Poll: Thinking of upgrading. Recommendations?

[mParadox]

So. i have one of those economically awesome PCs. Which are cheap but can do anything very efficiently. =3

But lately i have this sudden urge of upgrading. So here are the specs of my current PC, tell me which one i should upgrade first.

Spoiler

Operating System
MS Windows 7 32-bit
CPU
Intel Pentium E2200 @ 2.20GHz 44 °C
Conroe 65nm Technology
RAM
2.0GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 333MHz 5-5-5-15
Motherboard
Intel Corporation DG31PR (J3E1)
Graphics
V193HQ @ 1366x768
1024MB GeForce 9600 GSO 512 (EVGA)
Hard Drives
156.29GB Disk drive (IDE)
Optical Drives
DVD-ROM Drive
Audio
Creative AudioPCI (ES1371,ES1373) (WDM)

 

[SomeLameStuff]

You probably should stuff a bit more RAM in there, 2 GB RAM doesn't really cut it anymore.

 

[God's Clown]

Save up and shell out for like a beast of a PC.

 

[TheComedown]

Save up start new. Your OS would only really support 1 extra gig of ram, you could upgrade your GPU but getting anything new would be bottle necked by your ram and CPU, and to upgrade your CPU you would pretty much have to buy a new motherboard and ram as well.

It would also help to know what PSU you have, because again upgrading your GPU you will probably find it more power hungry then your current gpu.

 

[kouriichi]

RAM. 2 gigs is basically nothing these days. You should go up to atleast 4 or 6.

 

[TheComedown]

RAM. 2 gigs is basically nothing these days. You should go up to atleast 4 or 6.

32 bit OS, doesn't read anything more then 3.something worth of ram, would be wasted.

 

[THEfog101]

Your Hard Drive - IDE (PATA) is incredibly slow compared to newer methods such as SATA or SAS. Check out this page and go to the "SATA in comparison to other buses" area to get an idea of what i am talking about.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_ATA

Although you really should just think about upgrading your whole system, you could probably keep your GPU when upgrading if you wanted to save some cash but it is still your choice.

 

[SimuLord]

That thing's just running on old architecture. Not much more you can squeeze out of it, might as well just buy a new system.

 

[Wintermoot]

save more money and buy a new machine next year meaning you dont have to worry about upgrading next year

 

[Delusibeta]

Yeah. Unfortunately, a couple of decisions (specifically, the 32-bit OS and the hard drive's IDE) suggests to me that there isn't a lot of room to upgrade to. Anything more than 3Gb of RAM is wasted on 32-bit OSes, and IDE connections are slow compared to SATA. The graphics card is OK (it's about on the level of an ATi HD 4670), ditto processor, but the things that I would upgrade first are, in your case, the hardest to upgrade.

In short, I'd advise to upgrade the motherboard and the OS. However, good luck finding a motherboard that doesn't require you to replace most of your components. Probably be less hassle starting from scratch.

 

[gl1koz3]

Just wait until this box of shit blows up and THEN buy a new one. Really. There's so much slowness, any one thing would be overwhelmed by all the rest. But it's not 1995-2005 slow.