Hey all. I have a Packard Bell Intel Pentium 4 Processor CPU 2.93GHz and 512mb or RAM with a Sapphire Radion x300SE Graphics card.

Processor:
Property Value
Current Clock Speed 2926
Description x86 Family 15 Model 4 Stepping 1
Manufacturer GenuineIntel
Name Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.93GHz


Memory (RAM):
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Bank Label Bank0/1
Capacity 536870912

Total Memory Deteced in Hardware: ~512 MB
Memory Reported to Operating System: 511MB

Disk Drives:
Property Value
Description Disk drive
Manufacturer (Standard disk drives)
Model ST3160023AS
Media Type Fixed hard disk media
Size 160039272960 (~149 GB)
Number of Partitions 1


Motherboard:
Property Value
Manufacturer NEC COMPUTERS INTERNATIONAL
Model
Name Base Board
Part Number
Product GA-8I915PM
Serial Number
Version


BIOS:
Property Value
Manufacturer Award Software International, Inc.
Name Award Medallion BIOS v6.00PG
Release Date 20050123000000.000000+000
Version GBT - 42302e31



I really want to be able to play powerfull games on top specs and run high rendering graphic development applications quickly. I'm also hoping to get Vista when it comes out. What do you think i should upgrade with?

Im kinda looking upto a maximum of £300 but i would rather only spend between £150 and £250.

Basically i want a kick ass pc!

Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

for a decent budget pc i would suget this:
Motherboard
Processor
memory (RAM)
Graphics card
hard drive
DVD RW
Total-aprox £257 plus O/S (xp home can be purchased for around £50-60)

if you want a new psu and case, look through these:
case: http://www.dabs.com/productlist.aspx...145&PageMode=1

psu: http://www.dabs.com/productlist.aspx...259&PageMode=2


or, if you want a different motherboard with built in graphics (cheaper)
try this motherboard

with that motherboard, you can also get cheaper RAM (the other ram is not compatible with that motherboard)

this ram is a slower speed and there is less of it... i would sugest getting faster ram and probably 1gb if possible (e.g. http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx...y=0]2 of these)

you can change some of the parts if you are not happy, you will need fans (at least 2 to be on the safe side) if you want to give us the link to any different parts, we will check it out for you and make sure it is compatibe if you are not sure.

hope this helps,
mike

or just purchace more RAM, have a look here

http://www.crucial.com/uk/

yeah... that would probably be a better idea... looking at that, your procesor is not much slower than the one i gave you in the link... you may want to clean out some junk on the HD (possibly clean install if you have alot of things you dont want)

What RAM should i get? I want a really good graphics card too. Any suggestions?

the ram depends on what speed and capacity your motherboard supports
as brain_damage said, try this site: http://www.crucial.com/uk/
you can enter the make and model of your pc and it finds compatible ram for you


graphics- 512mb PCI: http://www.dabs.com/ProductView.aspx...6286&InMerch=1

512mb AGP: http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx...137,4294956286

more:
http://www.dabs.com/productlist.aspx...eMode=1#Paging