upgrading

[Captain Vodka]

looking to upgarde a 3 yr old irg. .

will install win7 to take advantage of 64bit extra ram etc

and extend a hdd to a 2tb module

at present

HP Pavilion Elite m9373.uk-a

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/...10905&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&product=3755523#N185


Motherboard IPIBL-LP
Form factor: microATX - 24.4 cm (9.6 inches) x 24.4 cm (9.6 inches)

HP 500 GB Personal Media Drive (7200 RPM)


Chipset:
Northbridge chipset: Intel G33 Express
Southbridge chipset: Intel ICH9R
Memory sockets: 4 x DDR2
Front side bus speeds: 1333/1066/800 MHz
Processor socket: 775
Expansion Slots:
1 PCI x16 slot for graphics card
2 PCI x1 slots
1 PCI slot

Intel Core Quad Q9300

4gb ram (Speed: PC2-6400 MB/sec)

will put in a 750w new psu as i already have that

so guess im looking at extending ram, can i run ddr3 8gb x 2sticks in ths?

new gfx card, 1 GB etc

so being a non pc of an amobea understanding level, what advice could yoiu give me on an upgrade

budget, guess £300-400

 

[Captain Vodka]

oh its running vista 64bit at moment but know vista wasnt ever . . 'wonderful. . .

 

[Captain Vodka]

it will be used for large raw file editing, 14bit per chanel Raw 128mb single file size images converted to 8 bit tifs. and ofcourse running the obligatory gaming "oh i should be woerking but need to kill and maime'

so BF3 and FSX etc

the psu is a new 750 w corsair.

ive know idea if its sata connected im afraid. The link above doesnt state

 

[Captain Vodka]

checked they are sata

 

[Captain Vodka]

hey thanks for that, didnt thik about upping the cpu but its showing its age i guess. cheers much appreciated

 

[Captain Vodka]

opps will do