Upgrade Hard Drive?

If you want a $30 solution that should make your machine a fair bit faster, you might want to consider one of the following.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Pro...6822136827
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Pro...6822136096
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Pro...6822148785

Between the refurb HD and a new XP installation, I expect that you'd be pleased with the results.

make more partitions help to seek files faster!

for example: 1gb page/swap file, 10gb windows, 5gb software, the rest for storage.

Quote from jerrod22 : I have a Dell Dimension 2400 with the following specs: The hard drive seems to be slowing down, or I am just getting used to computers with faster drives :/. But I am wondering if it would be worth it to upgrade to Sata drive, with a sata controller, and then when I decide to get rid of the computer, it may either raise the value somewhat, or I'll be able to use the drive in a future computer. From what I read its not worth it at all to use a SSD in this computer, even if buying for future use. Any ideas?

As far as value, I just gave away 40 Dell 2400's to a local school district because we couldn't get a dime for them so don't base any decision on "raising the value". Also, SSD - forget it for this computer. But as others said, I believe a reinstall could breathe a little more life into your computer until you save up enough cash for a replacement. Don't spend a dime on this one.
Good luck!

I couldn't find the reconmended specs for Ubuntu on their site, but i beleive I could if I search, but would Ubuntu run on this computer?

The upgrade to 2gb ram will speed it up a bit, but not if you have done nothing to preform maintence on the machine. I see nothing here about you cleaning out cookies, temp files, temp internet files, or recent files on the computer. When one uses a computer for years with no maintenance, it slows down. Just a month or so on a new computer with no cleaning causes slow downs. Use Ccleaner to clean it up, put in the new RAM and see how you do. I'm not sure how old your Windows XP install might be -- if it's over 2 years, you might want to consider backing up your data and reloading it. There could be a lot of leftover stuff from progams you installed and not longer use -- stuff that has been uninstalled but left fragments, etc.

To start buying for a new rig would this be a okay motherboard? http://slickdeals.net/permadeal/7...4#comments

I believe they said it can run some I3's, but also the Pentium G series, where some of the Pentium G's will be a better value and work just fine, somewhat comparable to the I3's.

Also would the G620 be able to run Simcity(2013)? Thats pretty much one of the games that I will be interested in playing.

I plan on buying a laptop soon, and using most my money on that though.

Quote from jerrod22 : To start buying for a new rig would this be a okay motherboard? http://slickdeals.net/permadeal/7...4#comments I believe they said it can run some I3's, but also the Pentium G series, where some of the Pentium G's will be a better value and work just fine, somewhat comparable to the I3's. Also would the G620 be able to run Simcity(2013)? Thats pretty much one of the games that I will be interested in playing. I plan on buying a laptop soon, and using most my money on that though.

that board doesnt have the best reviews (although not terrible). The g620 can play simcity 2013 with ease. I would save up about 300 and buy one of the staples/office depot/lenovooutlet/delloutlet systems when they become available. After spending on the OS you will not be able to build a cheaper system.
or this http://www.ebay.com/itm/Gateway-D...53ec525fe3

i would back up your harddrive on external drive,then format you computer then reinstall dell disk operating system,add your extra memory as well,

try upgading to windows 7

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/s...07966.html

What is your upgrade budget? It would help a lot for us to know. We might be able to guide you to something that you could buy for now that is expandable.