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Originally posted by sixate
Are you serious? 
I wouldn't want to use that system if it were only to email people. Way too slow for me. Hell, I have what everyone would consider a gaming rig, and I bet I only play games about once every few weeks. I'd rather be outside doing stuff, or most important, fucking my girlie. But when I want to play a game I want the best possible. My system may be a little overkill, but at least I never have to worry about it slowing me down. 
Anyway, get a new CPU & MOBO. If you looked around you could probably find something pretty good for $100.
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Why does every damned person think that Windows XP requires a super computer to run? Another thread is yielding the same results. I used XP on a 400 MHz K6-2 and it ran just as fast as my 1.8 GHz Athlon XP. I'm talking Photoshop, Office, etc. ran fast as hell. I've installed XP on a 166 MHz before, and it ran as well.
If you have a fucking 900 MHz computer and you're wanting to upgrade without playing games, it's simply a money drain. If it's slow, it needs Ad-Aware and Spybot ran and a nice uninstall of useless shit. Defrag the son of a bitch!
I can't stress this enough: upgrading a 900 MHz computer with no plans on gaming is <B><U><I>USELESS</B></U></I>. If you upgrade that system, you will see <B>NO performance increase</B>. If the current 900 MHz computer is slow, then it's the user's fault. Defrag it, get rid of the spyware and adware, and uninstall the useless programs on it.
If you want to upgrade it, go ahead, but it's wasted money. Keep in mind that if she was going to play games, it would be a different story. It's as simple as this: Tom's Hardware Guide, Anandtech, and even Intel as well as AMD have commented that a 600 MHz PC will run any of today's programs perfectly fine, especially simple ones that come with an OS. Any processor made after that is for extreme video editing and gaming, end of story. The same goes for videocards.
One last bit: if the PC doesn't have 256 MB or more, then I'd upgrade the RAM and leave it alone. Windows XP is a bit slow with less than 256 MB of RAM.
-Lasereth