Upgrading

[ballaboo]

just looking for some suggestions on things to upgrade (rather cheap) to make wow run rather nicely. maybe a graphics card, motherboard, or processor.

current computer specs:

Number of processors 1
Number of cores 1 per processor
Number of threads 1 (max 1) per processor
Name Intel Celeron
Code Name Northwood
Specification Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.60GHz
Package Socket 478 mPGA
Family/Model/Stepping F.2.9
Extended Family/Model F.2
Brand ID 10
Core Stepping D1
Technology 0.13 um
Core Speed 2600.0 MHz
Multiplier x Bus speed 26.0 x 100.0 MHz
Rated Bus speed 400.0 MHz
Stock frequency 2600 MHz
Instruction sets MMX, SSE, SSE2
L1 Data cache 8 KBytes, 4-way set associative, 64-byte line size
Trace cache 12 Kuops, 8-way set associative
L2 cache 128 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64-byte line size
Chipset & Memory
Northbridge Intel i845G rev. B1
Southbridge Intel 82801DB (ICH4) rev. 02
Memory Type DDR
Memory Size 768 MBytes
Memory Frequency 133.3 MHz (3:4)
CAS# Latency (tCL) 2.0 clocks
RAS# to CAS# (tRDC) 3 clocks
RAS# Precharge (tRP) 3 clocks
Cycle Time (tRAS) 6 clocks
System
System Manufacturer HP Pavilion 061
System Name D7222W-ABA A500Y
System S/N MXP418010N NA500
Mainboard Vendor MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD
Mainboard Model Gamila/Giovani/Neon series
BIOS Vendor Phoenix Technologies, LTD
BIOS Version 3.06
BIOS Date 12/31/2003
Memory SPD
Module 1 DDR, PC2700 (166 MHz), 256 MBytes, Hyundai Electronics
Module 2 DDR, PC3200 (200 MHz), 512 MBytes, Kingston
Software
Windows Version Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
DirectX Version 9.0c



any suggestions?

all replies appreciated!

 

[Computer~freak~]

go bak to your old post lmao no point in making this post... its exacly the same as your old one if you looked instead of making this one youd see that i have a suggestion for you.

 

[Skroppy]

Thats NASTY...

Ok first of all if you are gonna upgrade that thing its probably not gonna be cheap. Celeron is a MASSIVE no-no they are suited to almost nothing but office work. Its not too expensive upgrading your cpu (about 250$) and you should but for now (if youre not willing to spend) you will just have to creak along on that processor. Next, it isnt a good idea to be running two different frequencies of RAM. This generally does not improve performance and sometimes only one RAM module will be detected. You could look at a budget graphics card since WoW isnt too power hungry, so a 7600 or a X1600 should do the job (assuming you have a spare PCI-E slot)

 

[Tedster]

Celerons are virtually non-upgradable. They are extreme budget chips and geared towards low end office work.