Hello,
My father-in-law built a custom PC for me a couple of years ago on a budget of £300 (roughly under $500) and it was great for what it needed to do then as I needed it just to play Deus Ex and whatnot on it.
I have recently bought the Sims3 for my girlfriend and it just keeps freezing, so I talked to my father-in-law and he told me to buy the parts I wanted and he'll fit them. As my username suggests I have no clue as to what to look for in upgrades and so I am wondering in a list of highest priority what I should upgrade first?
I have seen a previous Sims3 related post and it says to run CPUZ, so I have done and if anyone wants the .txt file to work out just what I have got then I'll send it, unless of course someone says to post in a later reply (although I think it's a bit long to post on here).
I am aware most if not all of my PC might be out of date / low spec / poor etc but any info on what the highest priority to replace would be appreciated.
PSU - X Power ATX-500 TD (bought about 6 months ago after previous PSU died)
Motherboard - ASUSTeK A7V600
Processor - AMD Athlon XP 2500+
RAM - No idea who makes it but I know it's 2x 514MB (which might be the main problem)
Hard Drive - Maxtor STM3320820A 320GB Hard Drive 7200RPM 8MB Cache
Graphics Card - NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT
Please post on what I need to upgrade first as I can't really afford to replace the whole lot in one go. Once again any help would be appreciated.
My father-in-law built a custom PC for me a couple of years ago on a budget of £300 (roughly under $500) and it was great for what it needed to do then as I needed it just to play Deus Ex and whatnot on it.
I have recently bought the Sims3 for my girlfriend and it just keeps freezing, so I talked to my father-in-law and he told me to buy the parts I wanted and he'll fit them. As my username suggests I have no clue as to what to look for in upgrades and so I am wondering in a list of highest priority what I should upgrade first?
I have seen a previous Sims3 related post and it says to run CPUZ, so I have done and if anyone wants the .txt file to work out just what I have got then I'll send it, unless of course someone says to post in a later reply (although I think it's a bit long to post on here).
I am aware most if not all of my PC might be out of date / low spec / poor etc but any info on what the highest priority to replace would be appreciated.
PSU - X Power ATX-500 TD (bought about 6 months ago after previous PSU died)
Motherboard - ASUSTeK A7V600
Processor - AMD Athlon XP 2500+
RAM - No idea who makes it but I know it's 2x 514MB (which might be the main problem)
Hard Drive - Maxtor STM3320820A 320GB Hard Drive 7200RPM 8MB Cache
Graphics Card - NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT
Please post on what I need to upgrade first as I can't really afford to replace the whole lot in one go. Once again any help would be appreciated.