help me upgrade my desktop?
i just purchased a used desktop, and would like to upgrade a few things.
it already has an Intel Pentium III processor, 930 MHz, but it only has one 3.5" 10.2 GB hard drive and 2 128MB Kingston memories totaling 256MB.
There is one more slot for a hard drive. what would be an ideal hard drive to add? would the second hard drive be considered the "slave"?
also, how high can i go for the memory? would 2 500MB's be too much? or could I even go with 2 1GB's? and what type would it be? DDR2? DDR? please help
i bought it at a goodwill store for 5 dollars. it had been used by a local elementary school.
First, go to crucial.com as mentioned above to find out how much of what type memory that system uses. My guess is that it's PC100 or PC133. If it takes PC100, you can still use PC133, it'll just run at the PC100 speed. The main thing is to find out how much memory it can have in it. If my guess is right, here's a link to the least expensive PC133 memory I could find.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010170147%201052107967&name=168-Pin%20SDRAM
If you scroll down, you'll find Patriot has 512MB sticks of PC133 for $27.99 . Also, here's some hard drives that are compatible (IDE).
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010150014%201035907789&name=IDE%20Ultra%20ATA100
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_slc.asp?CatId=134&name=ATA-IDE-Hard-Drive&
To configure the new hard drive as slave, it's just a matter of having the little jumper on the back of it in the proper position. The paperwork that comes with it will explain everything.
Justin, keep in mind that this system is outdated, and no matter how much money you invest in it, it will never be anywhere near as fast as a modern system.
Here's some videos that show how to install memory
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=&search_query=install+pc+memory&aq=f
and an IDE hard drive, even shows how to set up master or slave.
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=&search_query=install+ide+hard+drive&aq=0&oq=install+IDE+hard+dri
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