Is a faster processor needed?

[scudbutt]

I'm going to get my first dvd writer(nec3540a),I'll also be getting a seagate 250gb hard drive to replace my dinky 40gb.

I've never burnt dvd's before but have done cd's.

With the improvements above will I need a bigger processor than the md athlon 1.7 that I have at the moment.

If so what would you suggest?
My pc is 4yrs old & runs xp.

thanks.

[2COOL]

A fast cpu is always a good idea. Don't know what speed is out in the market now but buy whatever fits your budget. You know you may also have to get a new motherboard. I'm fine with my Intel 3.2 GHz.

[LT. Columbo]

you certainly don't NEED to do it, but it would be better. i upgraded my pc from the same to a 2.4 celeron and 512 RAM....i was quite happy with the improved speed after that, everything was very noticeably faster, that was my first upgrade.

[scudbutt]

thanks guys.

I've got 512ram already if you think I need a new mother board I may start from scratch & build a pc.

[2COOL]

if you think I need a new mother board I may start from scratch & build a pc.A new motherboard would make your system more optimal with your faster CPU. Here is a good motherboard review site (http://www.motherboards.org/) for you to peruse and drool over. :P

[BR7]

you certainly don't NEED to do it, but it would be better. i upgraded my pc from the same to a 2.4 celeron and 512 RAM....i was quite happy with the improved speed after that, everything was very noticeably faster, that was my first upgrade.Thats what I have except I have 766 RAM and soon I will be dumping my 40gig HD for a 200 gig HD

[jm1647]

Thats what I have except I have 766 RAM and soon I will be dumping my 40gig HD for a 200 gig HD

Don't dump the 40GB unless you hafta, you could leave the OS on it and use the 200GB for storage. 2 HDD is nice, I have 4.

[scudbutt]

Don't dump the 40GB unless you hafta, you could leave the OS on it and use the 200GB for storage. 2 HDD is nice, I have 4.

dumping it was the wrong phrase.
I'd like to keep both but I'm not sure how to go about it

[BR7]

I thought about that but someone told me it wasn't a good idea because the 40 gig runs I think at 5400 rpms and the new one will run at 7200 so they wouldn't work well together if that isn't true I would love to make the new on run as my second HD it would make things a lot easier

[UncasMS]

use the new one as primary drive but dont get fooled that a 5400rpm and 7200rpm drive wouldnt work well together - that's total bull****

[BR7]

Very cool thanks UncasMS

[jm1647]

Before I replaced a drive I had a 30GB 5400 rpm drive with my OS on it as Drive 0 and a 60 GB 7200 rpm drive as drive 1 on the primary IDE channel and it was ok. I just replaced the 60GB with a 160GB and moved the 60GB to drive 0 with the OS and put the 160GB as drive 1 on the primary channel. I got a DVD burner and rom on the secondary IDE and a 200GB and a 160GB HDD on a SATA/150 PCI controller card.

[cynthia]

use the new one as primary drive but dont get fooled that a 5400rpm and 7200rpm drive wouldnt work well together - that's total bull****True, I have an old 6 Gb hard disk on the same channel as my master disk - no problems.

The only problems I have faced is to connect very old IDE disks to RAID channels.

[BR7]

Sorry for going a bit off topic but I did not know they made HDs that run at 15,000 RPM its a Maxtor 73GB sells for $465.00 It would be nice to have when the price comes down on this.Here is the link http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822151031

[UncasMS]

i thought wd raptors were the fastest drives so far (10.000rpm- 4.5ms seek)

i rather need a little more storage space than the ~74gb and as i dont want too much noise i wouldnt even think about 10.000 - 15.000 rpm

[jm1647]

I'm with UncasMS - I'd rather have the storage capacity vs the speed of the HDD. For the price of the 73GB you could probably get close to 1TB of storage for that price with 7200RPM drives. I got a 200GB 7200RPM Maxtor on sale at staples for $79 - my Discover Card cashback of $25 = $54.

[BR7]

I'm with UncasMS - I'd rather have the storage capacity vs the speed of the HDD. For the price of the 73GB you could probably get close to 1TB of storage for that price with 7200RPM drives. I got a 200GB 7200RPM Maxtor on sale at staples for $79 - my Discover Card cashback of $25 = $54.
I would rather have storage then speed also what I was getting at was it would be nice for the price to come down and pay around what we are paying for the 200 gig 7200rpm HDs
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EDIT

Just to let who ever is interested know I found Seagate 250GB 7200RPM
for only $69.99 Expires on 09/30/2005 http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1265028&SRCCODE=WEBGOOHD&CMP=KNC-GOOGL

[anonymez]

i would like just one hard disk at a faster speed and lower capacity, for windows programs and games (you'd be amazed how much game loading times are reduced with a 10,000rpm!). slower speeds and larger capacity for storage/digital video only...