- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Here's your simplest solution.
1. Save money.
2. tigerdirect.com or newegg.com. Two of the easiest sites for people who have never built a machine before.
3. Buy a new motherboard that supports the processor you already have. Your P4 will be fine to make Halo playable, you just need a motherboard with an AGP slot. There's no need for a high end motherboard, just get one with an AGP slot and enough PCI slots for your sound card, modem, network card, etc.
4. Buy a video card with atleast 128MB of memory.
5. Buy more RAM. I would have a total of about 512MB in your system.
6. Buy a computer case with atleast a 400W power supply. The extra power will let you expand later if you want to.
7. Gut the computer you have. Get everything except for the motherboard. Throw all the components and the new parts into the new PC case and enjoy.
Might seem like overkill to get one game to work, but this will make your machine much faster and capable of running games for a while to come.
If you shop smart, you can probably do this for between $150 to $250. It just all depends on how much speed you want.