Upgrade

Etaqua · 26 Feb 2006 at 13:44

Hey,

I've got about £40 to spend on some cheap hardware for an old PC so I can sell it for a decent price.

The spec of the PC is:

2.66GHz Celeron D
256MB Samsung Original DDR400
Onboard Realtek 97 sound
Onboard Intel Extreme graphics
Some old low-end MSI motherboard
80GB IDE Hard drive
CD+RW/DVD+R
Floppy drive

(I'm not sure about some of the brand names since it was prebuilt)

What I want to know is what upgrade would get me the best price?

With my budget, it will have to be a single upgrade, like RAM or a graphics card, since all the larger hard drives are over £40.

Also, could you give me a price for how much I'd be able to get for it with the proposed upgrade?

Note: it will have Windows XP Pro freshly installed.

Edit: it also has a floppy drive

Paul11 · 26 Feb 2006 at 13:50

only thing i think would be worth it is more ram

Monstermunch · 26 Feb 2006 at 14:02

I would suggest something along these lines, a little over budget but it will be good:

MY-012-SA Samsung Original 512MB PC3200 CAS3.0 (MY-012-SA)
£27.95 £27.95
GX-048-XF XFX GeForce 6200 128MB DDR TV-Out/DVI (AGP) - Retail (PVT44ARAMG) (GX-048-XF)
£31.95 £31.95
Subtotal £59.90
VAT £10.49
Total £70.39

Etaqua · 26 Feb 2006 at 14:53

I had a feeling it would be RAM that most people suggested.

I'll probably just go for the 1*512MB OcUK Value RAM and advertise it as upgradeable