So are social skills.
$50 plus the extra cost of a new motherboard due to switching sockets etc does not equate to a 'small cost' - particularly if there is no need to upgrade since it's working.
Mate, just because someones machine isn't up to your 'standards' , doesn't make them an automatic candidate for the tip.
It was an old machine that was sitting in the closet. It used to be my HTPC and was in a nice looking Silverstone case made for that purpose. I happen to look on NewEgg and saw they still made AGP graphics cards. I thought they would have been long gone. The card was $69 after the $10 rebate.
I had been playing blu-ray DVD's using my Asus UL30VT-A1 laptop and a USB blu-ray reader. It wasn't the most convenient setup. I thought maybe the old P4 with the new graphics card could. It did, perfectly.
It's WEI is 4.2. That is after I OC'd it 10% to 3.51 GHz. The score was 3.9 at 3.2 GHz. The CPU's score was the lowest, so that was the system's WEI.
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