I mean, I'm computer literate but not to good when it comes to hardware..

Processor: Pentium® 4 Processor with HT Technology 3 GHz 800MHz FSB
Software O/S: MICROSOFT® WINDOWS® XP HOME
Main Board Intel®: 865GBFL 800MHz Motherboard
Memory: 512MB Dual Channel DDR Kingston
Hard Drive: Western Digital 160GB 7200 RPM with 8MB cache Hard Drive
VGA Card: ATI Radeon 9200SE 128MB AGP
Monitor: 17" Perfectly Flat Monitor
CD/DVD Drive: 52X24X52 CD-RW w/BurnProof Technology
Sound Card: SoundMax 3D Sound, SPX & MIC. Pre-Amplifier
Speakers: Altec Lansing Series 100 121 2.1 Speakers


Uhh, it's copy - pasted off a site so sorry for errors and stuff, can't really specify more then that...It's just that it's affordable for my mom so I wante dto make sure its good..

Looks pretty good but then again it all depends on the price too. What's affordable?

<!--QuoteBegin-WyattHook+Apr 6 2004, 08:02 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (WyattHook @ Apr 6 2004, 08:02 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I mean, I'm computer literate but not to good when it comes to hardware..

Processor: Pentium® 4 Processor with HT Technology 3 GHz 800MHz FSB
Software O/S: MICROSOFT® WINDOWS® XP HOME
Main Board Intel®: 865GBFL 800MHz Motherboard
Memory: 512MB Dual Channel DDR Kingston
Hard Drive: Western Digital 160GB 7200 RPM with 8MB cache Hard Drive
VGA Card: ATI Radeon 9200SE 128MB AGP
Monitor: 17" Perfectly Flat Monitor
CD/DVD Drive: 52X24X52 CD-RW w/BurnProof Technology
Sound Card: SoundMax 3D Sound, SPX & MIC. Pre-Amplifier
Speakers: Altec Lansing Series 100 121 2.1 Speakers


Uhh, it's copy - pasted off a site so sorry for errors and stuff, can't really specify more then that...It's just that it's affordable for my mom so I wante dto make sure its good.. [/quote]
Change the motherboard, and videocard

Motherboard: Intel D875PBZLK
Videocard: At least a Radeon 9600pro or Geforce FX5700

It's &#036;1,444, and I can't really just change parts Tet, but could I just buy the parts afterwards? And are those parts SUPER important..I know the video card is for playing games and such but whats the difference in the motherboards? Is it a huge difference between the two? And what kind of price am I looking at?

EDIT: Oh, and, how is the graphics card it comes with? Is it good enough to run fairly new games?

The video card is a budget card. It will run the newer games just on lower settings though and not as good FPS. Definately still playable but not as good as it should be. As for the mobo you will have to wait for Tet to reply

Ok, thanks..How much is a top of the line video card? (Canadian)

Oh, and by the way, I forgot to mention it also comes with a digital camera, printer and Microsoft Office XP...is it a good deal?

With the other stuff it doesnt sound that bad, but defantly want to change the video card. Sorry, i dont know much about motherboards

<!--QuoteBegin-Tha Masster+Apr 7 2004, 05:47 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Tha Masster &#064; Apr 7 2004, 05:47 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> The video card is a budget card. It will run the newer games just on lower settings though and not as good FPS. Definately still playable but not as good as it should be. As for the mobo you will have to wait for Tet to reply [/quote]
You will definitely want to go with at least a 9600pro if you wanna run today's game @ high detail @ 1024x768 a 9600xt is about &#036;300 w. tax and that is the top end 9600x (where x is the model)

The mobo I suggested will give you better performance prolly about 5x more than the one that you listed. It doesn't really matter but it's up to you

How much for the mobo? And is it possible to just install the mobo whenever?

<!--QuoteBegin-WyattHook+Apr 9 2004, 10:13 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (WyattHook @ Apr 9 2004, 10:13 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> How much for the mobo? And is it possible to just install the mobo whenever? [/quote]
The mobo is around &#036;200 and yes you can. But you will have to do a reformat of your harddrive. So you can reload the drivers for everything so you get the most performance

Never fail to amaze me...Thanks Tet and everyone else.

<!--QuoteBegin-Tetsuo+Apr 9 2004, 07:34 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Tetsuo @ Apr 9 2004, 07:34 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> The mobo is around &#036;200 and yes you can. But you will have to do a reformat of your harddrive. So you can reload the drivers for everything so you get the most performance [/quote]
I changed mobo on a windows XP machine and it reinstalled all the drivers for me, as long as the support CD installer is up to it there should be no need for a reformat, just a couple of restarts or so

<!--QuoteBegin-NaTaKu+Apr 29 2004, 09:26 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (NaTaKu @ Apr 29 2004, 09:26 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I changed mobo on a windows XP machine and it reinstalled all the drivers for me, as long as the support CD installer is up to it there should be no need for a reformat, just a couple of restarts or so [/quote]
If you want the most performance out of your computer, you will reformat. For example if you go from a VIA chipset to an Intel chipset. You don't want your old VIA inf drivers fighting for control with the Intel inf.

good point..... that could explain why mine went slow for no reason.....

<!--QuoteBegin-NaTaKu+Apr 30 2004, 07:53 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (NaTaKu @ Apr 30 2004, 07:53 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> good point..... that could explain why mine went slow for no reason..... [/quote]
Probably