Time to salute that Mobo!
You can add more memory (to 8GB), put in an SSD, a Q9300 QUAD core or better, a fast graphics card and update to Win 8.1 and you will get a reasonable machine.
But for two things:
1) The cost will not be worth it.
2) You will have to work through some setup and driver issues (good if your are technically minded).
I think it's time you retire this board and buy some new hardware. A lot of good cheap and much faster hardware out there at the moment.
However if you can get all that stuff free and you like messing around with boards and software than go for it!
WallyZ
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MINIz guy
I've been using my P5W DH since I was in 7th or 8th grade. I forget when I exactly built it. I am now a rising junior in college and out the the PC scene. I mainly use my desktop for racing simulations. It is slow at this point, and I have 50/50 on upgrading a little (to a Q6600) or a lot (mobo/CPU/RAM). Any advice?
P5W DH Deluxe
E6300 (Conroe?)
Corsair 4gb (2x2GB)
ATI 5870
Seagate 160GB 7200RPM
Corsair TX750
Win7 Home Premium 64-bit
Still going after 15 years.
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WallyZ
Read all 340 pages.
If anyone would like a good home (P5W DH home that is) for an unused QX9650, keep me in mind ;)
WallyZ
My MOBO is still running after 15 years non stop.
Still good for browsing, email, youtube and lite gaming (COD 3).
It's a lot better than my 2012 HP i5 gen 2 but not as fast single threaded performance as a Surface pro 2 i5 gen 3. But it is still better on multi threaded.
I thought I died the other day but it turned out to be the power supply. Changed that and it's still going.
It gets used every day.
Can't believe it!!!