upgrading advice req..

[xirokx]

IHi Guys,

Im upgrading from a amd san diego 3700 1g ram to the machine below:-

Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core Processor E2180 (2.00GHz,800MHz,1MB cache)
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium SP1 - English
2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [4x512]
Integrated Intel® Graphic Media Accelerator X3100
250GB (7200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive with 8MB DataBurst™ cache


I will use it for video encoding (converting to VOB files) and surfing etc...

will the CPU and GPU be ok? my concern is the GPU will limit me,

What do you think?

Please advise..

Thanks in advance..

 

[xirokx]

it is a prebuilt machine...

there will a second dvd rw going in and a second hdd..

it will be faster then a amd san diego wont it?

whats the difference between the intel core duo and pentimum dual cores?

 

[xirokx]

its £175 inc delivery

surely as its dual core it has to be better then a single core san diego?

i dont have time for a self build..

the video encoding will be using software such as pinnacle studio and I will be encoding camcorder tapes to VOB files..

The budget is £200 inc delivery and V.A.T. which I know doesnt leave me open to much, therefore I saw the above deal and thought that was a good bargain, my only doubt was the gpu which isnt too good but can be changed if really necessary..however the gpu isnt really used for video encoding its more the processor and as its better then the san diego 3700 single core I thought it was a bargain..

If not, what else would you recommend for that money?