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 for you to peruse and drool over.

[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/Produc...82E16822151031

[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