is it possible to upgrade my 4 year old compaq

[deh707]

i have an old compaq presario 5002us pc.

when purchased back in 2001, it was this:

amd duron 800mhz
64mb sdram
40gb hard drive
motherboard manufacturor:FIC AZ31 - (Compaq UWAVE)
motherboard chipset: VIA Technologies KT133
8mb nvidia vanta LT

in 2002, i added 256mb of sdram, and added a liteon 411s dvdrw drive, and installed windows xp professional.

up until now, it's still running fine, never freezes, plays counterstrike perfectly.

now, the question is, can i upgrade it into today's gaming computers by changing the motherboard, processor, hard drive, power supply, video card, and ddr ram?

specifically, would this be all i need to replace the stuff in the compaq?:

[glockjs]

dont waste your money. you're basically buying a new computer anyways, why not just have a second working computer?

[kyemeng]

New computers nowadays are power hungry and I believe that the PSU in your current computer just does not cut it. Better to get everything new.

[deh707]

good idea, thanks.

[redwudz]

I see one major problem. You have a XP 64 939 Motherboard and a Athlon 3200+ Socket A processor. You might want to change that to an Athlon 64 3200 Socket 939 processor. (Winchester core version suggested.)

This appears to be the right #: N82e16819103500. About $39 US more.

Anyway, You might as well buy a new case to go with all those new parts. Use your Optical and hard drives and that's about all. Or just start from scratch and build it all.

[glockjs]

I see one major problem. You have a XP 64 939 Motherboard and a Athlon 3200+ Socket A processor.

good eye...

whats the bottom line(the very most) you're willing to spend deh707?

[simonko]

All you can do to your current system and not deal with the motherboard, PSU, and case. You can put a 1300 AMD Duron Processor in, thats the last one they built with a 200/100 fsb ( you will need a new copper heatsink, also update BIOS to newest)

Upgrade the memory with a PC100/133 512MB stick.

Upgrade the HDD with a IDE 7200 RPM HD the size (pref larger) is your choice.

VideoCard: laugh... the good ones wont work in your system.
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I would rather go with a new computer as stated by others.