System performance

[antoniobc]

I have a D-Link motherboard (around 3 years old) supporting a 1.2Ghz Celeron Processor and 256 MB SD Ram! HAve a 40 GB IDE HDD! How can I improve its performance with respect ti
1) Hardware (Not too expensive since money is a prob)
2) Software (with respect to OS's etc... but I want to run hi-fi stuff on it: Egs MS Office 2007 etc.......)

Was considering addin 128 MB Ram and installng XP but still havent made a decision of Home Edition vs Professional! Its a PC not networked so I dont really knw in wat way Professional will benefit me! Also I'm started my course in Computer Engineering so I need performance boosts!

In general I need a computer makeover!

HELP!!!!!!

[shantanu]

If you have 1500/- then increase your RAM to 512 means 256 current and 256 more and then choose XP PRO SP2 will be best for you system..

[codename_romeo]

Increasing ram will solve most of your speed problems..................

[Tech Geek]

incresase it to a 1GB ram. better

[codename_romeo]

People buy the best of processors but forget the importance of ram in the normal running of the machine.........

[assasin]

get urself more RAM,and if ur mobo has AGP slot think bout getting and AGP crd.

[shantanu]

YA GET a GFX IF POSSIBLE

[codename_romeo]

Ig your budget permits then GFX n RAM will get you all the way

[dOm1naTOr]

but u might have hard time getting a 256 SD now a days. Try to get even a second hand one.

[nishant_nms]

Get atleast 256 MB of RAM

[antoniobc]

Dont have dat much cash dudes! Got my friends 128 Megs of SD! So my total is now 392 or something! Wat else can I do?

[assasin]

Get urself a GFX card if ur mobo has AGP slot.Buy a nVidia 6200 256MB atleast

[antoniobc]

I should have made this clear:

The motherboard supports:
2 DIMM slots : 512Megs per dimm
3PCI
NO AGP slot
2IDE
810E Chipset
Thats basically it!

I dont want to upgrade it with respect to its RAM right now cause I dont have the cash! Like I said before it have 392 MB RAM (SD)

So maybe on the lines of an OS or BIOS tweeks or something of the sort!

[assasin]

If u can get urself a PCI gfx crd.Deres nothing much dat u can do thru bios or OS.

[rajasekharan]

All you can do is put windows on classic looks . . Defrag the hdd ,run reg cleaners like tuneup. . Increase the page file to 1mb more than your ram :-)

[piyush gupta]

Either buy new RAM of put your system in a high performance mode

u can also use tweaks
autopatcher

tune up utilities

to increase ur system performance