Upgrading old pc

[woofercooker]

Can you talk about buying used components on here? if so then great, i currently have this set up which im using as a media pc with XP im upgrading to win 8, it copes well enough with 1080p movies but im not sure if upgrading to win 8 will slow things down much. Basically i want to just upgrade it on a budget with used parts just to give it a boost up as i only use this rig for movies and old school games which it copes with ok at the moment but would be nice if it were a little quicker.


Antec Black Fusion V2 MATX MediaCenter Case - 430W PSU

Intel Pentium Dual Core E2220 2.4GHz

Gigabyte GA-G31M-S2L iG31 Socket 775 mATX

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3485#ov

OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 Platinum XTC Memory Kit CL4 2.1V


8800gt 512mb

im thinking 4gb ram and a better cpu is as good as its going to get? WIll a better GPU effect video playback? what cpu would be the best if im not going to overclock?

 

[woofercooker]

A SSD will make things happen a nice bit "snappier" and I think is a good investment.

Deffo looking into these! Somebody has just told me win 8 is quicker than xp is this true?

Just for the heck of it what is the cheapest Matx mobo/ram/cpu combo that would blow my current set up away? if its not much im tempted to just buy new, its only a media pc the most demanding thing is 1080p videos sometimes youtube in 1080p becomes choppy and out of sync and i have to watch in 720p, its ok for downloaded stuff but sometimes i get slow seeking.

 

[woofercooker]

I'd get an SSD first and go from there, if your not happy, then it's not wasted anyway, as you can still use it with your new bits

Think i will try this first, as like you say i can use it in a new build.

What are peoples thoughts on win 8 vs xp performance wise? im hearing mixed things some people are saying that its more efficient than xp even on older machines? Is this true because if that's the case i think i can hold onto socket 775 for a while, The only issues i have is 1080p is choppy on youtube 720p is fine and also some 1080p files are a bit slow and choppy when seeking but ok if i just leave them to play. I Just need a little extra boost an ssd another 2gb ram and maybe pick up a cheap cpu a q6600 is cheap enough im just worried that windows 8 will cripple my pc and make me need to upgrade everything anyway.