- Nov 2, 2010
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Hello, I am an interesting computer user. I like to consider myself an avid gamer yet the highest end pc game I have is neverwinter nights 2. I would of course love to play crysis, fallout3, and final fantasy 14 if I owned them. Currently I recently attained an old dell dimension 9150 which was a lot better than my dimension 4850. The problem I had before was a motherboard that was too old for further upgrades but now I have this dimension 9150 to play with. I have moved everything over into the 9150 and am ready to bring it up to full power hardware wise, the only problem I am having is finding out where to go. Here is the current configuration that I have (I am pulling these numbers from memory)
Dell Dimension 9150
Windows xp SP3 Home
Intel Pentium 4 Core 2 2.8 ghz
2gb DDR2 663mhz ram
Radeon X300 128mb graphics card
The motherboard is pci-express 1.0 and from what I have read the system has a 375w psu. The strange thing about this system is that it was sold by dell with the core 2 processor when others have stated that the motherboard for this machine is missing a power modulater needed for core 2 processors. So here are my final questions.
What video card should I get to bring this system up to its maximum gaming potential. If the card is a little bit stronger than my system can handle thats ok because eventually when I get a newer system (if I get one) I can transfer it over to the new system.
Can I get a better processor? The socket type is 775 and the system says it supports dual core and hyper threading but some forums I have read say the motherboard doesn't have the power modulater needed for those, yet my system seems to already have one.
Eventually I will bring my ram up to a full 4gb and bring my OS up to windows 7 but for right now I am kind of setting goals to bring this system to its maximum capability So it can last a long time. If you need to know what games I am aming to play on it I would love to run starcraft 2 on high settings and final fantasy 14 on the best settings I can get.
p.s. I know I should just buy a new computer but its just not financially viable now or any time soon.
Dell Dimension 9150
Windows xp SP3 Home
Intel Pentium 4 Core 2 2.8 ghz
2gb DDR2 663mhz ram
Radeon X300 128mb graphics card
The motherboard is pci-express 1.0 and from what I have read the system has a 375w psu. The strange thing about this system is that it was sold by dell with the core 2 processor when others have stated that the motherboard for this machine is missing a power modulater needed for core 2 processors. So here are my final questions.
What video card should I get to bring this system up to its maximum gaming potential. If the card is a little bit stronger than my system can handle thats ok because eventually when I get a newer system (if I get one) I can transfer it over to the new system.
Can I get a better processor? The socket type is 775 and the system says it supports dual core and hyper threading but some forums I have read say the motherboard doesn't have the power modulater needed for those, yet my system seems to already have one.
Eventually I will bring my ram up to a full 4gb and bring my OS up to windows 7 but for right now I am kind of setting goals to bring this system to its maximum capability So it can last a long time. If you need to know what games I am aming to play on it I would love to run starcraft 2 on high settings and final fantasy 14 on the best settings I can get.
p.s. I know I should just buy a new computer but its just not financially viable now or any time soon.
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