Need Help Upgrading My Hardware

[robbyj]

<p>Recently my computer decided it can't play EQ2 any longer so I've decided to upgrade. However, I'm a college student so I'm looking for the cheapest parts possible that will still run the game semi-decently (I'm okay with using "extreme performance".) I don't know much about computer hardware and the like at all, but I do know that I need a new motherboard as mine is dying (it has an onboard sound card, so I guess that would need to be included), a graphics card, ram, and possibly a new processor if it's cheap enough. What I currently have is:</p><p>AMD Athlon 1700+ (1.46 GHz)Radeon 2700 seriesa VT8366-8233 motherboard (couldn't find out any info other than this code thing)and two slots of 256 MB ram (512 in total)</p><p>The reason I ask on the EQ2 forums is because I know a lot of you have experience with what EQ2 will and will not run (I don't want to upgrade only to find out EQ2 will bug out). Any help would be so appreciated!</p>

[stuka1000]

<p>Ok we are really pushing the envelope on cheap here so don't expect any bells, whistles or screaming fast performance but these will run EQ2 ok.</p><p><a href="http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=754615" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Prod...roductID=754615</a></p><p><a href="http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=700922" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Prod...roductID=700922</a></p><p><a href="http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=632057" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Prod...roductID=632057</a></p><p><a href="http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=585722" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Prod...roductID=585722</a></p><p>This is really low end stuff by todays standards but they will run the game ok.</p>