suggestions for my comp

[Prometheus]

I have an msi mb'

512 ram
radeon 9000
1.5 ghz p4

what could i do to improve this system in a nocticble way.

(or accesroies cd burners etc)

edit

also my mother borad has the option for high performance defaults....

Should i turn this on or leave it on regular?

[Omega]

Idunno, you could always get a new monitor (although you didn't discuss that). A radeon 9700 would probably provide some noticable performance gains, and a higher clocked P4 might as well, but probably to a lesser extent.

Additionally, you could always go for a DVD burner...a nifty peripheral to have.

[eviltechie]

well sounds like he just got a new card not long ago

and system is made to fit his budget as it seems

so i would start with overclocking a bit
but dont do anything yet until you have done neccessary researches

[pr0m3th3us]

I have no clue how to over clock


My msi mb has a high performance setting should i turn them on or will that hurt my comp?

[Jason425]

ahh.. the "optimized" mode.. go ahead and try it it shouldnt hurt.. if it does just go back to regular.. i dont think you can overclock with that bios.. read the manual and see if you can do it with switches on the mboard.. if not then consider a p4 1.6 and a new mboard * have 1.6 and asus p4t533-C.. i oc to 2.4 easily

[accurateimage]

me speaka no P4a *L* am very well versed in AMD :D