[KanoakaVirus]

A good clean never goes a miss. Could also replace the 4 year old Thermal paste.

[Cew27]

ok so this is the list
get some thermal paste (arctic cooling mx-2)
clean the oc of all dust
maybe get a slightly better psu, seek more advice on that
1 gig of ram
your set

[KanoakaVirus]

Cews spot on, that's pretty much all you can do without wasting time and money.

[Carbon]

OP's not going to need new thermal paste nor a new PSU for a memory upgrade. Another gig of RAM's about all he's going to be able to do that will give him a benefit. If he has an AGP slot he could get a new graphics card, but I don't suggest that and it's not likely.

Again, I want to reiterate as others have in the thread: you are not going to get much out of this. RAM is cheap, but anything else is a waste of money.

[KanoakaVirus]

My dell's thermal paste hadn't been changed in 3 years , i recently changed it and found my temps dropped, not allot but still 1-3 c new thermal paste wouldn't be a bad idea but not crucial.

[computeruler]

my dells thermal paste has never been changed! i dont really care how high the temp on it gets

[andymac2k1]

Originally Posted by Cew27

your corrects about being flamed for the amd recomendation
intel ftw!
just upgrade the ram to 1 gig and you will be fine and maybe stick in a new optical drive (ide of course)

The main reason i said amd was cost. I have a 3.2Ghz dual core 64 bit processor and it cost me £100!!!

[Cew27]

yes and now you can get a quad core q6600 for 120 also 64bit cna is guaranteed to oc to 3.4 on air

[JJGEight]

Ive persuaded my parents to allow me to build one :). Thaniks for all your help.

[Carbon]

Originally Posted by JJGEight

Ive persuaded my parents to allow me to build one :). Thaniks for all your help.

Sounds good. If you need help, check out the guide (note that a few things have changed since then, for example a 9600GT instead of 8800GT), or post a new thread. Good luck!