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Eight excellent PC upgrade ideas

Why build a new PC when, with a few easy upgrades, you can transform your old PC into one that feels like new (or at least newer!)?
By Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Contributing Writer
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Why build a new PC when, with a few easy upgrades, you can transform your old PC into one that feels like new (or at least newer!)?

In the ZDNet Hardware 2.0 blog, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes describes eight upgrades that can help extend the life of your old PC, making you more productive and the PC more fun to use.

Kingston RAM - A good quality brand at a price that's affordable
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Corsair TWINX Dominator Dual Channel 4096MB PC12800 DDR3 - Fast RAM, but at an insane price!

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Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB - Good quality, affordable hard drive

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Western Digital VelociRaptor 300GB - Fastest desktop hard drive currently available

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DIAMOND 3450PE512SB Radeon HD 3450 - Affordable at $50!

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XFX GeForce GTX 280 1GB 512-bit GDDR3 - Insanely fast, but comes with a stratospheric price tag

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ASUS Crosshair II Formula AM2 /AM2 NVIDIA nForce 780a SLI - High-spec motherboard

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Intel CPUs currently dominate the best kit lists

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Lite-On Blu-ray drive

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Cyberlink's BD Advisor

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Cyberlink's BD Advisor

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Dell UltraSharp 3008WFP - 30-inch of screen real estate - for $2K!

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Razer Lachesis gaming mouse

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Logitech G15

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