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Originally Posted by Anticrombie0909

Best things you can do to make your comp faster is to delete some stuff from your hard drive, overclocking works depending on how your comp handles it (it works much better on Athlon then Pentium, though), but basically I'd say get a new processor. You can't really upgrade your RAM, a 1.3 won't be able to handle much more than 512 effectively. I'd say go buy yourself a new processor...you can get an AMD Athlon 2400+ for...round $100, I think. If you're willing to put a bit more money into it, I'd say bump it up to a 2800 or 3000. BTW, what kind of computer are you running? Because if it's something like HP, you'll have to buy a new motherboard and it just isnt' worth it...I just happen to like AMD more than Pentium because it's better for multitasking and a LOT cheaper.

AHHHHH, SO WRONG.

1. deleting stuff from your hard drive will not speed up your computer. Defragmenting will, but minimally.

2. Pentium overclocking can often be better than Athalon. Similar to the way an XP 2500+ has been known to get stable 200x11 clock speed (3200+) a Pentium 4 2.4c has been known to get 2.8 ghz stable.
Furthermore, overclocking is not a solution to speeding programs up noticibly.

3. Amount of ram is not dependant on processor speed or type.

4. No matter where he got his computer he'd have to upgrade his motherboard if he wants to put a Athalon chip in.

5. DO NOT GET A 2400+. Get a 2500+ instead, cheaper, faster, 512kb L2 cache, 33mhz FSB not 266, rock solid 3200+ speed overclocking (I am and have been running this for a while)