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[Sinnick]

I think I know the answer to this, but it's nice to get the opinions of others. My PC currently has an Athlon XP 1700 (1.46Ghz) processor & 256MB oF PC2100 DDR RAM. I use it for surfing the net, running office apps, playing CDs & DVDs, and the basic manipulating of audio (wav & mp3) & video (jpg, bmp, etc.). Should I upgrade my PC? If so, to what extent? Thanks in advance.

 

[Space Age Playboy]

I don't know how rich you are, but if I had your PC (and mine is pretty close) I'd save my money for other things.

 

[teh_pwn]

You might benefit from more RAM, say 256 more.

But since you don't game or anything, the next step would be a processor upgrade. ie a new system basically.

 

[miyuru]

Wow we have similar systems, I run a Celeron 1.7GHz (laugh at me) and 256 RAM, forget what kind. Old PC :lol Think we got it during the summer of 2002.

 

[NohWun]

No, don't waste money on a new PC for those tasks. Just get more RAM. Stat!

 

[scorcho]

I think I know the answer to this, but it's nice to get the opinions of others. My PC currently has an Athlon XP 1700 (1.46Ghz) processor & 256MB oF PC2100 DDR RAM. I use it for surfing the net, running office apps, playing CDs & DVDs, and the basic manipulating of audio (wav & mp3) & video (jpg, bmp, etc.). Should I upgrade my PC? If so, to what extent? Thanks in advance.

from what you've mentioned, the most immediate upgrade would be RAM. get at least another 256 stick, though a 512 stick of DDR can frequently be found for 40-45 including shipping at newegg.com

it also depends what you want to upgrade to. i recently made a mini-atx computer for my mom for ~$300 dollars that consisted of a athlon 2000, mini-atx motherboard w/built in sound, 512 megs of DDR, DVD burner, 40 gig HD, radeon 9200 and a snazzy small case and fancy schmancy heatsink. runs the inteweb, office and the occassional game of bejeweled great.