Re: Ancient P3 - upgradeable?

wastebasket@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Microsoft don't make (or sell) motherboards ... I suspect what you have is
> a made by MicroStar International (MSI). Not a bad make.

Oops, you're quite right, my mistake.


> You could keep the disk drives and case and build a new system unit around
> a modern P4 or AMD-based motherboard and a PCIe graphics card ... but hard
> drives are so cheap that I have to agree with others who've said it makes
> more sense to keep the old computer for the things it does well and buy or
> build a completely new system.

Yes, I've definitely been converted to that idea!


> All the same: £400 isn't much for a good gaming system. You may have to cut
> a few corners (or sell your perfectly-good non-gaming system to help
> finance the purchase).

I don't think selling this box (which is held together by masking tape
and prayer) will net much, and, as the others have said, it's good to
keep a spare machine around.

Any suggestions for a basic setup for a (reasonably good) gaming box
with a future upgrade path? Most of my games are strategy rather than
shoot-em-up, so 50fps in Quake XI or whatever isn't what I'm after.
It'd be nice to be able to play those games, but I'm happy to play them
in a lower resolution or with some of the bells and whistles turned off.

DrB suggested a Gigabyte NForce 3 + Sempron 64 combo, but isn't that
roughly equivalent to the Intel Celeron range? The motherboard seems
good, but I am completely unfamiliar with AMD CPUs and how they compare
to Intel ones.

xmas
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