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fate6
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Re: Help upgrading my old PC!

Post by fate6 »

Yea if I made the PC I need then we are talking $10,000+ >__<
but for now I just want something from this decade :lol:

my current PC is from 2005 and is decent but it makes very loud fan noise and gets very hot plus its very slow even with a fresh install of a OS

furthermore it does not have PCI-E slots and is a single core x86 celeron D at 2.93Ghz with 1GB RAM
and yes I know 2005 just barely counts as this decade ;)

if you would like I can post a screenshot of the system information
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Re: Help upgrading my old PC!

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Yeah fate, more system detail would help, also a more definitive description of what you would like it to be capable of.
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Re: Help upgrading my old PC!

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Actually I think it would netter to get the one JD offered me as its much better than what I have plus it has better upgrading potential ^__^
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also I want the PC for day to day browsing and media but also to do some coding
(bout dang time I started helping hgoel)
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Re: Help upgrading my old PC!

Post by XxGodOfWar2xX »

Is there any limit as to what you can go fellow brony? I got my new one for about $327
fate6
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Re: Help upgrading my old PC!

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Take a look at the one I linked...... thats it ORZ
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Re: Help upgrading my old PC!

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Looking at the specs for that Compaq, a Cpu or memory u/g would give some increase in speed, but not a lot, it supports quite low speed ddr1 only.
Switching to a lean version of linux would probably dramatically increase the speed, cost - $0 - have you considered that option ?
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PSone with screen
PS2 Slim with screen
PS3 Phat 320Gb Stock F/W
PS3 Super Slim 1Tb Stock F/W
PS4 1Tb Stock F/W
Nexus 5 16Gb Rooted KK 4.4
Nexus 7 32Gb Rooted JB 4.2.2
Nexus 10 16Gb Rooted JB 4.3.0
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Re: Help upgrading my old PC!

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I know use Puppy or similar but as much as I <3 Puppy Linux I don't want to use it as a Main OS
but anywho I will be buying JD's PC and then once it gets here I will spend a few weeks installing Arch Linux

I've done it before on this computer but did not think it was worth my time on such a old PC
(installed and configured KDE + KDM but stopped there)
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Re: Help upgrading my old PC!

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Problem solved then, a replacement was probably the best way to go. Happy new PC !
PSVita 2.60 Stock - 16Gb
PSP 3003 6.60 PRO-B10 - 24Gb
PSone with screen
PS2 Slim with screen
PS3 Phat 320Gb Stock F/W
PS3 Super Slim 1Tb Stock F/W
PS4 1Tb Stock F/W
Nexus 5 16Gb Rooted KK 4.4
Nexus 7 32Gb Rooted JB 4.2.2
Nexus 10 16Gb Rooted JB 4.3.0
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Re: Help upgrading my old PC!

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Thanks and I will just go ahead and lock this ^__^
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