I know I need to replace my computer, but anyone have any ideas to try and tweek this one a little bit to make it last a little while longer. I know this computer was brought over on the ark.



Operating System System Model
Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 3 (build 2600)
Install Language: English (United States)
System Locale: English (United States) MSI MS-7021 1.0
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
1.67 gigahertz AMD Athlon XP
128 kilobyte primary memory cache
256 kilobyte secondary memory cache
Not hyper-threaded Board: MSI MS-7021 1.0
Bus Clock: 133 megahertz
BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. Version 07.00T 04/02/01
Drives Memory Modules c,d
40.97 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
19.38 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

OPTORITE CD-RW CW4802 [CD-ROM drive]
PIONEER DVR-113NP [CD-ROM drive]
SONY DVD RW DRU-810A [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]

Maxtor 6Y040L0 [Hard drive] (40.98 GB) -- drive 0, s/n Y2SVBPME, rev YAR41VW0, SMART Status: Healthy 768 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory

Slot '0' has 256 MB
Slot '1' has 512 MB
Local Drive Volumes

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I wasn't there..... and you can't prove it.

Please excuse me but I deleted most of your post as you used Belarc. You posted all your game keys and windows registration key which anyone could then have used.

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Easy way to post what you have is to go to Start then run. Type in dxdiag then hit enter. Click save all information and save it somewhere that you can find it. Then copy and paste in from operating system up to display devices you can delete the dx information between that. Like this.

Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
System Model: System Product Name
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.4GHz
Memory: 4096MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 2814MB RAM
Page File: 1139MB used, 4487MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7600.16385 32bit Unicode
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Display Devices
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Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce 8800 GT

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TY very much Ren I never thought of that is this better.

Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.090804-1435)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: MSI
System Model: MS-7021
BIOS: Version 07.00T
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2000+, MMX, 3DNow, ~1.7GHz
Memory: 768MB RAM
Page File: 490MB used, 617MB available
Windows Dir: C:\windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: None


Display Devices
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Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce 7600 GS
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC

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I wasn't there..... and you can't prove it.

I would save up for something else. Whatever you do really will get bottlenecked by your CPU. I have an old PC on par with that, I added a bit more ram and a graphic card not as good as yours a few years back. It was ok for COD and UO even COD 2 but it was never going to play the latest COD's. Todays minimum specs for most games are 3GHz processor and 1GB of ram and I bet that is sluggish.

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If I was gonna start to build my own rig. what would be a good config. Doesnt have to be fancy just something to start that i can upgrade on for awhile. It seems witht he way things are going if i start to peiece one together buy the time it get it goin it'll be out dated. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. I know just enoguh to be dangerous with a computer.lol. I know about the only thing I can scavenge from my current rig is prolly the HD as a 2nd drive if possible

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I wasn't there..... and you can't prove it.

Post a price you have in mind, and the guy's on here will build you something. I am in the UK so cannot help with prices over there. Or even get a pre- built one.

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I agree with Ren... Time has come my friend.. I would look into an x58 setup. You can make a good budget system right now for $600-900 USD. At least this way you have your foot in the door and then could upgrade your GPU later.

i7 socket 1366 mobo $170.00 SLI/Crossfire ready

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813130227" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

6GB DDR3 memory for $140.00


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820220441" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

And if your lucky you have a Micro Center close to home you can get a i7 920 D0 Quad Core CPU for $200.00.

$510.00 bucks for the main hardware..

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