computer upgrade + .............

[LennonCook]

Speaking of Spyware, also get and run Ad-Aware - it is as good as SpyBot, but gets some different things. The combination of the both of them is better than either alone. I also recomend setting SpyBot's immunize to full: under 'Permanant IE security' click immunize and let it block everything, under 'Bad Download Blocker', select 'Block all threats silently', and under the misc, select 'lock hosts file' and consider the other two, but you might not want them. If you *do* check those bottom two boxes, you'll need to be careful with Ad-Aware scans as it picks both of the settings as potential vulnerablities in the registry. Also, update both about once a week, and run both atleast once per day the computer goes online.

[RoSs_bg2_rox]

thanks Lennon but I already no and use Ad Aware and Spybot S&D. WE have decided that he will buy a new computer since that is probably the best way. So does anyone have any suggestion of one that is probably Id say (he didnt state this) under £500 and quite good, must be fast and have a big HDD. Thanks

[RoSs_bg2_rox]

also he doesnt need a monitor or mouse etc. He has all that. He need Win XP though (hes running on win98)

I found this on ebay and thought it was quite good, only thing is no OS. What do u think + any other ones?

[RoSs_bg2_rox]

time for a good old fashioned bump

[RoSs_bg2_rox]

OK complete change of plan. Now he is going for a top of the range model-We're talking one that could cost a few thousand. So thats opened it up a bit now, any ideas?

[RoSs_bg2_rox]

also remember it isnt for gaming, but he wants a very fast PC. Just wondering, what are Xeons like, and what is there main purpose? I mean is that the sort of thing he would be looking at or what?

[Sir Kenyth]

You are simply due for a new PC. With the component upgrades you need, the price will easily be a couple hundred. The processor is likely about 300Mhz. That means that any upgrades you do will only postpone the inevitable for a short while.

If you want a quick boost, RAM is always the answer. Plop in the max the board and OS will take, which is probably around 512 MB or less. Also make sure the HDD has 20% of it's space free, although at less than 2GB, it's a very small drive and won't be easy. Don't load a newer OS like W2K on it. You won't have room.

You may be dismayed at the price of older RAM SIMM's/DIMM's. Plenty of people are looking to do exactly what you are.

[RoSs_bg2_rox]

hey, did u read the above. We're going for new comp now.

We configured a dell so it has 500gb SATA HDD, 2gig RAM, 3.4ghz CPU with 800FSB etc. etc. what do u think?

[Zuvio]

Originally posted by RoSs_bg2_rox: hey, did u read the above. We're going for new comp now. We configured a dell so it has 500gb SATA HDD, 2gig RAM, 3.4ghz CPU with 800FSB etc. etc. what do u think?

Little sluggish, but if thats absolutely the best you can do, theres no point in crying over it.

[Bozos of Bones]

And that isn't a gaming machine? I don't understand people. My dream machine, a 2700+ Barton 333 with 1gig ram, 120 8MB seagate and 9600XT with a cool thermo-regulative case and 5 system fans will cost about 750$! What the hell are you guys talking about? Servers? Mainframes? American Government SuperPCs? HAL 9000?