My husband’s desktop PC has seen better days. It’s about 6 years old now, and wasn’t a top of the line machine to begin with, so you can imagine how poorly it’s running after this long.

Unfortunately, a brand-new computer isn’t in the cards for us at this point. We just can’t afford the extra expense for something that’s not exactly a necessity. Plus, we don’t want to mess with Vista, which is what all the new PCs come with.

So we’re looking to do a few upgrades instead. For instance, my husband wants a new graphics card so he can play better video games, and he should probably get additional system memory as well. There are a few other components we might look at, but these two should carry us through until we can buy a new machine.