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  • scudbutt
    Junior Member
    Junior Member
    • Sep 2005
    • 22

    Is a faster processor needed?

    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
    Kamen Moderator V3
    • Aug 2003
    • 2059

    #2
    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.
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    • LT. Columbo
      Demigod of Digital Video
      • Nov 2004
      • 10671

      #3
      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.
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      • scudbutt
        Junior Member
        Junior Member
        • Sep 2005
        • 22

        #4
        thanks guys.

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

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        • 2COOL
          Kamen Moderator V3
          • Aug 2003
          • 2059

          #5
          Originally Posted by scudbutt
          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 for you to peruse and drool over.
          2CL C Henshin!
          If you got a dollar for everytime someone called you ugly, you'd be a millionaire...an "ugly" millionaire.±

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          • BR7
            He is coming to your little town!
            • Aug 2005
            • 2137

            #6
            Originally Posted by 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.
            Thats what I have except I have 766 RAM and soon I will be dumping my 40gig HD for a 200 gig HD
            Last edited by BR7; 25 Sep 2005, 05:08 AM.

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            • jm1647
              An Eagles Fan, A MenuShrinker
              • Apr 2005
              • 3661

              #7
              Originally Posted by BR7
              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.

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              • scudbutt
                Junior Member
                Junior Member
                • Sep 2005
                • 22

                #8
                Originally Posted by jm1647
                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

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                • BR7
                  He is coming to your little town!
                  • Aug 2005
                  • 2137

                  #9
                  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

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                  • UncasMS
                    Super Moderator
                    • Nov 2001
                    • 9047

                    #10
                    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****

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                    • BR7
                      He is coming to your little town!
                      • Aug 2005
                      • 2137

                      #11
                      Very cool thanks UncasMS

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                      • jm1647
                        An Eagles Fan, A MenuShrinker
                        • Apr 2005
                        • 3661

                        #12
                        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.

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                        • cynthia
                          Super Moderatress
                          • Jan 2004
                          • 14278

                          #13
                          Originally Posted by 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****
                          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.

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                          • BR7
                            He is coming to your little town!
                            • Aug 2005
                            • 2137

                            #14
                            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/Produc...82E16822151031

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                            • UncasMS
                              Super Moderator
                              • Nov 2001
                              • 9047

                              #15
                              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

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