How much is it worth upgrading?

mrapoc · #1 17-03-09, 05:36 PM

Iv been given a ex-98 computer (now on tinyxp) to upgrade...first thing on the list is a ethernet pci card...they should all work? I was gonna get a £5 one off ebuyer

Now the agp card cant be detected by xp (intel i740) as its old im guessing...but i dont really wanna upgrade this much as its on a intel pentium 2 proccy..

I stuck a 128mb sdram stick in with the 64mb stick which should boost it a bit..

any ideas? iv only got £50 to play with (inc labour / profits)

TopSecret · #2 17-03-09, 05:42 PM

What's the mobo model?

nunzio · #3 17-03-09, 05:42 PM

Hehe.. gut it and put something like an atom mobo in. Think they are around 50 quid and likely better/faster than what is already in there.

mrapoc · #4 17-03-09, 05:44 PM

sorry the intel i740 is an agp card if thats why you wanted the mobo model

so ideally i need at least £20 profit from this (shall ring later to find out if the £50 is inclusive of all charges)

deffo need that £5 ethernet (all pci fit older pcs right?) card

need to sort graphics

128 + 64mb ram shud be enough for simple browsing, office and 2d games?

Ham · #5 17-03-09, 05:46 PM

There really is very little worth doing.

Maybe grab somting like this + some DDR.

I'd tell this kind person to go way, save up £100-150 and you can get a core 2 based celly, cheap G3/4x board and 1 or 2GB of DDR2 for that. Which will help a whole lot more.

If you get really stuck I might be able to help out with some parts I've taken out of machines I've upgraded with said kit, drop me a PM if it come to that.

TopSecret · #6 17-03-09, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by name='mrapoc'

sorry the intel i740 is an agp card if thats why you wanted the mobo model

so ideally i need at least £20 profit from this (shall ring later to find out if the £50 is inclusive of all charges)

deffo need that £5 ethernet (all pci fit older pcs right?) card

need to sort graphics

128 + 64mb ram shud be enough for simple browsing, office and 2d games?

I was asking so we could see what upgrade options were open to you. You could increase the performance within that budget, but you wouldn't make very much for yourself. Sourcing older parts can be a real ballache too.

GavX · #7 17-03-09, 06:44 PM

All PCI cards should work, I doubt it but it might only have PCI-X or that really old brown expansion, forgot the name, well old!

Some cheap RAM, P2s will be impossible to find these days, and probably not worth getting a new GPU as I guess the CPU will bottleneck everything. As said come back with £150 and try for a cheap ass PC, I am sure I made one for £120 ex. OS. Id did have a pen drive as HDD though

mrapoc · #8 17-03-09, 10:05 PM

Ham may have some old parts

Donations are welcome. Could do with some spares etc. (working order lol)

Ham · #9 17-03-09, 10:08 PM

Will be testing as soon as I can actualy stand in front my workbench.

Theses 4 cases in the way atm

mrapoc · #10 24-03-09, 10:21 PM

(Y) ty