should I ditch this machine?

geek 0001

geek 0001

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A while ago I overclocked an msi k7 machine by increasing the fsb from 100mhz to 200mhz and I may have killed the processor. I was thinking of having this machine as a gaming machine if I upgraded the graphics card, processor and ram, but I am not sure if the current processor is dead or the motherboard is dead. The computer is about four years old now so the question is , is it worth the trouble testing the mobo and upgrading the pc and will this computer be any good at all in this day and age?
 
Well if you do gaming then id say its time to upgrade.

You can get good deals on dual cores anymore and if you go Intel almost all their chips overclock like champions.
 
geek 0001 said:
ok here goes:
-socket 462 amd 64 athlon 1ghz
-roughly 700mb ram
-nvidia geforce 2 mx in an agp slot
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yeah to be honest with you, you're probably going to need to start from scratch. i don't know what case you have, you may be able to hang on to it, but the rest is practically a paperweight. you could always hang on to it for memorabilia or to use as a web browsing, word processing, or email machine, but it wont be good for much more than that.
 
Yeah like Dirty said, ditch the machine, and get a new one. Its perfect for web-browsing, or very low demanding applications, but nothing else than that...
 
hmm oh well I guess i will get rid of it then. I do remember it running an old demo of call of duty or something quite well but that was a long time ago. Anyone have any suggestions of a good gaming pc that won't break my bank?
 
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geek 0001 said:
hmm oh well I guess i will get rid of it then. I do remember it running an old version of call of duty demo or something quite well but that was a long time ago. anyone one have any suggestions of a gaming pc that won't break my bank.
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the classics.... starcraft, original half life, age of empires 2, things like that you shouldn't have any problems running. anything modern however would be like watching a slideshow. i wouldn't throw it away. it's not hurting anything by sitting there...
 
You can build a good amd gaming computer for about 550$ ill post some links.
CPU:AMD Athlon 64 X2 7750 Kuma 2.7GHz
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103300
MOBO:ASUS M3A78-CM AM2+/AM2 AMD 780V
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131330
RAM:OCZ Gold 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227124
PSU: Rosewill Stallion Series RD500
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182076
CASE: Rosewill TU-155-P Black 0.8mm
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147106
GPU: MSI N9600GT 512M GeForce 9600 GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127362
DVD/CD:SAMSUNG Black 22X dvd
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151171
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 200.11
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148316os: vista hp
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116470
total us 548.5, not including mail and rebates.

That setup can play just about any game rigt now on high and get decent frame rates.
If you overclock the cpu to around 3.3ghz, then youll have a kickin' machine:)
 
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