Need Help deciding to upgrade

[jr8crew]

I am running a amd athlon xp 2400+ processor with 512 mb dual ddr Corsair XMS ram, on a asus a7n8x-e deluxe board with 200 gb eide hdd, i recently bought a sony digital 8 camcorder and when i am doing encoding and extracting rar files into mpg i have noticed that my computer slugs along trying to multitask and open another window, iwas wondering if there is anyone that could help me decide on what to upgrade.

1. more ram to 1 1gb kit of dual ddr

2. raid 2 maxtor sata 120 gb hdd

3. or buy a 3500+ athlon 64 processor with a asus a8v board and use my memory i have in my computer right know before i upgrade that to 1 gb kit and raid 2 sata hdd later

want to try to stay between 250 - 500 dollars

Thanks Tony

[lordsmurf]

Moved to computers...

[johns0]

3. or buy a 3500+ athlon 64 processor with a asus a8v board and use my memory i have in my computer right know before i upgrade that to 1 gb kit and raid 2 sata hdd later

want to try to stay between 250 - 500 dollars

Thanks Tony

IMHO thats your best bet,since i went to athlon64 multitasking has gotten a lot smoother with less bog down.

[jr8crew]

Thanks for the help, i have been looking on the web and found a bundle at www.zipzoomfly.com, its amd athlon 64 3500+ with a asus a8v-deluxe board for $386 and i think i'll look into getting a thermaltake fan for the cpu also

Thanks for the help

Tony

[bazooka]

Go with option 3

[funkguy4]

dude, your rig beats the hell outta mine
and i ai'nt upgrading for at least another year =(

not to discourage you of course, i'd really like to be able to do my transcoding a lot faster.......

GO FOR NUMBER THREE MAN!!!