Had to upgrade it because the it was aging. It was supposed to be an upgrade, but eventually it will get all new parts. Currently, I'm looking at 5 crucial parts, and 3 not so crucial parts (at least for now).
This is what I have now:
I use the monitor, keyboard, mouse & speakers from the old PC. The upcoming upgrades are,
The not-so-crucial parts are,
This is what I have now:
- Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 @ 1.86GHz = stock
- Intel DG965RY motherboard (no overclocking support
- but the only affordable one for the money I had at the time of purchase) - 1GB DDR-II 667 Kingston at 5,5,5,15 timings (2x512MB)
- 320GB Maxtor Diamondmax 10 7200RPM, SATAII, 16MB cache with NCQ
- 500W Server PSU from the old setup + new ATX case
I use the monitor, keyboard, mouse & speakers from the old PC. The upcoming upgrades are,
- 2 sticks of 1GB DDR-II 667 to bring the total RAM amount to 3GB
- 19" LCD monitor (because I can give the current CRT to dad to use with the old PC)
- DirectX10 video card, when they are available. Not easy to run Vista on this integrated graphics chip and games run very badly on it
- ADSL Router - because my current ADSL modem 's driver support is pathetic and there's a 100% probability that it won't get a signed Vista 64bit driver, as I'm looking forward to moving into 64-bit computing
- IDE to USB converter - so I can use my 160GB IDE drive as a portable drive
The not-so-crucial parts are,
- Audigy X-Fi class soundcard + good 5.1 speakers



