New Ram or PC?

just get a new computer man, there dirt cheap these days, and you'll be set for the next couple of years..

dude jus ship a new compso cheap and you can do so much more, for 300 quid u could get a pc capable of 24 tables with ptr with wmp with 10 tabs in forefox
gl on that with ur current PC ;p

get a new pc if u can spend close to 1k$

Ugh ok so you think extra Ram wouldn't solve this?


What should I be looking minimum in terms of RAM/processor for when I want to do what you said + watch a movie on 2 screens with W7?


How bout this:

MCW Computer AMD Athlon2 X4 620 Quad Core 4x 2,6Ghz, 4GB DDR2 RAM, 500GB HDD, Geforce 8200 512MB, DVD-RW, Cardreader, Sound, LAN

Some $500

Ram wont help with what you're doing. XP runs dandy on 512megs, only a gamer or someone running some more intense software would see any benefit at 1 gig on an XP class system. Definitely sounds like you need a full overhaul. DO NOT get one of those systems advertised with 3gigs of ram. Computer system operate in even parities, 1 gig, 2 gigs, 4 gigs, 8 gigs, 16 gigs, etc etc. 3gigs is the bastard number for ram in a system, it is what cheap retailers try to sneak in on ignorant consumers who know that 2 gigs was yesterday. The very fact they would imbalance a system with 3gigs shows a state of mind which says they probably fucked up everything else inside it too, mismatched video card, processor, motherboard, power supply, etc etc etc.

If you just need a breath of fresh air, you should look to get a dual core processor of any kind, with 2gigs of ram, and a modest video card in between. Here are some general class guidelines:

Processor: AMD Athlon II X2 or Intel Core2
RAM: 2 gigs of DDR2 800
Video: ATi Radeon 4xxx or nVidia GTX 2xx (the x's refer to any number, get whatever you can afford with your system)

Any system with the above parts will make a fine poker e-machine, capable of running W7 and playing DVD's and all that shit.

And just for a frame of comparison, I recently built a poker box for a buddy of mine using all scrap parts consisting of the following:


Pentium 4 3.0ghz
1gig DDR400 ram
ATi Radeon 9800 256meg video card
Windows XP

He has a 22" LCD & 19" LCD connected running dual monitors. Can open all 16 tables on FTP and 24 tables on stars, tiled, without any hitch in performance whatsoever. This system was built from parts that were purchased over 5 years ago. But as you can see this system already smoked your sempron from back in the day. Point is, it does not take a beefy system for regular every day use. This system is like 10% of the capability of the one i outlined above, but you might as well get the one above b/c it's doubtful you will find the parts I used in any good condition for sale anywhere. Just goes to show what aging hardware is still capable of though.

And never underestimate the quality of a clean install of windows. 90% of pc's I see are more mucked up with dozens of background applications running, stupid chat clients, silly widgets and other random stuff they clicked on throughout the years. If your system used to perform but now blows, format the bitch.

Yeah it makes sense, Saibot, its like my mind after multitabling for 8 hours - there is a lot of crap in there and I need a restart by getting wasted to oblivion every two weeks to keep fresh.

Anyway is this PC good enough to last 2-4 years for multimedia?
MCW Computer AMD Athlon2 X4 620 Quad Core 4x 2,6Ghz, 4GB DDR2 RAM, 500GB HDD, Geforce 8200 512MB, DVD-RW, Cardreader, Sound, LAN
Would I be able to play the latest games with normal settings on that?

I was really geeky back in the day, having a subscription to a gaming magazine and re-reading it like 4 times every month. Now I am the biggest noob ever -.-

Please don't buy AMD.

Build it yourself imo using some old parts that haven't really improved (sound card, power supply (anything over 500 is overkill), case, etc). That's what I did (really ez).
Nice gigabyte MoBo + 3.0 Pentium 4 dual core + 4GB DDR2 = $190 US,
All in all spent like $350
www.newegg.com + Fry's electronics Saturday ad = Win

http://www.powerc.com/

got a pc pc from here a year or so ago. no complaints.

Wtf no AMD ? Clearly someone who doesn't know how to use it properly.
Been using the same cpu since since 7 years, with AMD athlon so please think twice before saying bullshit
I'm only 1.4ghz with 1.5GB ram and it works perfectly fine with 16 tabling + movie + hem + dual monitor (GForce 6600 GT which is like 3 or 4 years old compared to the cpu) + lastest msn version running behind. Obv if you have a lot of bullshit add and whatnot, you won't get a decent pc run... (read useless shits except antivirus and firewall)
You can always buy a new cpu if you plan to play new games in the future (sc2 maybe ? Won't buy any new unless this fucking game comes out), but if you don't then you can easily get 512 more ram but i would buy 1GB if you can. And don't worry it works perfectly fine (anyway 1GB of ram cost like what ? 15$ max you can easily get it without any regret...)

On December 13 2009 15:46 LemOn[5thF] wrote: Yeah it makes sense, Saibot, its like my mind after multitabling for 8 hours - there is a lot of crap in there and I need a restart by getting wasted to oblivion every two weeks to keep fresh. Anyway is this PC good enough to last 2-4 years for multimedia? MCW Computer AMD Athlon2 X4 620 Quad Core 4x 2,6Ghz, 4GB DDR2 RAM, 500GB HDD, Geforce 8200 512MB, DVD-RW, Cardreader, Sound, LAN Would I be able to play the latest games with normal settings on that? I was really geeky back in the day, having a subscription to a gaming magazine and re-reading it like 4 times every month. Now I am the biggest noob ever -.-

The video card is a bit crippling for this system, if you have any interest in playing current gen games like Farcry2, or Left 4 Dead and whatever else is out, you will want a GeForce 9 or 2xx series card, or a Radeon HD 4 series card. These shouldnt be a deal breaker for your price range. You can swap that X4 processor for an X2 and spend the extra money on the video card, while getting a faster X2 processor. Games and 90% of programs today still require on raw brute force processor clockrate. A 2 core processor will perform better than a 4 core processor under 99% of circumstances, since you can get a dual core processor which is clocked faster for cheaper than a 4 core processor. Programs just arent taking advantage of more than 2 cores. The other 2 will sit there idling doing nothing.