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now i know i should have bought a new computer about 2 years ago but, i still have this one, i will probably buy a computer when vista comes out with a directx 10 video card and "conroe"

its a dell dimension 4100 that i ordered in 2001 in the past month i upgraded its video card from agpx4 nvidia tnt2 32mb to a geforce fx5500 128mb agpx4/8 (my mobo only is x4), and i put in a usb2 pci host controller since mine had 1.1...
here are its spects now...

933mhz p3
256mb 133mhz(2 x 128)(3 available slots)
12x dvd-rom drive
32x cd-rw
fx5500 128mb at agp x4
40 gb hdd (just bought a 160gb external...for 50 bucks)
4 pci cards ethernet, sound...

ya well i just wanted to know if there is anything else i could to do to this very outdated computer to make it last until january or whatever, like now i play quake 3 and other demos, lol(almost forgot, this computer is a family computer but i play games on it...and im on diaL up, 56k...)

i just wanna get the most out of this computer...

thank you for any suggestions

~lionhardt

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I think u should upgrade ur memory atleast 512 MB these days, :wink:

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Agree, increase the RAM to at least 512MB and 1GB if you can afford it. Also would upgrade the hard drive. Have basically the same machine that I let the grandkids use when they visit. Upgraded the RAM to 512MB, if I were using it I'd go with 1GB. Also put in an 80GB, 7200, 8MB cache hdd. Could upgrade the CD RW drive. Should be able to do this for $200 or less. Personally, I wouldn't put much more than that in this machine.

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