Upgrade of old PC - Memory & HDD

[matthobson]

Hey.

I am thinking about upgrading an old ish PC. It still works OK on moden games etc but struggles on video editing..

My Specs are:

450W Power
3.2GHZ P4
Corsair TwinX 1024MB c2 3200LL pro
Sapphire HD 2600XT Graphics AGP
Abit IC7 MAx 3 mobo
Sound Blaster Audigy ZS
160 GB Seagate SATA
8X DVD +/-R/RW (IDE)

I was initially looking to get some more HDD space.. but then saw some cheap memory.. So I have 3 questions:

1) Is the HDD here OK?:

http://www.microdirect.co.uk/(20670)...007200rpm.aspx

2) Should I get an extra 1GB of memory as below? Would the fact that it is not the same speed as my current memory (above) be an issue? - or would the performance gain be worth it:

http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?WebProductId=237278

3) Would a better DVD writer really help here or is the performance negligible?

http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?WebProductId=713742


Cheers!!!

[staffsMike]

Memory speed shouldn't be an issue

seagate HDD's are on scan's today only
http://www.scan.co.uk/todayonly/

free delivery too as a hexus member

Doubt the DVD drive will do all that much.

[Will404]

Possibly go for a larger HDD, as it only costs a few quid more.

DVD upgrade wont make much of a differance.

And the concerns about the memory...they both run at the same speed DDR PC3200 (400MHz), so latencys would be the only real differance. And the extra memory would make a huge boost in preformance, so go for it

[matthobson]

Hey!

Thanks guys.. just about to go ahead with the 360GB HDD and the memory... how do i get free shipping from Scan as a Hexus member?

Cheers

Matt

[Will404]

Here is a link to the page which you need to use/look at:

http://forums.hexus.net/scan-care-he...tup-guide.html