hey, i need help. i want to upgrade an old dell dimension 4300s computer to play games on. i was planning on upgrading the memory to 1 gb and the Hard drive to either 500 gig or 1TB. I just need help figuring out a graphics card and anything else i might need. . . . please help/ send suggestions :] the computer is a thin set tower i attached a pic of what it looks like. Thanks again -xBrandoniscoolx-

According to the Dell specs you are limited to a max of 512MB RAM. There is a 4x 1.5v AGP connector availiable, but if you want a modern AGP 8x card, you will need to find one that is backwards compatible with AGP 4x. IMO, you're better off saving your money for a new rig. Coffee...The true life blood of the IT Industry!

Plus you will almost certainly be restricted to a maximum hard disk size of 126 Mbs and you will need an upgraded power supply. 130 watts isn't going to power much over what you already have. I agree, save up for something new. Stuart

The upgrade is uneconomical, in the UK the Tower is worth £30.00 as is, and a hard drive alone is going to cost more than its value. Invest you money in a newer PC, even second-hand. Those Dell's were designed primarily for SOHO!

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat... details.asp?EdpNo=4329711&CatId=1916 is this something you would suggest starting with if i wanna build a computer? i wanna stay pretty cheap and i only wanna be able to run source games in steam like Half life 2 Counter Strike Source and Left 4 Dead smoothly any suggestions on that/

this is what was supposed to come up in the last post got to tigerdirect.com and search MSI Socket AM2 Barebone kit

You just didn't post the link correctly: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat... It says, "THIS ITEM IS CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE" & doesn't list a price. Regardless, you'd still need a CPU cooling fan, video card, optical drive & hard drive...possibly a better power supply. And I don't know why they would include DDR2-667 RAM when the proper memory for an AMD system is DDR2-800.