PC upgrade... HELP!

Aelred89 · 2 Jan 2007 at 22:31

PC upgrade... HELP! New RAM Question

After a long arguement with my dad i'm not allowed to take a new PC up to Uni

However he has allowed me to upgrade my current system. Atm i have

Intel P4 540 3.2Ghz
Intel 915P Express chipset
1GB DDR2-SDRAM (unnamed i guess

)
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
ATI Radeon X600 (main point of upgrade)
250GB SATA HDD

Whats the best way i can upgrade with and without changing the mo/bo?

Aelred89

Aelred89 · 2 Jan 2007 at 22:59

I can't seem to find my mo/bo info anywhere

It is PCI-E and i rekon i'd have about £300-£400 to spend

Aelred89

Aelred89 · 2 Jan 2007 at 23:23

I've found outmy mobo is an ASUS "Puffer2" according to CPUZ, which means i can only use P4 5../6..

Is it worth changing my P4 3.2 540 to a 640 with the 64 bit technology? and i was thinking about getting the Connect3D ATI Radeon X1950 XT for £164.49

Aelred89

Aelred89 · 3 Jan 2007 at 09:17

yeh that looks pretty much like my mo/bo, notice the lack of space for the PCI-E

I've had to take out my tv tuner card to make way for a new GPU

Aelred89 · 3 Jan 2007 at 09:39

RAM Question

Also if i wanted to upgrade the RAM would my mo/bo handle DDR2 PC2-5300? I currently have DDR2 PC2-3200, or will it be best to stick with that? :confused:

I don't really understand RAM all that well, if i was to add to my current RAM can i mix 5300 and 3200 or do i need to buy all new stuff?

Hope you can help

Aelred89