Upgrading My PC

Right now, my computer is pretty crappy. The only thing really decent about it has a 2.66ghz CPU. If I can just get a new video card and more RAM, it would be pretty good, I think. Right now, I have an Intel(R) 82845 integrated vid card and 128mb of RAM. I've found good upgrades for only $135
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1828833&Sku=P450-8576
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=586829&Sku=ULT30215
Can I get some opinions/ comments? How can I find out if this stuff is compatible with my PC or not as well? Here is my current PC http://www.dell.com/content/products/pr ... =bsd&cs=04
The only difference I'm sure of is that mine only has 128mb of RAM. Yeah, I know it's crap.[/url]

Find out if your motherboard has PCI-E 16x slot. If it doesn't, you can't support that video card.

That cpu is decent for now, but sooner or later you will be kicking yourself over forking out money for that almost expired cpu. You're better off buying a new cpu, graphics card and motherbaord. But if you're just wanting better performance or to play some oldies then upgrading is a good choice.

Well @ the end of the day it's your call

i'm thinking about just building a brand new one.

If you can afford it; I'm all for it!

If it interest you I recently built my own comp too!
- AMD 3200+ Venice Core
- Asus A8N-E
- 120 gb Samsung hard drive
- X700 pro 128 GDDR3
- 512 generic ram*

All that for $675 NZ Dolars! (lol; it may actually cost less in US)

*grabbed ram out of old comp.

you have a dimension 1100? or did dell re-assign that link. if so you will notice that the 1100 is selling for $300 right now. it doesnt have any slot to expand the video card [it only has pci, not agp or pci-e] therefore you can only do a pci graphics card. i suggest looking on http://www.newegg.com/ for a *pci* graphics card, and maybe some ram. otherwise, break this computer and get another one.

you may even be able to sell it on craigslist.org or ebay. if you get $50 for it, that is better than nothing! you can part it out and keep your hard drive as well - or use the machine as a file server for backup. Always good to have an extra drive around.

good luck!

If you can salvage some stuff, do it, be carefu not to indulge.

Hahah a 2.66ghz CPU is ancient? I'm running on a 1.8ghz P4 and upgrading soon, but it runs fine for me. I don't do much gaming, pretty much just Miranda IM, Winamp, and Photoshop.

Anyway, if your comp doesn't have a PCIe x16 slot you're better off buying a new comp. Maybe you could salvage the HD from your old Dell.