old rig

[Oswin]

have an old rig lying around:

-core 2 duo E7400

-2gb drr2 ram (v-gen)

-asus P5KPL-AM  mobo

-seagate barracuda-7200rpm 320gb hdd

-ECS elite series 435 watt psu

 

at this point i would if be better off buying a new one or just get an ssd?

using this for regular everyday use not looking to go over 300$ for an upgrade.

[NoRomanBatmansAllowed]

An SSD and a few bits of RAM (aim for 4) will keep it relevant for a bit longer.

[Oswin]

1 minute ago, bob51zhang said:

An SSD and a few bits of RAM (aim for 4) will keep it relevant for a bit longer.

ddr 2 ram might be tricky to find and rather expensive 

[brob]

11 minutes ago, Oswin said:

ddr 2 ram might be tricky to find and rather expensive 

An ssd for sure. At least 240GB.

 

DDR2 is still around, https://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=ddr2&N=-1&isNodeId=1. All memory is expensive these days.

[Oswin]

2 minutes ago, RandomGuy13 said:

If you are buying DDR2 RAM, you can pretty much only find it second hand. Where to shop for it depends what country you are in. In the UK I can pick up 8GB for around £25-30 in four 2GB 800MHz sticks.

 

Another thing you could do Is check if your motherboard supports the Quad Core 775 chips. If it does you could get a Q6600 Quad for not a whole lot, That chip you can overclock and get a bit more performance than the CPU you currently have.

 

And an SSD would be a good option too. You can get a cheap 128GB SSD for also not a whole lot.

it does support quad core CPUs, dont have any idea where to get some second hand parts here, or they might just be thrown away since it is rather old.