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  #11  
Old 19th Apr 2008, 15:19
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A good clean never goes a miss. Could also replace the 4 year old Thermal paste.
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Old 19th Apr 2008, 15:23
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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
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Old 19th Apr 2008, 15:27
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Cews spot on, that's pretty much all you can do without wasting time and money.
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Old 19th Apr 2008, 16:46
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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.
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Old 19th Apr 2008, 17:10
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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.
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Old 19th Apr 2008, 17:14
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my dells thermal paste has never been changed! i dont really care how high the temp on it gets
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Old 20th Apr 2008, 00:46
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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!!!
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Old 20th Apr 2008, 01:52
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yes and now you can get a quad core q6600 for 120 also 64bit cna is guaranteed to oc to 3.4 on air
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Old 20th Apr 2008, 06:36
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Ive persuaded my parents to allow me to build one :). Thaniks for all your help.
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Old 20th Apr 2008, 07:41
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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!
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