Hi there
My first and only PC that I've been using for quite some time now is a Pentium III 1Gig with 512Mb of ram and a really dodgy Fastfame mainboard. I'm not a hardcore gamer but I would like to be able to play a decent game now and then (but that's not essential). I work with Photoshop and Illustrator a lot and I also use the PC for video capture and copying DVD's.
I'm finally getting round to upgrading and at the moment I've got 2 choices (Unfortunately, since I live in Southern Africa choice is not a commodity in large supply). Both are at the top end of my budget (which is not much). The main differences are:
PC1: Has an ASUS P5B-vm mainboard with 512Mb of DDR2-800 ram and a Core 2 Duo E4300 PCU, and
PC2: Has an ASUS P5LD2-vm mainboard with 512Mb of DDR2-667 ram and a Core 2 Duo E6300 PCU
Everything else is the same for each machine. I was hoping for a bit of advice from people who know a bit more (probably a lot more) about these sorts of things than I do, so what do you reckon? Which one should I go for? - and why?
My first and only PC that I've been using for quite some time now is a Pentium III 1Gig with 512Mb of ram and a really dodgy Fastfame mainboard. I'm not a hardcore gamer but I would like to be able to play a decent game now and then (but that's not essential). I work with Photoshop and Illustrator a lot and I also use the PC for video capture and copying DVD's.
I'm finally getting round to upgrading and at the moment I've got 2 choices (Unfortunately, since I live in Southern Africa choice is not a commodity in large supply). Both are at the top end of my budget (which is not much). The main differences are:
PC1: Has an ASUS P5B-vm mainboard with 512Mb of DDR2-800 ram and a Core 2 Duo E4300 PCU, and
PC2: Has an ASUS P5LD2-vm mainboard with 512Mb of DDR2-667 ram and a Core 2 Duo E6300 PCU
Everything else is the same for each machine. I was hoping for a bit of advice from people who know a bit more (probably a lot more) about these sorts of things than I do, so what do you reckon? Which one should I go for? - and why?