memory, processor etc.....HELP

well then, cheers lads, off to ebuyer

1) are kingston chips any gud?

2) if i buy Intel Pentium 4 (Northwood) 2.8GHz 533FSB Socket 478 512Kb Cache OEM Processor, what exactly do i get, is this just a small chip of sum sorts?

3) will my pc go from being a fat slow tortoise to a lean, shit hot hare when i have installed these upgrades?

erm....back to number 1) what am i looking for in the line of memory chips, i want two 512 chips, cos i see 168 and 184 pin chips, do i jus look for any saying PC133 that look the same as the memory i have lol?

1) Kingston Memory is good.. iirc 184 pins are what you are after.. I think.

2) OEM means you will get it in a small anti-static box.. just the chip. It'd be a good Idea to buy a retail one if your unsure about hsf units..

3) It will certainly get a boost.. especially since your more than doubling your ram, gaining 1.x ghz and gettting a new HDD which will provide more space for paging and stuff.

Double check your ram if you can.. i'm pretty sure it is 184 pin stuff though..

2 x kingston 512's on the way, accompanied by a seagate barracuda 200GB HD and the 2.8GHz P4

i shall report back once it is up and running, cheers for the help fellas

If the memory is incorrect you can always RMA it.
If they are twats they may charge a 25% Rehandling fee..

I'm sure 184 pin is right though..
Did you go retail with the P4?

just got the oem one from ebuyer, i know someone who is a computer repair geezer who i can get to fit it, in a WEEK ( ) when he off his hols

im almost ready to submit order...only thing worrying me is the ram...my current on is a hynix 256mb Pc133U-333-542??? how do i check what pin it is..168/184/???

Don't order yet.. I'm checking

I've had a quick look around.. and its proved inconclusive.

I'd imagine a 184pin DIMM should be right.
I think old EDO memory was 168pin cos it was smaller..

And as your memory wasn't explained in Everest as being EDO then I'd stick with the 184pin modules.

Sorry if I'm wrong though..

cheers....just looking at my ram, and pics of ram on the net...there are two little gaps along the bottom of my ram which is similar to pics of 168 pin ram, where as 184 pin, only has 1 gap.

what is better, ddr or sd? would i be better off getting sd because i already have sd?

how many questions have i asked i realy have no clue about pc/s and there hardware

Actually I was wrong.. its 168 pin u need..

so...two 512MB 164 pin SD-Ram chips is definite...i am almost certain on the 2.8GHz P4...and have decided on a 250GB Seagate Barracuda HD rather than the 200

Judging by what I read I'm sure that 168 is the way to go..

2.8Ghz is fine (I'm running a XP 2800+ here and its great)
250GB is defo enough..

In fact.. you may well have a better system than me.
Until I get my opty sorted..

im my pc...theres sumthing with a little sticker on it saying ' 686 amibios' , what is that? just curious lol

and when i get my P4, what exactly wil i get, a small chip?

That'll be the cip core number..

6th generation x86 chip.. BIOS = BIOS
I think.

Just a small chip will arrive for your P4..

so, the P4, if i was attepting to install this myself would it be easy...i had never touched inside my pc till 2nights ago, and since then i have had pretty much everything out of it, and back in again, just to see that i know what im doing fo installing extra's, its just that i dont no where my current P4 chip is lol

And shouldn't remove yet due to the thermal compound placed between the CPU and Heatsink

If you break the seal u have to reapply..