hard disk and ram?

Question

im planning to buy a new hard disk with a capacity of 250gb and ram.... what are things i need to consider before buying.... my current ram is 256mb my processor is pentium 4 2.4 GHz... the size of my current hard disk is 37gb .... and my mother board is ASUS P4VP-MX.....and can You give me some sites where i can learn how to put this items on my 5yr old computer . hehe thnx

forget about the budget

Answer 1

You can add a bigger hard disk, but you certainly need to double the RAM you presently have, to at least 512. Try running a free scan from Crucial to check the type of ram you have and how much more you can add.
http://www.crucial.com/uk/index.aspx

You might also want to run a complete free checkup from Belarc Advisor. It will tell you everything you currently have on the computer - you can print it for future reference. It often comes in handy if you are planning an upgrade.
http://belarc.com/free_download.html

Answer 2

Look up your motherboard and see what kind of memory it needs, there are lots of different kinds. The motherboard documentation will also tell you how much memory it supports, don't bother buying more than that.

If your computer is old, the disk is probably IDE (wide flat gray cable) . Buy and EIDE or IDE disk to replace it, lots of newer disks are SATA. You could just add the new disk to the box and have two disks in it, the IDE cable almost certainly has a spare connector.