Re: O/T hardware upgrade
From: Alex Nichol (alexn.mvpdts_at_ntlworld.delete.com)
Date: 04/30/04
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Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 12:53:03 +0100
Tobamore wrote:
>Hello, as I said in the subject line, this is off-topic, but it does include
>Win XP. I am thinking of upgrading my PC, the specs are as follows;
>
>Win XP Pro
>Athlon XP 2400 cpu
>512MB PC2100 Ram
>Radeon 9800 Pro video card
>Asus A7N8X Deluxe mobo
>
>What do you think would be the best upgrade bang for buck? This is for an
>all round multimedia system, I tend to think that maybe changing my Ram to
>PC 3200 or better or a more powerful cpu may be the way to go, but I'm not
>sure.
That is pretty well balanced and I doubt if there is much to be gained
short of a complete rebuild round a new mobo and CPU with the latest RAM
(do not, whatever you, do try to add a different RAM type to what you
have).
Some more of the same RAM might help *if* you are loading it up heavily.
Go to www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_pagefilemon.htm and download the
utility. Use it to check how much *actual* use you make of your page
file. If that is more than a trivial 30 or 40 MB, more RAM might
improve things, and the extent of use would suggest the amount.
The most useful speed up might come from a faster hard disk. You
probably have a 7200 rpm one; certainly if it is slower a 7200 would
help, but the very fast 10500 ones are becoming a practical proposition
now
-- Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies) Bournemouth, U.K. Alexn@mvps.DEL8.org (remove the DEL8 bit)
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