Help w/Upgrade is appreciated
hi guys/gals:
i'm a grad student looking to upgrade my system. my price point is $300. i use my computer to surf the net, download music etc. and word processing etc. i have an xbox so no gaming here, although i enjoy listening to music w/my puter. my question is whether or not to grab some pre-packaged set up, or build it myself. i've read a little about motherboards etc. but am getting lost with all the diffnt set ups such as 926 sockets vs. 700's etc. i was also considering a used laptop too???javascript:smilie('')
confused
here's what i've got:
pen III 550 w/ 512 ram
monitor
keyboard
mouse
ext iomega cd-rw
what i figure i'll need
motherboard w/ some sort of processor
memory
new hard drive
sound card
video card
"possibly" a "new" power supply
that's all i can think of, any and all comments are apreciated ;-) thanks in advance!
j
hi guys/gals:
i'm a grad student looking to upgrade my system. my price point is $300. i use my computer to surf the net, download music etc. and word processing etc. i have an xbox so no gaming here, although i enjoy listening to music w/my puter. my question is whether or not to grab some pre-packaged set up, or build it myself. i've read a little about motherboards etc. but am getting lost with all the diffnt set ups such as 926 sockets vs. 700's etc. i was also considering a used laptop too???javascript:smilie('')
confused
here's what i've got:
pen III 550 w/ 512 ram
monitor
keyboard
mouse
ext iomega cd-rw
what i figure i'll need
motherboard w/ some sort of processor
memory
new hard drive
sound card
video card
"possibly" a "new" power supply
that's all i can think of, any and all comments are apreciated ;-) thanks in advance!
j