PC upgrade help.

steve7713

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I have been asked to upgrade a PC a Packard Bell this is the mainboard with only 1gig of ram (https://www.pcpartsohio.com/MotherboardKitDetails.aspx?motherboardID=73)

I have been asked to upgrade the RAM and the video card from PC world, I also think it wouls need an upgraded PSU, I think the one on board is about 250W.

I was going to use this as the RAM OCZ 2GB (2x 1GB) *GOLD* PC2-6400 at PC World - Buy cheap DDR2 Memory - OCZ 2GB (2x 1GB) *GOLD* PC2-6400 DDR2 Desktop PC Memory

The machines main use will be for running Age of Empire type game, well the up to date versions.

They were talking about a budget of about £100, I think I will have to ask for more for the PSU?
 
when dealing with PB they can be quite temperamental

though pb website says it can run pc2-6400 crucial website only offers pc2-5300

Computer memory upgrades for Packard Bell iStart 2311 Desktop/PC from Crucial.com

if you were to use pc2-6400 then i would flash to latest bios

System BIOS - MCP61PM-AM BIOS Update - 7607160000 - Downloads - ISTART 2311 - PB82113801 - iStart - platform_amadeus_istart - Desktop

as for power supply then i would go with something like this

Hiper 425W HPU-4S425 Silent ATX2.01 Power Supply

Akasa Ultra Quiet 400W Paxpower Active PFC ATX2.2 Power Supply - Black Nickel

all depends on gfx card as well as the radeon 4870 series and latest geforce cards use a good 300 watts so add another 250 onto that for minimum
 
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