now i was browsing through my components website and i stumbled upon an upgrade kit
Komplett.ie - Komplett Upgrade Kit Intel Edition which got me interested.
now the current system has been around for 3 years used by family members, i sometimes use it for a bit of gaming and video and photo editing also.
PC eMachines 8220
MotherBoard -
Trigem Alaska3 Mainboard
Pentium 4 2.80 GHz processer
160 GB Hard Drive
1.5 GB of DDR2 RAM
and few month back i purchased these 2 items to liven it up more.
Sapphire Technology RADEON HD 3850 512MB AGP
OCZ Technology 500W STEALTHXSTREAM POWER SUPPLY
now what got me thinking is for 250eu i get a Q6600 new Mini-ATX motherboard and 2 gb of ram. The reason im interested in Mini-Atx is beacause my current case is a mini-tower and im not planining on a full upgrade.
now my idea was to buy this upgrade keep my current PSU and also buy an extra 500gb Sata drive and instal a fresh copy of windows on that and that should run smooth from there.
but the problem i run into is that i got and AGP HD3850 graphics card which cant be used with the new motherboard and it cost me 100eu which to me seems like a waste. thats the only problem that puts me off buying this upgrade.
Here are some current photos of the pc if it means any difference...i measured the current motherboard and the one in the upgrade package and it seems to be ok so hopefully it will fit the case.
Is this upgrade worth it? Im not planning building a new system any time soon maybe this upgrade can put it off for another while.
Im am not a hardcore gamer but i do enjoy the new games at least being playable with decent fps and i would like to have faster encoding speed with video editing.
Im still open to suggestion on graphics card if anyone has any recomendations decent price and good quality
Komplett.ie - PCI-Express post up your ideas and also ideas on what i should do with my current AGP card.
Thank you for your time.
Ps: Im located in ireland
