I built my parents a system roughly a year ago and heres the specs.
MSI k8n Neo4(7125)
AMD Athlon 3800 @ 2.4ghz
2x512 Kingston HyperX 2-3-2-7
Samsung 160gig sata
ATI x1300 256mb
Samsung dvd/cd-rw
Ultra X-connect 500w psu
Gigabyte 8-bl hsf
OK so my parents were starting to complain that the system seems to be getting slow when multitasking. So I did the basic maintenance stuff, virus/spyware scans. reg. disk cleanup and defrag...etc. That seemed to help a little bit but they still want something a bit faster. I think they want the computer to do things instantly I keep telling them that its not a super computer! SO they asked abotu upgrading and what would make the biggest differance for thier money...etc.
So I have a few questions. I have descided either a ram upgrade for a total of 2gig or a cpu upgrade to a dual core is the best way to go. So what is the best bang for the buck?? What cpu is the best deal right now for socket 939? If i add another 2x512mb or ram should it match the current ram(Kingstion HyperX) or can it be anything?? Any opinions or ideas would be greAt
thanks
MSI k8n Neo4(7125)
AMD Athlon 3800 @ 2.4ghz
2x512 Kingston HyperX 2-3-2-7
Samsung 160gig sata
ATI x1300 256mb
Samsung dvd/cd-rw
Ultra X-connect 500w psu
Gigabyte 8-bl hsf
OK so my parents were starting to complain that the system seems to be getting slow when multitasking. So I did the basic maintenance stuff, virus/spyware scans. reg. disk cleanup and defrag...etc. That seemed to help a little bit but they still want something a bit faster. I think they want the computer to do things instantly I keep telling them that its not a super computer! SO they asked abotu upgrading and what would make the biggest differance for thier money...etc.
So I have a few questions. I have descided either a ram upgrade for a total of 2gig or a cpu upgrade to a dual core is the best way to go. So what is the best bang for the buck?? What cpu is the best deal right now for socket 939? If i add another 2x512mb or ram should it match the current ram(Kingstion HyperX) or can it be anything?? Any opinions or ideas would be greAt
thanks