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pentium 4 cpu 1300MHz, 128 megs of ram, and im running windows xp home edition.
I assume your motherboard will support DDR then? If it does, then you do not need any fancy RAM, since your processor is relatively slow anyways. So pretty much any brand of ValueRAM would work just fine.
There are two kinds of RAM I'm counting on his computer to run...
A 1.3 GHz Pentium 4 is probably available in Socket 423 only... meaning he's got a Willamette which is fed by either SDR-SDRAM or... RDRAM. If you've got RDRAM... I'm terribly sorry.
Find out by going to this webpage. From here, you can download SiSoftware Sandra 2005 Lite, a PC benchmarking and diagnostics program.
Install it. Once you've installed it, it may or may not ask you to restart your computer. Whatever it does or doesn't ask, just restart. Good habit to get into, particularly when dealing with system-intensive software.
Once you've rebooted into Windows, run Sandra. You'll get something that looks something like a Windows Explorer window, with a bunch of icons. Double-click \"Mainboard Information,\" and scroll down to the section titled, \"System Memory Controller.\" Under this header is a field titled, \"Number of Memory Slots,\" -- give us the number listed. Something else helpful there is \"Maximum Installable Memory,\" but what Sandra gives you there may not be correct.
Once you're done with that, scroll down and under the section titled, \"Memory Module 1,\" you'll find a little entry titled, \"Type.\" Give us what it says for \"Type.\"
Given that, we ought to be able to properly determine the memory in your computer. Hopefully it isn't RDRAM... but it's that or SDRAM. I'm not counting on DDR. : /
That system may use RDRAM. That would be expensive and rare.
Even with 512MB of RAM, that CPU would limit you big time. You're looking at peaks of around 40FPS, and lows in the single digits. Techincally it should run, but it won't be very enjoyable.
I would suggest not sinking money into that computer, but rather save up about $700 and get a new motherboard, CPU, PSU, Case, RAM, and Video card.
If this is possible, let us know your budget and we'll help you set up a new system.
If this is not possible, pick up an xbox off of ebay for $85-90+ shipping and buy the xbox version.
EDIT: Beat me to it Pickle! You Dell loving S.O.B.! ;)
Last edited by Greg M. on Mon Jan 23, 2006 3:33 pm; edited 1 time in total
Or take a look at TigerDirect and see if they'll give you anything for a trade in on a new system. Custom builts are best, but hey, if you can get some $$$ for that one...
Don't expect it to be much though.
Last edited by ChrisMG on Mon Jan 23, 2006 3:56 pm; edited 1 time in total
yea you should see what you can get for it and if you can get a decent ammount you should save up like Greg said. and it depends what you like to do with it : web browsing or more gaming for the part you wil definatly need.
There are two kinds of RAM I'm counting on his computer to run...
A 1.3 GHz Pentium 4 is probably available in Socket 423 only... meaning he's got a Willamette which is fed by either SDR-SDRAM or... RDRAM. If you've got RDRAM... I'm terribly sorry.
Find out by going to this webpage. From here, you can download SiSoftware Sandra 2005 Lite, a PC benchmarking and diagnostics program.
Install it. Once you've installed it, it may or may not ask you to restart your computer. Whatever it does or doesn't ask, just restart. Good habit to get into, particularly when dealing with system-intensive software.
Once you've rebooted into Windows, run Sandra. You'll get something that looks something like a Windows Explorer window, with a bunch of icons. Double-click \"Mainboard Information,\" and scroll down to the section titled, \"System Memory Controller.\" Under this header is a field titled, \"Number of Memory Slots,\" -- give us the number listed. Something else helpful there is \"Maximum Installable Memory,\" but what Sandra gives you there may not be correct.
Once you're done with that, scroll down and under the section titled, \"Memory Module 1,\" you'll find a little entry titled, \"Type.\" Give us what it says for \"Type.\"
Given that, we ought to be able to properly determine the memory in your computer. Hopefully it isn't RDRAM... but it's that or SDRAM. I'm not counting on DDR. : /
-Pikl
yes i think iv got RDRAM or RIMM or whatever cus its got the CRIMM spacer things in the other unused RAM slots
uh oh thats not to good Yoober i think u sould save up for a new comp.
Agreed. Finding old RAM isn't that hard, if you have the money for it, but with that money, you can start saving to get a new system. You can build a reasonable sytem that you can upgrade later for a few hundred dollars. If you want me to, tell me how much money you can spend and I can recommend a good machine for you.
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