To upgrade or not to upgrade?
ValveFloat
SLC, UT
Here's my system:
Athlon (thunderbird) 1.2Ghz
512MB PC2100 DDR
Asus A7N8X MB
Hds'....etc,
I know I have a lot of headroom with my motherboard and, and I've been playing with the idea of an upgrade. I'd like to keep cost to an absolute minimum. I mostly need a new case, but I thought that if I could find a cheap XP+ and another gig or so of memory that I'd enjoy the boost (and maybe fold a little faster too...)
Anyhow, can anybody explain to me why I should or should not explore an upgrade right now? The cost/performance increase is important to me and if it would be more logical to just buy a new board/cpu/memory then I'll hold off until that is financially feasable.
Suggestions of setups and where to purchase the stuff i'd need would be helpful too.
Thanks!
Athlon (thunderbird) 1.2Ghz
512MB PC2100 DDR
Asus A7N8X MB
Hds'....etc,
I know I have a lot of headroom with my motherboard and, and I've been playing with the idea of an upgrade. I'd like to keep cost to an absolute minimum. I mostly need a new case, but I thought that if I could find a cheap XP+ and another gig or so of memory that I'd enjoy the boost (and maybe fold a little faster too...)
Anyhow, can anybody explain to me why I should or should not explore an upgrade right now? The cost/performance increase is important to me and if it would be more logical to just buy a new board/cpu/memory then I'll hold off until that is financially feasable.
Suggestions of setups and where to purchase the stuff i'd need would be helpful too.
Thanks!
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Unless you have a buddy willing to give you the parts, IMO it's not worth it. I just went through the same decision process when my wifes' XP board died.