The Almighty Packard Bell BV IMEDIA MC 2470

MarshallD3 · 23 Jan 2016 at 21:03

stulid · 23 Jan 2016 at 21:09

Do you have a budget for this much needed upgrade?

Terrorfirmer · 23 Jan 2016 at 21:12

I kinda wish I was you just to know the joy of upgrading from that.

MarshallD3 · 23 Jan 2016 at 21:14

Terrorfirmer said:
I kinda wish I was you just to know the joy of upgrading from that.

It's Physically Impossible to upgrade it's parts, but I plan on building another PC, if you look on my account, you can find the other Thread.

(It's a horrible PC, but It runs Fallout 3 and Skyrim at mid settings)

Terrorfirmer · 23 Jan 2016 at 21:23

Oh I know, I meant upgrade in the sense of a new computer, not parts.

Out of interest, does the board support the early Core 2's? Because they would offer a titanic speed increase and make the machine perfectly serviceable for a few more years.

Even the E6300 at 1.8Ghz is a faster processor that the Pentium D. You could pick up a first gen E6700 or something for literally pennies...maybe a fiver. Even if the machine never did anything other than browse the web and play older games it would make a big difference.

MarshallD3 · 23 Jan 2016 at 21:30

Terrorfirmer said:
Oh I know, I meant upgrade in the sense of a new computer, not parts.

Out of interest, does the board support the early Core 2's? Because they would offer a titanic speed increase and make the machine perfectly serviceable for a few more years.

Even the E6300 at 1.8Ghz is a faster processor that the Pentium D. You could pick up a first gen E6700 or something for literally pennies...maybe a fiver. Even if the machine never did anything other than browse the web and play older games it would make a big difference.

I've never tried, but It can Support Pentium 4's and an Intel Mimic that runs 0.5GHz but that's only for MS-DOS
To be honest, I don't Plan on doing much until I build the New One

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=29090356&posted=1#post29090356

ExoMale · 23 Jan 2016 at 22:10

better psu, better graphic card, pent D 9** and you will have a decent machine

MarshallD3 · 23 Jan 2016 at 22:11

ExoMale said:
better psu, better graphic card, pent D 9** and you will have a decent machine

I'll stick with my actual plans

ExoMale · 23 Jan 2016 at 22:37

MarshallD3 said:
I'll stick with my actual plans

the fun is in the challenge. do the upgrades and overclock if possible, it would be quite interesting and entertaining to see what it can do

MarshallD3 · 23 Jan 2016 at 22:40

ExoMale said:
the fun is in the challenge. do the upgrades and overclock if possible, it would be quite interesting and entertaining to see what it can do

Later, I'll take a look, but I will only ever buy GTX Titan X's :O (Also OC'ing on this board is like trying to fly with your ears)

Terrorfirmer · 23 Jan 2016 at 22:41

There is nothing can be done with a Pentium D. It's hot, it's under-powered, it's slow.

If the board supports the 1st gen Core 2's, then that would be a viable 5 quid upgrade that would make a big difference. Maybe spend another fiver on some more DDR2 ram.

Other than that, it's end game for the machine.

MarshallD3 · 23 Jan 2016 at 22:43

Terrorfirmer said:
There is nothing can be done with a Pentium D. It's hot, it's under-powered, it's slow.

If the board supports the 1st gen Core 2's, then that would be a viable 5 quid upgrade that would make a big difference. Maybe spend another fiver on some more DDR2 ram.

Other than that, it's end game for the machine.

I've had it since it came out, I love it still, and it's been with me working 100% and I've not cleaned it, no wonder there's 3 inches of dust!!!