My present system:
Intel P4 2.4Ghz
768mb Pc2700 Ram
GeForce Fx 5700
Asus P4PE mobo
Creative Audigy platinum
Maxtor 60gb
Segate 80gb
Nec CDROM
Samsung CDRW/DVD
My planned system:
AMD Athlon 64 3500+
MSI Neo2 platinum
Antec Sonata + additional fan
+old components
I am planning to build a new PC. I planning a spending not more than $600, but thats just for the Case+Mobo+CPU. As such I need it to be quiet since I am planning on trying to get a mail server running on this machine. I mostly listen to music and browse the net on my PC, but I am also into audio/video editing/encoding and bit a of gaming (HL2). I've got several questions:
1)Considering my present system, is there any point in upgrading? This is especially relevant considering that I am getting a state of the art laptop in june 2006.
2)Is it viable to upgrade my present system? As I see it the biggest bottle neck is that my mobo only supports AGPx4.
3)I know that GHz and cache sizes aren't everything in CPUs, but I still feel weird that the new AMD that I am planning to buy will have less GHz than my present CPU.
4) The Antec case that I am planning to buy is black, my CDROM covers are all grey is there anything I can do about that?
5)I've got my present system WinXP optimized for my needs. It will be a pain to get everything set up just as I want it (especially considering the lack of 64 bit applications). Would it be possible to simply put my present HD into the new system and let windows simply update the hardware settings?
Intel P4 2.4Ghz
768mb Pc2700 Ram
GeForce Fx 5700
Asus P4PE mobo
Creative Audigy platinum
Maxtor 60gb
Segate 80gb
Nec CDROM
Samsung CDRW/DVD
My planned system:
AMD Athlon 64 3500+
MSI Neo2 platinum
Antec Sonata + additional fan
+old components
I am planning to build a new PC. I planning a spending not more than $600, but thats just for the Case+Mobo+CPU. As such I need it to be quiet since I am planning on trying to get a mail server running on this machine. I mostly listen to music and browse the net on my PC, but I am also into audio/video editing/encoding and bit a of gaming (HL2). I've got several questions:
1)Considering my present system, is there any point in upgrading? This is especially relevant considering that I am getting a state of the art laptop in june 2006.
2)Is it viable to upgrade my present system? As I see it the biggest bottle neck is that my mobo only supports AGPx4.
3)I know that GHz and cache sizes aren't everything in CPUs, but I still feel weird that the new AMD that I am planning to buy will have less GHz than my present CPU.
4) The Antec case that I am planning to buy is black, my CDROM covers are all grey is there anything I can do about that?
5)I've got my present system WinXP optimized for my needs. It will be a pain to get everything set up just as I want it (especially considering the lack of 64 bit applications). Would it be possible to simply put my present HD into the new system and let windows simply update the hardware settings?