Upgrading from 3500+ help?

[StevenG]

as the title said i want to upgrade from my 3500 as it just isnt cuttin it anymore. it takes ages to encode video and dvd's.

i need something that is ubber quick to handle the encoding. but not too expensive

i am wanting to keep the cost down so i am using my current board. msi K8n Neo 2 platinum NF3

i was looking to spend arround £300 on the chip. - if its dual core i will need some dual core encodin software??? any ideas?

and i need some ram to make overclocking a possibility??? any ideas???
looking at arround £200 for the memory

thanks in advance for any replies!

 

[StevenG]

msi k8n neo 2 platinum
1GB or twinmos ram
running the chip at 2.3 (Newcastle core i believe)
it takes about an hour and a half to 2 hours for a full dvd with menus and chapters and stuff using WinDVD Creator 2
and about an hour with WinAVI Converter

 

[StevenG]

yea its the 64bit chip and its skt 939

the rest of my systems is OKAY running a sata drive with a "system" partition of 40 gig and a 140GB editing drive to store images and other crap.

 

[StevenG]

in winavi im using the highest quality and what looks like direct ac3 sound i am converting on a speed preference rather than quality. god only knows how slow it would be on quality

just found out im using 192000 bitrate on the audio...

 

[StevenG]

i cant remember the last time i formatted my pc
im doing a convert now at the lower bitrate as you suggested and i dont have the option to chage the output size..
my cpu is at 50'c

 

[StevenG]

CPU RUNNING AT 51'C AND IT TOOK EXACTLY ONE HOUR TO CONVERT A FULL MOVIE TO DVD.
STILL THINK I NEED AN UPGRADE?????

 

[StevenG]

well i think i will see what i get paid and re-post when ive got the money... ive just got 468 in 3d mark 05 lol

 

[StevenG]

4400 £325
PCX BOARD????
7800GT????

- could get the chip now and the board and card later??? or should i go it the other way arround?

 

[StevenG]

whats the best/fastest/free defrag software???

 

[StevenG]

okay sounds good.. but should i get the 4400 or a opty and overclock it??? bare in mind that i dont know how to overclock...

 

[StevenG]

current ram is very poor i think ill stick with the 4400

 

[StevenG]

is it worth the money tho... will i get much of a performance increase?

 

[StevenG]

kool. the free software should be nice too.