Upgrade or Buy Another PC?

[StevenG]

im unsure as to what to spend my money on. i had recently posted questions about an upgrade and came up with the following specs. but i dont know what to get. the upgrade or a 2nd pc. i do some avi to dvd converting. SOME gaming and general use.

UPGRADE

MY 3500+
MY 1GB TwinMOS ram
MY 180GB Harddrive
MY 2x 16x Burners
MY 19" WS and 17" TFT
NEW Asus A8N-E nForce4 Ultra (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-088-AS)
NEW Connect3D ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-044-CO)
NEW Hiper HPU-4K580-MK Type R 580W Modular ATX2.2 PSU - Black UV (CA-005-HP)
Cost: £370

2ND PC

Intel Pentium IV 630 'Prescott LGA775' 3.0GHz 2MB L2 Cache
512MB GeIL PC3200 DDR Memory
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 10 160GB 8MB Cache SATA-II Hard Drive
Samsung Black 52X CD-ROM
On-Board 2D/3D Graphics
I have a spare CRT lying arround.
Cost: £340.69

Thanks for Replies

 

[gpuerrilla]

It's a bit confusing but i think i get it.

If you can make good use of having two machines i.e. have one for encoding and fileserver etc then its a good investment. However if you like to have just one machine to use for everything taking less space up then buy a new rig dual core and sell your current bits.

 

[StevenG]

yea thats what i was thinking. there is nothing worse than encoding and then wanting to do something else and having NO CPU to do it. so a 2nd pc would be useful. but if i bought a dual core rig. what would i use to make use of both cores?

 

[trojan698]

One core for encoding, one for gaming!

 

[The Running Man]

laptop for browsing/people's email etc...rig for gaming. makes sense

 

[gpuerrilla]

laptop for browsing/people's email etc...rig for gaming. makes sense

This is ideal, I would love that however I havnt got the spare £600+. But yes a lappy to browse etc whilst waiting for in-game events..

 

[StevenG]

well i am going for an upgrade this time arround. but will save the money i make this year and get a laptop in december with some christmas money too

 

[ACESHIGH]

that Connect3D ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB is at a great price.

upgrade sounds good, but a dual core CPU would seem to help you with what you want to do.