I've always envied my brother's computer. I've always been stuck with the crappy $400 basic word processing computer, while my brother got to play video games. About 5 years ago, he begged and pleaded with our parents to let him build his own computer. They finally gave in, and he built a pretty decent gaming rig. I remember him being able to play most games fairly easily (WoW, Guild Wars, Crysis). Then, about 2 years ago, the power supply gave out. We wanted to fix it, but cash was tight because my brother was in college. I've been eying his computer ever since it broke. Flash forward to about a month ago, and my brother just finished college, and is interning in Finland for the summer. He has a laptop, and has grown accustomed to it ever since. He decides to finally give me his old computer! I'm ecstatic! About a week ago, my dad actually got it fixed, and i gotta say... it's kinda a POS. Honestly, It's only marginally faster than my old computer, and I'm not sure how I'll be able to game with these stats.
OS: Vista
RAM: 2 GB of DDR2 , maximum capicty is 8 GB
300 GB Hard Drive
Processor: Intel Core Duo E6600
Motherboard:EVGA 122-CK-NF68
Graphics Card: Nvidia Geforce 8800 GTS
Is it possible to turn this into a modern day gaming rig? Is it already a good gaming rig? I'm not incredibly computer savvy, but 2 GB of ram sounds like it's very little, the hard drive seems small, and the motherboard seems outdated. If it is possible to fix, what's a ballpark number to fix it? Thanks in advance, and tell me if you need anymore info about the computer.
OS: Vista
RAM: 2 GB of DDR2 , maximum capicty is 8 GB
300 GB Hard Drive
Processor: Intel Core Duo E6600
Motherboard:EVGA 122-CK-NF68
Graphics Card: Nvidia Geforce 8800 GTS
Is it possible to turn this into a modern day gaming rig? Is it already a good gaming rig? I'm not incredibly computer savvy, but 2 GB of ram sounds like it's very little, the hard drive seems small, and the motherboard seems outdated. If it is possible to fix, what's a ballpark number to fix it? Thanks in advance, and tell me if you need anymore info about the computer.