AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000 AM2 - £118.59
Abit AN9 32x Socket AM2 - £105.69
2x Corsair PC6400 2GB Kit - so 4GB. £69.33
Total: £362.93
It's been a while since I upgraded my pc as you can see, and the existing rig is in my sig, would these components happily add to my current machine, and two questions:
A) Using dual core etc, is there any noticable difference from using IDE and SATA HDD's atm.
B) Am I wise to wait for dx10.0/1 (whatever) and vista to be widely used, and nice games out and til I upgrade my x850xt, which I am happy with at the moment. Would it be worth the extra £100 for a x1950xt, when should I expect to buy a dx10 card and actually use it, because I know for sure I don't want vista yet.
C) Yes my power supply is 450w, but a strong 450w, that'll do until I upgrade graphics card won't it?
Any suggestions, maybe dropping 2gb ram and getting new graphics etc? Maybe a different mobo? Thanks alot.
Abit AN9 32x Socket AM2 - £105.69
2x Corsair PC6400 2GB Kit - so 4GB. £69.33
Total: £362.93
It's been a while since I upgraded my pc as you can see, and the existing rig is in my sig, would these components happily add to my current machine, and two questions:
A) Using dual core etc, is there any noticable difference from using IDE and SATA HDD's atm.
B) Am I wise to wait for dx10.0/1 (whatever) and vista to be widely used, and nice games out and til I upgrade my x850xt, which I am happy with at the moment. Would it be worth the extra £100 for a x1950xt, when should I expect to buy a dx10 card and actually use it, because I know for sure I don't want vista yet.
C) Yes my power supply is 450w, but a strong 450w, that'll do until I upgrade graphics card won't it?
Any suggestions, maybe dropping 2gb ram and getting new graphics etc? Maybe a different mobo? Thanks alot.