I assembled a computer about 18 months ago and the current kit includes:
ASUS A7V266-E Socket A motherboard
2 x 256MB PC2100 DDR RAM
NVIDIA GEFORCE 2 MX-400 64MB AGP
AMD ATHLON XP1800 (1.53GHZ)
Along with a decent 7200 HD, CD rewriter etc.
I'm using the computer more for video editing, Photoshop work, and some gaming. My initial instinct said upgrade the CPU. If so, should I go for the AMD XP 2700 (333mhz)? Does the 266 bit on my motherboard mean I can only run 266 speed processors? What would happen if I used 333mhz? Should I upgrade the MBoard?
How about a memory upgrade? Maybe another 256 or 512MB? Should I go for the same PC2100 DDR ram, or mix it with something faster?
I'd appreciate any advice. Thanks... I need to get my list off to Santa
ASUS A7V266-E Socket A motherboard
2 x 256MB PC2100 DDR RAM
NVIDIA GEFORCE 2 MX-400 64MB AGP
AMD ATHLON XP1800 (1.53GHZ)
Along with a decent 7200 HD, CD rewriter etc.
I'm using the computer more for video editing, Photoshop work, and some gaming. My initial instinct said upgrade the CPU. If so, should I go for the AMD XP 2700 (333mhz)? Does the 266 bit on my motherboard mean I can only run 266 speed processors? What would happen if I used 333mhz? Should I upgrade the MBoard?
How about a memory upgrade? Maybe another 256 or 512MB? Should I go for the same PC2100 DDR ram, or mix it with something faster?
I'd appreciate any advice. Thanks... I need to get my list off to Santa