First post, by northernosprey02
Just three days ago, I got the old PC which formerly used on my mom's PC. I am actually I want to get HP Vectra VL Pentium 1 PC, but unfortunately it was junked away and I through it was recycled for newer component đ
Here's the picture:
Actually it was OEM PC, Zyrex the local OEM PC brand. It has MSI 845GLM mobo which using DDR RAM and lack of AGP port (so I will using PCI based video card). And it has Intel Celeron Willamette 1.7 GHz which it has poor performance so I should upgrade the CPU (strangely the 2003 PC was using Willamette while Northwood was available at that time *facepalm*), it has no RAM and PSU (see the picture), the HDD (Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ) has some office data making me worry to formatting them so I replacing the HDD to Samsung SpinPoint 40GB, and it has LG 52x CD-ROM that I will keep them.
So, I will upgrade this PC to make it usable. And this is small list for upgrade:
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 2.53 GHz (533FSB)
If you think 845GL only support 400FSB, look at the link:
http://www.msi.com/product/mb/845GLM.html#/?div=CPUSupport
RAM: 512MB, 1GB, or 2GB DDR RAM?
I doubt about Windows 98 >512MB RAM compatibility, so it is okay I using 1GB or 2GB RAM? And is Windows 98 support Ramdisk?
Video Card: Inno3D GeForce FX5500 PCI (ready stock) or GeForce 6200 PCI
HDD: Samsung SpinPoint 40GB (already own this)
Sound Card: Keep to onboard, SB Live!, or SB Audigy Value?
OS: Windows 98, Windows XP, or dual boot.
PSU: Awaiting for that.
So give me consideration about this upgrade, so my newer collection will looks very good.