NEED HELP ASAP GUYS THANKS IN advance

Wells heres the deal i have a hp a630n and i want to upgrade it but my question is it worth it? I just put a 400gb seagate drive and 2 512mb of ram should i continue to upgrade or get something with new technology? it has a p4 cpu 2.80ghz 1.49gb ram with windows xp
WHAT would you upgrade???? please help cpu,motherboard,video card, or ??
Im not the most computer savvy person but hell ill try thanks for all the help in advance

 

If you're currently using the built-in video, I would definitely add a good video card. There may be a problem with that however: HP is famous for not having either an AGP slot or PCI Express on their motherboards, which REALLY inhibits any type of video upgrade. In this situation, your only option would be a std. PCI video card, and the choices are not great. But it would be better than the on board video. Find out if you have an AGP or PCIX slot. If you do, post which slot it is, and we'll recommend some compatible video cards. If you only have PCI slots, don't bother with the upgrade, and start looking at some newer technology; and consider building your own custom PC. You'll learn alot and you can choose all your own parts to your personal needs and desired specs.

hopperdave2000

 

PCI Three (two available)
PCI express x16 One (available)
DIMM Four (two available)
this what i read on the hp website heres the link is this right and where should i go from here i am a little limited on funds say like 500-700
hxxp://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00210099&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=426322&lang=en#

 

heres what it says for expansion is this a pcix
Expansion slots (total)
Slot type Quantity
PCI Three (two available)
PCI express x16 One (available)
DIMM Four (two available
oh and thanks for the fast reply

 

COOL! That means you can use a pretty high end video card. It really depends on your budget; and with modern PCIX video cards, the sky is pretty much the limit! I'll do a bit of research for you, and post some links for some mid-grade PCIX video cards.... give me a little time, and I'll get those links rollin'

 

WHERE would i be without the geeks
probably up shxt creek thanks DAVE :major

 

OK- here's some mid to mid/high end cards. The ones marked with a '*' are the higher end, more expensive ones. The others should be under $200...
512mb ATI Radeon x1600Pro: http://www.malabs.com/product.asp?product_sku=72655&item_no=AS-1600P51&show=b&pass=&shopid=
*256mb ATI Radeon x1950Pro: http://www.malabs.com/product.asp?product_sku=72639&item_no=AS-1950PRO&show=b&pass=&shopid=
256mb NVidia Geforce7600GT-OC: http://www.malabs.com/product.asp?product_sku=72378&item_no=BFG-7600GT&show=b&pass=&shopid=
*512mb NVidia Geforce7950GT-OC: http://www.malabs.com/product.asp?product_sku=72369&item_no=BFG-7950GT&show=b&pass=&shopid=
256mb ATI Radeon x1800GTO: http://www.malabs.com/product.asp?product_sku=69940&item_no=C3D-180GTO&show=b&pass=&shopid=

MaLabs is a wholesale PC component distributor, so you won't see any prices listed, but you'll get the specs and some ideas.... let us know what you end up doing
Note: Some PCIX video cards might require a power supply upgrade also...

hopperdave2000

 

does it matter that the memory on these are dd3 and my mother board has ddr only or are these two things diffrent thanks

Video Memory: 512MB DDR3

 

No- the memory in your PC and the memory on the video card operate independent of each other, so there will not be any problems with the different type of DDR. No worries.

hopperdave2000

 

well ok great deal im going with the best one out these here at tiger direct whitch would you recommend at a 320 or less range
512mb NVidia Geforce7950GT-OC
or
EVGA GeForce 7950 GT KO SuperClocked / 512MB GDDR3 / SLI / PCI Express / Dual DVI / HDTV / Video Card

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat...i express video&cat=1826&mnf=&sort=Price desc

 

I'm partial toward NVidia based cards, so I'm glad to see your choice! Either of those cards is a great choice. Here's one also at tiger, but it isn't over-clocked or superclocked or anything, but it's made by BFG, and (if I'm not mistaken) they have a lifetime warranty. Definitely something to think about- high end PCIx video cards have been known to work themselves into early graves. Here's the link: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2456679&CatId=1826
I don't think you'd notice any difference in performance with the BFG card versus one of the OC'd cards...

hopperdave2000