# Pittspeed computer guru's
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittspeed-computer-gurus/163088
**Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [December 26, 2003, 6:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittspeed-computer-gurus/163088 "2003-12-26T06:00:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 15
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2003, 6:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittspeed-computer-gurus/163088/1 "2003-12-26T06:00:16Z")
So i got a $75 gift card to best buy, my comp is getting kinda dated. Its a Dell 450 Pentium III, 96MB RAM, 16GB HD…
What should i upgrade first? Should i even bother?
i was also thinking if its not worth it i might go for a poweres subwoofer or something, or save it towards the purchase of a new PC…
:dunno:
---
### Author:  [@Black\_WS6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Black_WS6)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2003, 8:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittspeed-computer-gurus/163088/2 "2003-12-26T08:07:45Z")
I wouldn’t even bother. I have a P3 450, and there are a few games that friends at work play that I cannot due to system requirements. P4’s are up around the 3 GHz mark. I would scrap it and get a new one.
---
### Author:  [@thefranchise](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/thefranchise)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2003, 8:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittspeed-computer-gurus/163088/3 "2003-12-26T08:12:34Z")
Get a Emachine AMD 2700+ and buy a better video card with it and you will be set
---
### Author:  [@BlkP42E](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BlkP42E)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2003, 8:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittspeed-computer-gurus/163088/4 "2003-12-26T08:54:40Z")
you can get another 256MB ram
---
### Author:  [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2003, 9:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittspeed-computer-gurus/163088/5 "2003-12-26T09:19:00Z")
> _Originally posted by BlkP42E_
> **you can get another 256MB ram**
[bb.com](http://bb.com) has this…
512B RAM
Operates at a speed of 333MHz
184-pin DDR dual in-line memory module (DIMM)
$95, - $35 rebate = $60
:dunno:
I could also get an 80GB HD for about the same amt.
But of course, they dont take gift cards over the interweb so i have to go to the nearest store which is like a 45 in drive… :mad:
---
### Author:  [@BlkP42E](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BlkP42E)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2003, 9:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittspeed-computer-gurus/163088/6 "2003-12-26T09:42:45Z")
umm best buy should take gift cards online, everyone else does
---
### Author:  [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2003, 10:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittspeed-computer-gurus/163088/7 "2003-12-26T10:16:04Z")
> _Originally posted by BlkP42E_
> **umm best buy should take gift cards online, everyone else does**
[http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=pcmcat21600050012&type=category](http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=pcmcat21600050012&type=category)
☹
---
### Author:  [@Logik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Logik)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2003, 12:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittspeed-computer-gurus/163088/8 "2003-12-26T12:56:11Z")
> _Originally posted by BlkP42E_
> **you can get another 256MB ram**
> if it’s RDRAM then he has to buy it in pairs and its expensive.
---
### Author:  [@berad](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/berad)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2003, 1:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittspeed-computer-gurus/163088/9 "2003-12-26T13:05:13Z")
sorry to burst the bubble but I doubt a Dell P3 450 uses DDR or RDRAM…most likely it will use SDRAM 100/133mhz but you would have to verify that
---
### Author:  [@Logik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Logik)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2003, 1:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittspeed-computer-gurus/163088/10 "2003-12-26T13:11:04Z")
> _Originally posted by scfb518t_
> **sorry to burst the bubble but I doubt a Dell P3 450 uses DDR or RDRAM…most likely it will use SDRAM 100/133mhz but you would have to verify that**
> no bubble bursted, but i have an older 400Mhz dell with 128MB of RDRAM in it, sitting here.
---
### Author:  [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2003, 5:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittspeed-computer-gurus/163088/11 "2003-12-26T17:02:42Z")
shit ihave a 450 dell with scsi drives…😕 i have seen them with rdram, but probably sdram is the case.
i use a 450 or below for an internet pc, firewall, email serv, antivirus, but if it’s your ONLY pc… i’d say save up for a new board… 450 won’t cut it.
just my opinion.
---
### Author:  [@slowcamaro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slowcamaro)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2003, 5:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittspeed-computer-gurus/163088/12 "2003-12-26T17:07:11Z")
save for a new computer
---
### Author:  [@ohsoquik02](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ohsoquik02)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2003, 5:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittspeed-computer-gurus/163088/13 "2003-12-26T17:30:19Z")
😕 dont know shti about computers
---
### Author:  [@slowcamaro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slowcamaro)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2003, 5:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittspeed-computer-gurus/163088/14 "2003-12-26T17:41:26Z")
what do you know quik
---
### Author:  [@ohsoquik02](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ohsoquik02)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2003, 8:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittspeed-computer-gurus/163088/15 "2003-12-26T20:32:26Z")
:rolleyes: