Hardware upgrade

[Net Llama!]

On Fri, 14 Jan 2005, Kurt Wall wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 14, 2005 at 04:16:14PM -0600, MHeinrich at genencor.com took 90 lines to write:
> > I've finally decided to upgrade my K2-300 to a newer model.  The barebones
> > system I am looking at has:
> >
> > Case w/430 W PS
> > Asus MB - A7N8X
> > AMD XP 2700+
> > 512 MB DDR400
> > 7 in 1 card reader
> > Lite On CDRW 52/32/52
> > and a video card:
> >
> > MSI GEFORCE FX5200-TD 128MB DDR 8XAGP or
> > FX GEFORCE MX 4000 128MB DDR AGP 8X or
> > ABIT RADEON 9200SE-DT 128MB DDR 8XAGP
>
> I'd probably opt for the Radeon card simply because ATI plays nicer with
> FOSS than NVIDIA. Other than that, I'd get more RAM. Given the cost of RAM
> these days, it's probably the best single upgrade you can buy in terms of
> the performance:cost ratio.

I agree with Kurt on this.  Go with at least 1GB of RAM and you'll
appreciate it.  You might also want to go with a faster CPU.  That 2700 is
getting a bit long in the tooth these days.  If your budget allows, you
might want to even consider an Athlon64.

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