PC Gurus,
Need your comments on an upgrade Iam planning (In India).
Currently iam on a P3-1.2Ghz, 128mb Ram with win98 and a 20GB harddisk
Decided to go for an upgrade.
I have upgraded tiwce earlier, but with intel.
My requirements are quite simple,
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1. High speed browsing
2. Download and watch movies
3. Connecting to Office network occasionaly through VPN
4. Editing Spreadsheet and big Documents
5. Absolutely no gaming, hence not very much concerned abt display card performance.
Iam looking for a
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1. Value for money upgrade
2. MOBO protected for atleast 1.5 to 2 years against obsolesence
Please comments on the following.
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Q.1 Do i upgrade to Intel based system or change over to AMD
Q.2 Which upgrade will be future protected.
Q.3 Currently I have a configuration in mind
Mobo : MSI - RS480M2-IL (integrated VGA, S-ATA Raid, PCI-E 16X)
Proc: AMD Athlon 64 - 3000 - 939 socket
RAM : 256 x 2 , DDR
HDD : Seagate 80 GB SATA
OS : Win XP
Is this upgrade good enough for my requirements ?
Thanks in advance.
Need your comments on an upgrade Iam planning (In India).
Currently iam on a P3-1.2Ghz, 128mb Ram with win98 and a 20GB harddisk
Decided to go for an upgrade.
I have upgraded tiwce earlier, but with intel.
My requirements are quite simple,
---------------------------------------
1. High speed browsing
2. Download and watch movies
3. Connecting to Office network occasionaly through VPN
4. Editing Spreadsheet and big Documents
5. Absolutely no gaming, hence not very much concerned abt display card performance.
Iam looking for a
------------------------
1. Value for money upgrade
2. MOBO protected for atleast 1.5 to 2 years against obsolesence
Please comments on the following.
------------------------------------------
Q.1 Do i upgrade to Intel based system or change over to AMD
Q.2 Which upgrade will be future protected.
Q.3 Currently I have a configuration in mind
Mobo : MSI - RS480M2-IL (integrated VGA, S-ATA Raid, PCI-E 16X)
Proc: AMD Athlon 64 - 3000 - 939 socket
RAM : 256 x 2 , DDR
HDD : Seagate 80 GB SATA
OS : Win XP
Is this upgrade good enough for my requirements ?
Thanks in advance.