# Dell hardware **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [February 25, 2004, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dell-hardware/102624 "2004-02-25T15:38:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![StylingPaT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@StylingPaT](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/StylingPaT)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dell-hardware/102624/1 "2004-02-25T15:38:19Z")
Heya. Let me first list my specs. P4 2.4Ghz 2GB DDR SD-RAM 128MB ATI RADEON 9800 Pro 20GB Hard Drive It seems to me that my computer doesnt perform as hardcore as it should. Sometimes I’ll get a little lag in games (Dark Age of Camelot) when I have 2 Gigs of RAM. I’m not a computer idiot. So its not going to be something stupid like a cluttered harddrive or spyware and such. I think its my motherboard because its a Dell Motherboard :d: and also its a Dell Hard drive. So do you guys think me putting in a new good Intel Motherboard and a 120GB 7200RPM HD will help? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 3:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dell-hardware/102624/2 "2004-02-25T15:57:04Z")
Its because its a Dell (I dont like dells so I may be bias :D) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 4:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dell-hardware/102624/3 "2004-02-25T16:04:03Z")
Dell and Compaq’s suck! Don’t even get me started. lol Seriously though I’ve felt the same way. It’s so difficult to truly know what computers are actually good nowadays. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 4:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dell-hardware/102624/4 "2004-02-25T16:10:10Z")
You have MB’s upon MB’s of memory comming out your anus but is it quality memory or bottom of the barrel bargain bin memory? There is a lot to be said about good quality memory. Trash chips will make your box run like…well…trash :beam: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 4:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dell-hardware/102624/5 "2004-02-25T16:25:25Z")
I swear I need one of those PC buying boot camps like that Dell commercial. I thought memory was memory and that was that. Thanks for the enlightenment Fester ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 4:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dell-hardware/102624/6 "2004-02-25T16:52:44Z")
With that size hard drive its amazing you have any space to operate in…you have listed 20 GB–did you mean 40? The motherboard won’t make that much of a difference… I work for an entity that just bought more dells than you could count on 40 hands…they have all worked beautifully. Dells are solid machines. What games in specific are you playing? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 6:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dell-hardware/102624/7 "2004-02-25T18:27:19Z")
Dell ‘water’ down their hardware. Check your exact model number for your graphic card and search it up online. I’ve read that my computer’s graphic card was ‘trimmed’ so Dell can get more bang for the buck. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 6:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dell-hardware/102624/8 "2004-02-25T18:42:54Z")
I just found out I have a 433Mhz FSB. So I’m going to put in a new motherboard. Put in a 120GB 7200RPM HD and put in some new ram (if needed). :trout: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 6:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dell-hardware/102624/9 "2004-02-25T18:52:19Z")
dude, if it’s DAoC, think about it… it’s an ONLINE game… it’s just your connection freking out, I get that alot when playing Anarchy Online, and I’m on a 2Mbit line… it’s just your connection, nothing to worry about 🙂