Hi Techspot Friends,
I'm learning more everyday about the more technical side of computers, and could use some advice on upgrading my current, and somewhat outdated, system.
Motherboard:
CPU Type AMD Athlon 64, 1800 MHz (9 x 200) 3000+
Motherboard Name Unknown
Motherboard Chipset ATI Radeon Xpress 200, AMD Hammer
System Memory 2048 MB (DDR SDRAM)
Display:
Video Adapter Radeon X1600/1650 Series Secondary(256 MB)
Video Adapter Radeon X1600/X1650 Series(256 MB)
3D Accelerator ATI RV530 Pro
Hard Drive:
Drive #1 - WDC WD25 00JS-00NCB1 SCSI Disk Device (232 GB) SATA
Basically, I'm of the opinion that the current Socket 939 is limiting my ability to move into Dual Core Processors, and that upgrade would require me to buy a new MoBo. If I'm wrong about that I guess that simplifys things, but as of now I'm thinking I need a new MoBo and CPU, and as long as I'm replacing those two things I might as well upgrade the Graphics Card, and Hard drive too.
I use this computer for jsut about everything; Work, Music Production, Graphic Design, and Gaming. Any help is greatly appreciated.
I'm learning more everyday about the more technical side of computers, and could use some advice on upgrading my current, and somewhat outdated, system.
Motherboard:
CPU Type AMD Athlon 64, 1800 MHz (9 x 200) 3000+
Motherboard Name Unknown
Motherboard Chipset ATI Radeon Xpress 200, AMD Hammer
System Memory 2048 MB (DDR SDRAM)
Display:
Video Adapter Radeon X1600/1650 Series Secondary(256 MB)
Video Adapter Radeon X1600/X1650 Series(256 MB)
3D Accelerator ATI RV530 Pro
Hard Drive:
Drive #1 - WDC WD25 00JS-00NCB1 SCSI Disk Device (232 GB) SATA
Basically, I'm of the opinion that the current Socket 939 is limiting my ability to move into Dual Core Processors, and that upgrade would require me to buy a new MoBo. If I'm wrong about that I guess that simplifys things, but as of now I'm thinking I need a new MoBo and CPU, and as long as I'm replacing those two things I might as well upgrade the Graphics Card, and Hard drive too.
I use this computer for jsut about everything; Work, Music Production, Graphic Design, and Gaming. Any help is greatly appreciated.