What would you change

tumbleweedldc · 25 Aug 2006 at 07:12

Hi guy`s got £150 burning a hole in my pocket what would you change or add to my system excluding the graphics card dont need a all singing and dancing one this is my spec at the moment NOT USED FOR GAMES
amd 4200 dual core
asus a8n-e
1gb balistic 2*512
nvidia 6800
1x 80 gb hard drive for windows sata
2x 80 gb hard drives for data
using the inbuilt sound with cambridge soundworks 5.1 surround
viewsonic vx912 19 mon
logitech laser keyboard and mouse

Slogan · 25 Aug 2006 at 07:37

What brand are the hard drives?

robertgilbert86 · 25 Aug 2006 at 07:38

I vote for the dual core, but if you just want windows to be quicker, choose the RAM

tumbleweedldc · 25 Aug 2006 at 07:54

the hard drives are sata-samsung spinpoint and the other 2 are old western digital

Slogan · 25 Aug 2006 at 07:58

tumbleweedldc said:
the hard drives are sata-samsung spinpoint and the other 2 are old western digital

Ah, you're safe enough then. :cool:

I would suggest upping the RAM. Seems like the most logical thing to do - although if your budget was considerably bigger, it would be Conroe time.

tumbleweedldc · 25 Aug 2006 at 08:10

thanks for that if i went for memory what would be a good choice it seems that a lot of the ddr mem has gone in favour of ddr2

Slogan · 25 Aug 2006 at 08:20

tumbleweedldc said:
thanks for that if i went for memory what would be a good choice it seems that a lot of the ddr mem has gone in favour of ddr2

I think Gibbo said a while ago that the DDR was slowly being edged out.

As for the RAM, I have no idea as I don't touch anything AMD related - so you would best seek advice from someone else as far as that's concerned.

I have GEIL Ram in my Intel system and it's working fine - had trouble with my GSKill RAM (Board compatiability problem) and you can't go wrong with the likes of Corsair.

tumbleweedldc · 25 Aug 2006 at 19:46

Looks like memory then thanks for that just got to decide what now