 0000000A37 C2 Temperature 016 (040) Data 0000000010 C3 Hardware ECC Recovered 059 (049) Data 000537E9E3 C5 Current Pending Sector Count 100 (100) Data 0000000001 C6 Uncorrectable Sector Count 100 (100) Data 0000000001 C7 UltraDMA CRC Error Count 200 (193) Data 000000009B C8 Write Error Rate / Multi-Zone Error Rate 100 (253) Data 0000000000 CA Data Address Mark errors 100 (253) Data 0000000000 Temperature 23 °C Temperature Range ok (less than 50 °C) Status Good Partition 0 Partition ID Disk #0, Partition #0 Size 54.8 MB Partition 1 Partition ID Disk #0, Partition #1 Disk Letter C: File System NTFS Volume Serial Number C888B05F Size 146GB Used Space 130GB (90%) Free Space 15.8GB (10%) Partition 2 Partition ID Disk #0, Partition #2 Size 3.38 GB Optical Drives TSSTcorp DVD-ROM TS-H352C Media Type CD-ROM Name TSSTcorp DVD-ROM TS-H352C Availability Running/Full Power Capabilities Random Access, Supports Removable Media Config Manager Error Code Device is working properly Config Manager User Config FALSE Drive D: Media Loaded FALSE SCSI Bus 0 SCSI Logical Unit 0 SCSI Port 1 SCSI Target Id 0 Status OK HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8487B Media Type CD-ROM Name HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8487B Availability Running/Full Power Capabilities Random Access, Supports Removable Media Config Manager Error Code Device is working properly Config Manager User Config FALSE Drive E: Media Loaded FALSE SCSI Bus 0 SCSI Logical Unit 0 SCSI Port 1 SCSI Target Id 1 Status OK Audio Sound Cards IDT High Definition Audio CODEC SB Live! 24-bit Playback Device SB Live! 24-bit Recording Device SB Live! 24-bit Peripherals HID Keyboard Device Device Kind Keyboard Device Name HID Keyboard Device Vendor Unknown Location Location 0 Driver Date 7-1-2001 Version 5.1.2600.5512 File C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\kbdhid.sys File C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\kbdclass.sys Microsoft USB Wheel Mouse Optical Device Kind Mouse Device Name Microsoft USB Wheel Mouse Optical Vendor Microsoft Location Location 0 Driver Date 7-1-2001 Version 5.1.2600.0 File C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\mouclass.sys File C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\mouhid.sys [/code]
Save money, order new ram, new motherboard, new processor, new video card, new psu, new harddrive. etc etc Otherwise, get more ram.
Not for a hundred dollars anyway mate, you can maybe buy a fan off a graphics card, but I'd say that's about it...
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