Intel 810L

[NosBoost300]

okay, i'm trying to upgrade my dads computer, cuz i'm tired of him coming in my room everymorning to check his email...

there's a couple things i wanted to get.. but first i must know.... what socket is an Intel 810L ... i can't find anything everythign i find just says its for celeron and p3... but i think its a socket 478

okay so what i wanted to get for him was
1. a better processor.... this celerons only running 700mhz
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819112208

2. pc133 ram, currently has 192 mb ram, looking for 2 256 sticks
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820146303

3. a nice cd drive with a burner... (dont know what went wrong with otherone... isnt detected anymore... probably need to download the driver for it)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827106997

4. a graphics card with at least 64mb of ram.. the onboard 11mb just doesnt do anything... mom does moderate gaming.. if that, plays really crappy games.. so at most 64 mb... haha
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102318

they have an old hp pavilion 6830, and its just terrible...

please correct me if anything is wrong... and again, its only just supposed to run! looking to reformat once i back up all the data

 

[JKnPA]

The Intel 810L is an " OLD" chipset not a Cpu.
It was dis-continued in 2000.
If I were you....... I would invest in a new Mobo for the future.
Your chipset is probably more important than your Cpu.

http://www.answers.com/topic/intel-chipsets

John....

 

[NosBoost300]

i knew it was an old chipset... but it still has a processor, and i want to change that processor the celerons only running 700 mhz, so i wanted a better processor, so i was asking what socket the processor was, so i could find a better one to replace that crap celeron

and my parents don't demand too much, so i don't need anything flashy, they just want it to run a little faster, and burn cd's

stil not sure if its a socket 478....

 

[Trotter]

stil not sure if its a socket 478....

It is a P3. Definately NOT a 478.

It will be either a Slot 1 or a Socket 370.

Download and run Belarc Advisor (http://www.majorgeeks.com/Belarc_Advisor_d1385.html) on your dad's comp to find out what mobo it has. then you can Google to find out what slot/socket it has.

 

[NosBoost300]

only problem with that belarc plan is that my dads computer doesnt seem to want to run the internet anymore... it says its connected but its limited or no connectivity... so i can't download anything with it... and ya.. it probably is a 370... its really old and crappy.. didnt see anything like slot 1 or socket 370 on new egg.... no idea how to get the internet up again.... i probably need to reformat it, its full of virus' and spyware...

i'm beginning to think he's computer should just be trashed... its ancient now... maybe i should just build him something really cheap... as long as it can check email, and play games that require 4 mb ram graphics card.... i should be able to keep a budget under 500 with that....

 

[Trotter]

Use a floppy. The program is only like 836KB.

 

[NosBoost300]

hrmm more problems.. the computer i'm using now doesnt have a floppy drive.. but thank god i got this flash drive... i can use this

anywho, if his computer too much of junk i might just build... only because i have a cravy to build now! but i may be back in a bit with the info of his computer.. if only i could find that flash drive

*well i found it... (nevertake hardware with you to the beach... found it in my wet jeans)

 

[Trotter]

i should be able to keep a budget under 500 with that....

Use the opticals, monitor, keyboard, mouse, and speakers from his current rig.

ASUS VINTAGE Intel Socket 478 Intel Pentium 4/Celeron SiS 661FX 2x 184Pin SiS Real 256E Barebone
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16856110027

OCZ Value Series 512MB (2 x 256MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 333 (PC 2700) Dual Channel Kit System Memory
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820146995

Intel Celeron D 310 Prescott 533MHz FSB 256KB L2 Cache Socket 478 Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819112208

eVGA 064-A8-NV93-LX Geforce MX4000 64MB 32-bit DDR AGP 4X/8X Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130198

Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 ST3802110A 80GB 7200 RPM 2MB Cache IDE Ultra ATA100 Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148095

Microsoft Windows XP Home Upgrade with SP2 - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16837116194

$401.31, including shipping

 

[NosBoost300]

thats a really nice set up there, and thats really cheap with shipping, wow, i think i just might build that, that would totally beat my dads junker, thanks for that advice.. i just might build that for a friend too

i could finish up that build in no time, should only take a month.. but considering i'm still building my own... give it 2 and a half months or so... but i'll still be back to post the specs of my dads rig later on today...

by the way i think you left out a cd burner.. but its all good.. pick up something thats 30 bucks.. don't need dvd player/burner.. just cdr

i'll probably end up turning it into somewhat of a gaming rig.. just for the fun of it... 6600 gt for it !! haha.. eventually... and a better processor.. pentium 4 preferably.. get a nice lan game going on in my house

 

[NosBoost300]

well my dads being stubborn... saying "he love his computer the way it is" yet he never uses it... so i guess i'm stuck to building him one , i will surprise him

Cd Burner
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16827106013

Case (comes with psu)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16811182046

Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16822140167

Motherboard (onboard graphics)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813121309

Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16819112207

Ram
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820141413

Total is 367.56 after tax and shipping
PCI-E so eventually imma put in a good graphics card... no time soon, but eventually, and socket 775, definitaly gonna put something good in there... as for xp, couldnt i just use his old hard drive as a slave or something for xp?