Ok my dad had an old Presario that he used for work. This computer is pretty old I would say at the very least a good 8 years old. These are the specs on the computer.
Pentium 4 CPU
512 MB DDR RAM
320 Gig PATA HDD
Windows XP
I already put some upgrades into it. I changed out the 320 Gig PATA drive for a 500 Gig 7200 RPM SATA HDD. I figured that should help make it a little faster 3 Gbps compared to 100 Mbps of the PATA drive. What I was going to do was max out the RAM at 4 Gigs and do a fresh install of Windows. I plan on using this computer as a general back up for when I work on people’s computers and to play old games like Command and Conquer RA2, Battlefield 1942 and stuff like that. My question is do you think it’s worth it. I’m looking at about 100 dollars for the RAM and 50 dollars for Windows. Is the Pentium for actually usable for these things?
Pentium 4 CPU
512 MB DDR RAM
320 Gig PATA HDD
Windows XP
I already put some upgrades into it. I changed out the 320 Gig PATA drive for a 500 Gig 7200 RPM SATA HDD. I figured that should help make it a little faster 3 Gbps compared to 100 Mbps of the PATA drive. What I was going to do was max out the RAM at 4 Gigs and do a fresh install of Windows. I plan on using this computer as a general back up for when I work on people’s computers and to play old games like Command and Conquer RA2, Battlefield 1942 and stuff like that. My question is do you think it’s worth it. I’m looking at about 100 dollars for the RAM and 50 dollars for Windows. Is the Pentium for actually usable for these things?