Upgrade or buy new?

My pc is getting too slow for me. Is it worth changing the motherboard and cpu or is there more that would also need changed?

Or should I just buy a new pc?

 

With so little information provided by you, how can you expect an answer?

 

Better? Just lookin for help didn't mean to annoy you :cry


Dell Dimension 2350 A01
1.70 gigahertz Intel Celeron
8 kilobyte primary memory cache
128 kilobyte secondary memory cache

Board: Dell Computer Corporation 07W080 A00
Bus Clock: 400 megahertz
BIOS: Mitac International A01 12/17/2002

512 Megabytes Installed Memory

 

You didn't annoy me. I was just pointing out the obvious.

You say your computer is "getting too slow for me". Do you mean it's slower than it's original performance, with the same hardware specs and same software installed? If that's the case, you may just need to do some cleanup and maintenance with spyware/adware removal tools, disk cleanup tools such as CCleaner, disk defragmentation, removing old applications no longer used/needed, etc.

As far a upgrading the motherboard and cpu, I'm not very familiar with Dell computers so I'll leave that to someone else, although I have serious doubt that it's worth upgrading or whether it's very upgradeable.

 

definitely NOT worth upgrading. I tried that with my Sony VAIO, spent $700 to have a nice but out of date computer. You COULD just add another 512mb or RAM but it's mainly the processor that's going to be the bottleneck here. What all do you do with it? just basic things or do you game or edit photos or videos etc...

 

Thanks for the advice

I have cleaned it, ccleaner, adaware, virus scans etc etc I guess it is slower overall, I was excited when I got it so I can't say it was slow all along or not :cool

I guess I should just get one to build myself huh? I have upgraded pc's before, can't be too much harder is it? lol

I do lots of picture editing and some video, also have some database stuff I do, the kids have games on there as well. I am trying to wean them onto THEIR pc which is newer and a lot faster.

Any recommendations? Budget is tight.

 

tight as in....sub-$1000? you can get a midrange Dell for under $1000 and it will do all the stuff you mentioned. You can still build one if u want but it may be a little more pricey. Build-your-own systems tend to save more money when you're building a gaming machine. Prebuilt gamers are ridiculously overpriced but the normal/mid-range ones are a real bargain most of the time.