iSnipedAgain wrote For 40 and I'm wondering what the compatibility of the thing is in reguards to building up a gaming pc, I'm a budget kind of guy and don't want to spend a lot.
Haven't built a pc since I was sixteen and took I.t maintenance. (now 23) basically I want to only buy what I have to, so If I need a new motherboard I'll buy a new motherboard, I have 2 gb of ram currently and I was looking at getting four maybe more if I can
I know I will need a graphics card and I'm not sure if this motherboard will take one, tried an nvidia one didn't work. i am looking at getting an i5 processor and probably a better heatsync. Uhm
Anyhow I kind of know what I will need but I need advice and if anyone knows anything about this model which I know is old then that'd be good.

I know it's going to be a push if I can manage it at all but I'm not a massive pc gamer and I want something that just pushes through and runs without lag rather than a beast. And I'm not sure how do-able it even is with this pc as a starting point.

Thanks <3

vokal wrote i don't think you will get much out gaming wise out of it at least in concern to newer games..

here is a list of supported CPU's
2 2.4 GHz Celeron, 128 K cache, 400 MHz FSB 351495-001
2.5 GHz Celeron, 128 K cache, 400 MHz FSB 344056-001
2.6 GHz Celeron, 128 K cache, 400 MHz FSB 344057-001
2.8 GHz Celeron, 128 K cache, 400 MHz FSB 355399-001
2.6 GHz Pentium, 512K cache, 533 MHz FSB, HT 333863-001
2.8 GHz Pentium, 512K cache, 533 MHz FSB, HT 333864-001
3.0GHz Pentium, 512K cache, 533 MHz FSB, HT 333865-001
3.2 GHz Pentium, 512K cache, 533 MHz FSB, HT 335813-001
2.66 GHz Pentium, 512K cache, 533 MHz FSB 333486-001
2.8 GHz Pentium, 512K cache, 533 MHz FSB 305051-001
3.0 GHz Pentium, 512K cache, 533 MHz FSB 315637-001
2.8 GHz Pentium, 1MB cache, 533 MHz FSB 359573-001
* 2.8 GHz Pentium, 1MB cache, 800 MHz FSB 348617-001
* 3.0 GHz Pentium, 1MB cache, 800 MHz FSB 359574-001
* 3.2 GHz Pentium, 1MB cache, 800 MHz FSB 351768-001

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iSnipedAgain wrote

vokal wrote i don't think you will get much out gaming wise out of it at least in concern to newer games..

here is a list of supported CPU's
2 2.4 GHz Celeron, 128 K cache, 400 MHz FSB 351495-001
2.5 GHz Celeron, 128 K cache, 400 MHz FSB 344056-001
2.6 GHz Celeron, 128 K cache, 400 MHz FSB 344057-001
2.8 GHz Celeron, 128 K cache, 400 MHz FSB 355399-001
2.6 GHz Pentium, 512K cache, 533 MHz FSB, HT 333863-001
2.8 GHz Pentium, 512K cache, 533 MHz FSB, HT 333864-001
3.0GHz Pentium, 512K cache, 533 MHz FSB, HT 333865-001
3.2 GHz Pentium, 512K cache, 533 MHz FSB, HT 335813-001
2.66 GHz Pentium, 512K cache, 533 MHz FSB 333486-001
2.8 GHz Pentium, 512K cache, 533 MHz FSB 305051-001
3.0 GHz Pentium, 512K cache, 533 MHz FSB 315637-001
2.8 GHz Pentium, 1MB cache, 533 MHz FSB 359573-001
* 2.8 GHz Pentium, 1MB cache, 800 MHz FSB 348617-001
* 3.0 GHz Pentium, 1MB cache, 800 MHz FSB 359574-001
* 3.2 GHz Pentium, 1MB cache, 800 MHz FSB 351768-001

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aww man I shall sell up and rethink my strategy lol. I repped, thanks for the help also.