I have an old custom built pc. It currently has an old Pentium 4 in it and 2gb of ram. It also has a terrible graphics card. T

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Robert Cook

Robert Cook

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Pentium 4? at what speed? you will want more RAM, you may need DDR RAM, in which case you will be maxed at 2 GB or perhaps 4 GB if your board supports it. a decent graphics card like a GT 740 is around $75 the new Ram could cost up to $40. with only one or two cores, I think you only have one, you will struggle to play most games, as they now almost all use two or more cores. no GTAV for you... While there is a sentimental value to your build as you made it your self, the only thing I think it will be fit for is a powerful WiFi router (look that up on youtube). you can get the Pentium anniversary for about $50, and a cheap but decent MOBO for $50 or less, and the 740 and 4 to 8 GB of RAM (30-50)and reuse the rest and get much better performance for not that much more. and it will last for a while unlike your current build which even when souped up will fall behind very quickly again.
 
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holyprof

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You did well. If you are not afraid to open your PSU, do it and give it a cleaning to remove dust and check for damaged capacitors. If hey look bulged as in this picture, they won't last long. Ignore what i said if the PSU is less than 4 years old.

capacitors-leaking.jpg


More about power supply capacitor problems:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague
 
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