Hey everybody, I'm new here, and I hope you can help!
Anyways, right now, I'm running:
2000 Gateway
1 ghz Pentium III
256 RAM
Unknown Motherboard
ATi Radeon 9600 Pro
80 gb Western Digital Primary HD
20 gb Seagate Secondary HD
What I'm looking at:
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Retail $210
ASUS K8N-E Deluxe Motherboard $140
KINGSTON 2X256 mb 400MHZ CL3 DDR DIMM $80
ENERMAX EG325P-VE SFMA 320W NoiseTaker PSU $50
First of all, those four things would be the only things I want to upgrade. Case remains the same. Are there any better/cheaper setups out there? This would be used for some gaming, some video editing, and simultaneous large photo editing.
If this setup is O.K., what will I need to do to my current computer to install this? (someone said that I couldn't swap from a Pentium to an AMD). I'm willing to reformat and reinstall Windows XP onto the 80 GB HD, where it is now. The 20 GB is where I store my files, will that need to be touched? How should I go about doing this? Thanks!!!
Anyways, right now, I'm running:
2000 Gateway
1 ghz Pentium III
256 RAM
Unknown Motherboard
ATi Radeon 9600 Pro
80 gb Western Digital Primary HD
20 gb Seagate Secondary HD
What I'm looking at:
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Retail $210
ASUS K8N-E Deluxe Motherboard $140
KINGSTON 2X256 mb 400MHZ CL3 DDR DIMM $80
ENERMAX EG325P-VE SFMA 320W NoiseTaker PSU $50
First of all, those four things would be the only things I want to upgrade. Case remains the same. Are there any better/cheaper setups out there? This would be used for some gaming, some video editing, and simultaneous large photo editing.
If this setup is O.K., what will I need to do to my current computer to install this? (someone said that I couldn't swap from a Pentium to an AMD). I'm willing to reformat and reinstall Windows XP onto the 80 GB HD, where it is now. The 20 GB is where I store my files, will that need to be touched? How should I go about doing this? Thanks!!!