Computer Upgrade Recommendations?

Question

I have had my PC for about 4 years now and I was wondering if anyone could give me some upgrading recommendations from my old PC details to new ones without buying a new PC.. [I want a fairly fast computer speed and me being a gamer... I would like to play PC games such as Call Of Duty 4 and Gears of War on an average graphics and audio level with smooth gameplay on single player as well as multiplayer to keep the ping reasonably low]

My Specs:

*Processor: Intel Pentium 4 [CPU: 2.53 gigahertz]

*Memory: 768 RAM

*Graphics Card: nVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420

*Motherboard: ??? [I am hoping that someone will give me a reasonably priced motherboard ranging from $60-120]

Total Budget Estimation: $275-$300

Thanks

Answer 1

Save your pennies and just build something from scratch the MX420 prolly won't cut it and getting a new motherboard and matching graphics card you'll probably need a processor and ram too unfortunately (I think you waited just a bit too long..).  

Answer 2

yes you need to build a whole new computer.  The only thing i would try so reuse is the CD rom drive and case/psu.  But at that point you might as well buy a new CD-rom drive and case/psu and so you can keep your old computer running.

Answer 3

mobo is on sale now intel is the way to go: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...

Memory also on sale 2 of them : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...

Processor cheepest nice one I could find: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...

Graphics card the cheapest one that I would do would prolly be this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...

Answer 4

If its 4 years old forget it. Save up for a new tower.  

Answer 5

u should be able to play with just a new graphics card. i bought a stock gateway fx laptop and play cod4 beautifully. it came with a hd ati mobility radeon 2600 graphics but it if jus 4 laptops i think. im not a genius when it comes to building computers but from ur specs urs should be almost set.

when u do get cod4 to work, go to the Canada vs US tdm server

ip: 8.9.11.23:28960

awesome competition and respectable too. ranked top 100 of all servers online