[coastie65]

I agree. That is something he'll have to decide, as to what best fits his needs and budget. coastie

[jeremy20]

well in that case ill go for upgrades but ill do it one by one, what upgrades should i do first? and guys tnx for the infos and ill let all of you know if things got right ^_^

[coastie65]

Hi Jeremy, First and foremost with only 256 Mb of memory and running XP, I would definately upgrade to 1 Gb. As for the Video Card / PSU, that is a crapshoot. I am not sure of what kind of card(s) your computer with accomodate. For sure PCI. Beyond that it may take either an AGP or PCI-E card. My guess is probably AGP due to the possible age of the computer. You can look inside. The white slots are your PCI expansion slots. If there is a brown slot above them towards the PSU and a little offset, then that would be an AGP slot and likewise if it is Black, it would be PCI-E. coastie
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[mphenterprises]

Hi gentlemen. I agree with Coastie wholeheartedly. The memory would be the first to upgrade, followed by the Power Supply and Graphics Card. The final two can be switched based on financial need. Once you respond with your computer's manufacturer and model number and system specifications, I will post a list of all capable memory chips and Power Supplies for your computer.

The graphics card is really based on computer usage and financial need. At the very minimum, I would recommend nothing less than 128MB graphics card; 256MB would be better.

The reason I will only provide a list is that I do not personally recommend individual components; however, the list that I provide will cover enough of a selection to make this worth your while. Also, other members of the forum will be more than happy to provide specific recommendations either based on the list or from elsewhere.