you would be better off buying/assembling a new system.
2006-06-28 11:23:29
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answered by Devil M 5
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Ditch it. New PCs are so cheap now. You can get one from Dell, for like $300. Sometimes they have specials that include free shipping or a free flat panal monitor. Any new PC you buy now will probably be better then your PIII.
2006-06-28 09:25:09
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answered by Nate 4
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Get a new one deffinatly. I had the same proble with my k6/PII equivilent chip and restoring did not go down too well. Further more i went and built myself one and i know it works, it just doesn't have updated drivers and i've not been able to get it yet. cut a long story short i ended up buying a laptop from dell, and over spending on my pc. dell can have good deals. infact i reckon their deals are probably amongst the best and competetive of all retail pc's. you just need to do a bit of shopping around. I would not recomend building your own budget pc as you'll probably get a better retail packaged deal. its only worth doing if your going to build a high spec one and/or you've done your research and can get your parts for really cheap and you know what your doing.
2006-06-28 10:01:09
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answered by vik 4
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Just get a new, faster one. If you are expecting to be using Windows Vista in the future, you need atleast 1GB of memory, at least a 60 GB hard drive with 15GB free and a few more things, check PCPitstop and the Windows Vista readyness test, most details are also on the internet somewhere now.
2006-06-28 09:30:15
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answered by wrestling entertainment 2
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buy or build a new one you can use some of the parts from the old one for cheapness but Apart from the hard drive for recovering your files and the cd/dvd drive I wouldn't keep much else if you'r building try a computer fair they have some very reasonable prices even for pre built ones you can still use your monitor keyboard etc good luck
2006-06-28 19:12:40
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answered by bbh 4
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yes ditch the PC mainboard and CPU but you can keep your existing hard drives and other media. and hardware. just get a new Motherboard CPU and RAM
in the uk try www.dabs.com for pricing
2006-06-29 18:11:52
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answered by thebestnamesarealreadytaken0909 6
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If you are reasonably capable with computers you can get good barebone systems from places such as
www.scan.co.uk
www.komplett.co.uk
www.valuelist.co.uk
You can keep your hard disk/RAM/DVD Drives etc and just get the motherboard/chip and box replaced for a 150-200
2006-06-29 05:05:19
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answered by poor_lumpy_pony 1
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Take the opportunity to get a new system - you'll be amazed how much faster even a £300 system will be.
2006-06-28 09:23:38
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answered by The Wandering Blade 4
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If your CPU-P3 is really dead then by new one. P-4 are much cheaper these days and allot faster.
but before buying new one check your CPU(P-3), may be it has very minor fault.
2006-06-28 09:48:33
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answered by flori 4
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dont even think you can get something what will fit in your motherboard anymore....
so buy a new 1
2006-06-28 09:25:18
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answered by Preykill 5
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personally i would get a new one
allthough if you wish to keep your system you could look on ebay to see if you have one
2006-07-01 09:08:32
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answered by Anonymous
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