[edit]Look at the end of the page for what I plan to upgrade, taking into consideration everyone's suggestions as well as some offline.
Hi everyone,
I'll get straight to the point. And thanks for all the help in advance.
I'd like to be able to run some newer games, not with all the eye candy but decently. I'm looking to spend under $1,000 (CDN, but that doesn't really matter with the exchange rate nowadays, does it hehe)
The following was bought for $810, October 2004.
Motherboard: P4PE-2X, with 2 RAM Slots, 4 PCI, 4 hard drive bays
CPU: Pentium 4, 2.4 GHz
Case: Antec Sonata
Power supply (from case's manual, not confirmed): Antec TruePower ATX12V, max 360W
20-pin main power
6-pin aux power
4-pin +12V power for motherboard
5 to 7 4-pin peripheral power connectors
2 to 3 4-pin floppy power for drives
RAM: 1280 MB
256 MB, DDR 333 PC 2700
1024 MB, DDR - don't know other details (not included in original purchase)
Hard drives:
WD800BB-55JKA0 (80.03 GB)
WD1600JB-75GVC0 (160.00 GB) (not included in original purchase)
Video card: ATI Radeon 9600 PRO (128 MB DDR)
Sound: SoundMAX Integrated Audio
A really bad mouse that needs replacing
Monitor, speakers, headphones, keyboard all good.
Thank you!
Hi everyone,
I'll get straight to the point. And thanks for all the help in advance.
I'd like to be able to run some newer games, not with all the eye candy but decently. I'm looking to spend under $1,000 (CDN, but that doesn't really matter with the exchange rate nowadays, does it hehe)
The following was bought for $810, October 2004.
Motherboard: P4PE-2X, with 2 RAM Slots, 4 PCI, 4 hard drive bays
CPU: Pentium 4, 2.4 GHz
Case: Antec Sonata
Power supply (from case's manual, not confirmed): Antec TruePower ATX12V, max 360W
20-pin main power
6-pin aux power
4-pin +12V power for motherboard
5 to 7 4-pin peripheral power connectors
2 to 3 4-pin floppy power for drives
RAM: 1280 MB
256 MB, DDR 333 PC 2700
1024 MB, DDR - don't know other details (not included in original purchase)
Hard drives:
WD800BB-55JKA0 (80.03 GB)
WD1600JB-75GVC0 (160.00 GB) (not included in original purchase)
Video card: ATI Radeon 9600 PRO (128 MB DDR)
Sound: SoundMAX Integrated Audio
A really bad mouse that needs replacing
Monitor, speakers, headphones, keyboard all good.
Thank you!