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Posted by: Counter-Strike
Ok, well my friend has an old Dell Dimension 4400 here are the specs:
250W PSU
1.6 Ghz P4 400Mhz FSB 256K L2 Cache
768MB PC2100 RAM
ATI Radeon 9550
Now he hates building computers, he either wants to get a whole new one or upgrade the parts to this:
2.4 Ghz P4 400Mhz FSB 512K L2 Cache
1GB PC2100 RAM
ATI Radeon 9600XT 256MB 4x/8x AGP
Should he buy one from Dell or would it be cheaper to just upgrade the parts?
Posted by: damasta55r
He should build his own. Brand new machine. No dells.
Roger
Posted by: Dark_Sniper*
If he has the money to buy a a dell then he has the money to build one. As you can build it forr him unless your not that good of a friend to help him out i dont know.
Posted by: waynejkruse10
dont buy from dell, build one yourself or buy a custon (whitebox) from a 'round the corner PC store and tell them what components you want (ask for help on TF) and get them to build it.
Posted by: unanimous
no way to DELL,, its better for him to upgrade,, lols most DELLS have built in pc parts... you might not able to upgrade some parts afterwards.
Posted by: Apokalipse
he wants PC2100 RAM and a P4 2.4?
he should at least get PC3200 and about an AMD 2800+/P4 2.8. they don't cost all that much.
Posted by: thebrettman
As far as I can see upgrading that system is just putting off the certainty that you have to buy/build a new machine in the very near future.
I would chose the latter option and build
Posted by: Apokalipse
^^ you spelled Nvidia wrong in your sig.
personally I tink it's definately worth it to upgrade sometimes. for example I have an Athlon XP 2800+ and a Geforce FX-5200. while the XP 2800+ will suffice for 99% of things (even though it's not the fastest) the video card will not run a lot of the newer games, so a video card like the 6600 GT or 6800 will give it a real boost
Posted by: thebrettman
ooooooops! I will adjust my signature now lol