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General Category => Hardware => Topic started by: james58 on May 05, 2005, 07:14:49 AM

Title: minimum upgrade
Post by: james58 on May 05, 2005, 07:14:49 AM

current setup: asus a7n8x mobo, athlon 1800 (1.5 ghz) cpu, pc3200 ddr, maxtor 120 gig hdd, hauppage tvr350 video capture, ati aiw (older model ?) and windows xp.  I don't do any gaming.  I just want to capture video and pictures from my camcorder and make DVD's. I guess the computer can only be as fast as the slowest device so do I really need a super cpu if everything else is slower.  Thanks for the advice.

Title: minimum upgrade
Post by: groorg2 on May 09, 2005, 07:37:51 AM

Don't be fooled by all the advertisement.  What you have is probably fast enough for your needs.  Why buy a porsche if you live in the city when a volkswagon will get you there just as fast.