Help a NOOB

[Saint Sushi]

Hey Guys, I'm new here and new to pc building as well. I've been meaning to build my own pc but I lack the resources to do so. Just recently I found my aunt's pc when she told me to clean up her attic and she agreed that I could have her old pc. I don't know if this pc is good for gaming or it's even good at all because it's a very old pc. It still has the sticker from the store my aunt bought it from way back in 2009. It has a core 2 Duo E7400 with no graphics card in an ASUS P5SD2-VM motherboard, 80GB of HDD and 1gb of ddr2 kingston ram. Is this pc worth upgrading? If so what upgrades should I be considering since I want to game on this pc. I'm still a student so my budget is very limited if I were to upgrade. I haven't played games on it because I don't have a longer Ethernet cable because I'm in a dormitory and we only have wifi available. What do you guys think? Your feedback is very much appreciated

[3 Lions]

4 minutes ago, Saint Sushi said:

 It has a core 2 Duo E7400 with no graphics card in an ASUS P5SD2-VM motherboard, 80GB of HDD and 1gb of ddr2 kingston ram. Is this pc worth upgrading?

No it's not worth upgrading. 

[Senzelian]

Wouldn't use it for anything other than webbrowsing and basic office work and even that won't be a pleasent experience.

[Turtle Rig]

1 minute ago, Senzelian said:

Wouldn't use it for anything other than webbrowsing and basic office work and even that won't be a pleasent experience.

That is even saying too much LOL

[Senzelian]

1 minute ago, Turtle Rig said:

That is even saying too much LOL

Well with 4GB of RAM it could be fine, but you're probably right.:D 

[3 Lions]

8 minutes ago, Senzelian said:

Well with 4GB of RAM it could be fine, but you're probably right.:D 

It would need more than RAM. It would need a better CPU, better storage (ideally an SSD) & a decent GPU. When you add those plus RAM togther, you'd be spending more than the actual PC is worth. 

Edited September 25, 2019 by LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo

[Saint Sushi]

so should I keep the mobo and save for a better cpu and more ram?

[Jarno.]

15 minutes ago, Turtle Rig said:

That is even saying too much LOL

Installing any newer OS then XP on it will probably fry it.

[3 Lions]

1 minute ago, Saint Sushi said:

so should I keep the mobo and save for a better cpu and more ram?

No. If this is the only PC you have at the moment, use it in its current spec. If you really want to upgrade it though, at most I'd just look for an SSD. 

[SpookyCitrus]

9 minutes ago, Saint Sushi said:

so should I keep the mobo and save for a better cpu and more ram?

No, best option would be to just save your money for a brand new computer, none of the parts in something like that will be worth keeping and putting money into. All it's good for is basic web browsing on Windows 7 it more than likely will struggle to even run Windows 10.

[Saint Sushi]

1 minute ago, SpookyCitrus said:

No best just save your money for a brand new computer, none of the parts in something like that will be worth keeping and putting money into. All it's good for is basic web browsing on Windows 7 it more than likely will struggle to even run Windows 10.

I'm fine with windows 7, I can find a better hdd and more ram to it from friends old hardware but that about it.

[3 Lions]

3 minutes ago, Saint Sushi said:

I'm fine with windows 7, I can find a better hdd and more ram to it from friends old hardware but that about it.

If that's what you want to do then that's fine but you won't be gaming on it I'm afraid. 

[Saint Sushi]

1 minute ago, LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo said:

If that's what you want to do then that's fine but you won't be gaming on it I'm afraid. 

Yeah I'm afraid so, my laptop have a much better cpu than this 10 year old pc 

[Turtle Rig]

24 minutes ago, Saint Sushi said:

Yeah I'm afraid so, my laptop have a much better cpu than this 10 year old pc 

You should run Windows Vista on it 4GB RAM it will fly....

[Senzelian]

12 hours ago, LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo said:

It would need more than RAM. It would need a better CPU, better storage (ideally an SSD) & a decent GPU. When you add those plus RAM togther, you'd be spending more than the actual PC is worth. 

To shop on Amazon? lol