HD or CPU?

Originally posted by Bahamut: well I am debating now with myself this... should I buy a HD so I can store more stuff, MP3s, games whatever, or should I just stick with my old 4.1 Gig drive and settle in for a new (amd more expensive) new Processor (maybe an Athlon 900)? Everthing will be of course fast, but then no space still for another game say.. Dungeon Siege and NWN or even my own crap once I learn how to draw in the PC... but then I would love to have a new processor.. help? [img]smile.gif[/img]

Save the money, untill you can afford a whole system. You can buy a reasonbly fast modern computer for around $1,000 US.

[Staralfur]

Originally posted by Wurm: quote: Originally posted by andrewas: Not if you stick them on different channels. Stick it on the secondary channel alongside the CD-ROM and you have a nice place to keep backups and CD-images to burn on to the CD-R on the primary channel. Thats if you have a CD-R.

It will still slow the computer down even on IDE2..but your right in the case of a K6-2..it wont matter that much.[/QUOTE]Do I understand this correctly? If put an old 5200rpm HD as a secondary HD (just for storage) in a spanking new computer it will slow the whole system down.

[Animal]

KG2? Go with a new CPU and mobo, but spend some $$$ on the mobo to get a decent one. I like ASUS, but everyone's different. I doubt the mobo you have now, supports even ATA66 for hard drives, so your prob stuck at 33 not even close to the 100 or 133 that new drives are. The drives are backwards compatible, but you'd lose a lot of performance. If your on a limited budget, pour most of your cash into the mobo, making sure that you can run up to at least 1.3GHZ, but save some cash by going with a 800 or 900 Duron, if AMD's your thing. When your wallet opens up a bit, grab the HD then upgrade the proc to the most your board can handle. Welcome to the never ending money pit of computers

[Beltazar]

Originally posted by Bahamut: well I am debating now with myself this... should I buy a HD so I can store more stuff, MP3s, games whatever, or should I just stick with my old 4.1 Gig drive and settle in for a new (amd more expensive) new Processor (maybe an Athlon 900)? Everthing will be of course fast, but then no space still for another game say.. Dungeon Siege and NWN or even my own crap once I learn how to draw in the PC... but then I would love to have a new processor.. help? [img]smile.gif[/img]

Ok, her's what you need to do. Upgrade your whole computer if you can. But if your computer can alreday handle the games, and the new tech games that are coming/came out then get a new hd.. It slows you down tremendously. Trust me...used to have one :\

[Sir Kenyth]

Originally posted by Staralfur: quote: Originally posted by Wurm: quote: Originally posted by andrewas: Not if you stick them on different channels. Stick it on the secondary channel alongside the CD-ROM and you have a nice place to keep backups and CD-images to burn on to the CD-R on the primary channel. Thats if you have a CD-R.

It will still slow the computer down even on IDE2..but your right in the case of a K6-2..it wont matter that much.[/QUOTE]Do I understand this correctly? If put an old 5200rpm HD as a secondary HD (just for storage) in a spanking new computer it will slow the whole system down.[/QUOTE]It will slow down the IDE interface it is on IF there is a faster device on it also. Some settings are for the entire IDE port, therefore the settings will only go as fast as the slowest device on the cable. That's why you should never put your HDD and CD ROM on the same cable.

[Wurm]

Originally posted by Staralfur: quote: Originally posted by Wurm: quote: Originally posted by andrewas: Not if you stick them on different channels. Stick it on the secondary channel alongside the CD-ROM and you have a nice place to keep backups and CD-images to burn on to the CD-R on the primary channel. Thats if you have a CD-R.

It will still slow the computer down even on IDE2..but your right in the case of a K6-2..it wont matter that much.[/QUOTE]Do I understand this correctly? If put an old 5200rpm HD as a secondary HD (just for storage) in a spanking new computer it will slow the whole system down.[/QUOTE]*edit* OOPS just read Sir Kenyth's post.. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

[ 04-22-2002, 01:58 PM: Message edited by: Wurm ]

[MILAMBER]

Not to be depressing, but if a "new" cpu is a Duron 900, and your current HD is a 4.1 gig, then I'd say you need to upgrade both. For $100-$150 you could get a newer 1.3 ghz Duron and a 20 gig hd easily. Check out this site for some good prices.