Systems been upgraded a few times, thinking of buying vista but not sure it to use current kit or upgrade
AMD X2 4400+ (1mb cache per core) Skt 939
3gb Ram (old 3200 stuff
)
Asrock board (normally buy good board but i wanted PCI-E + AGP)
Geforce 6800GT (AGP)
2 x IBM 180gxp HDD (used to be in raid but was too woried about one failing in last rebuild)
SB Audigy 2 Value
While i hope i am just hanging on, but most bits in there are well past there best. HDD's must be 4 years old. Gfx and some of the memory are 3 years and the rest was at best mid range when new. Bougt Asrock board + chip about 6 months ago as a last upgrade while i could still use same memory.
The main thing that puts me off a new system is i could spend £500+ and end up feeling no quicker than current system, but core 2 duo is very tempting.
I think the main weekness of current system are those old HDD's so perhaps a SATA2 or 10k SCSI drive could make a difference? I would say new GFX card but seeing i no longer game don't think it would make a difference.
All recommendations greatly appreciated!
AMD X2 4400+ (1mb cache per core) Skt 939
3gb Ram (old 3200 stuff
)Asrock board (normally buy good board but i wanted PCI-E + AGP)
Geforce 6800GT (AGP)
2 x IBM 180gxp HDD (used to be in raid but was too woried about one failing in last rebuild)
SB Audigy 2 Value
While i hope i am just hanging on, but most bits in there are well past there best. HDD's must be 4 years old. Gfx and some of the memory are 3 years and the rest was at best mid range when new. Bougt Asrock board + chip about 6 months ago as a last upgrade while i could still use same memory.
The main thing that puts me off a new system is i could spend £500+ and end up feeling no quicker than current system, but core 2 duo is very tempting.
I think the main weekness of current system are those old HDD's so perhaps a SATA2 or 10k SCSI drive could make a difference? I would say new GFX card but seeing i no longer game don't think it would make a difference.
All recommendations greatly appreciated!
