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12/14/2006 6:28 PM

	anand
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Best Option - Upgrade or New PC

I've a Intel Pentium 4 CPU 2.40 GHz system. Will it be better to upgrade the system by adding additional hardwares or purchase a new system with Intel Core Duo?

I need to add extra RAM, Hard Disk, DVD Drive and a Graphics Card (NVidia) for Windows Vista if I plan to upgrade. But I require opinions.

12/14/2006 6:49 PM

	vasu
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Re: Best Option - Upgrade or New PC

If budget is no constraint, you can straight away go for completely new machine, else You can upgrade RAM , HD, DVD writer, Graphics card PCIe based.
But you have to balance between them as your earlier Hard disk may not be SATA , And if you again purchase HD/ DVD drive , it may not be SATA which again may not be suitable for future Mother boards , though some of them have support for both.
So you have to take decision considering these factors. make a comparison budget wise how much is the difference for an upgrade and a completely new system. Anyway you can use the monitor for the upgraded system or can go for new 17" atleast..
Anyway Vista will run on your present system also , if you are having RAM atleast 512M and hard disk of atleast 10GB.

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12/18/2006 7:30 AM

	Soumitra Sengupta
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Re: Best Option - Upgrade or New PC

anand.n wrote

I've a Intel Pentium 4 CPU 2.40 GHz system. Will it be better to upgrade the system by adding additional hardwares or purchase a new system with Intel Core Duo?

I need to add extra RAM, Hard Disk, DVD Drive and a Graphics Card (NVidia) for Windows Vista if I plan to upgrade. But I require opinions.

Depends on your motherboard-how much RAM it will support.Best will be visit Vista's home page and check what are the minimum hardware required for upgrading to Vista.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/

12/19/2006 6:39 PM

	Srinath Sadda
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Re: Best Option - Upgrade or New PC

In my point of view,

Your present system configuration is good. Try to see Vista H/W Configuration Page and also see the Vista Upgrade Advisor. The Newer version of Upgrade Advisor scans entire system and displays the Upgrade Report with solutions.

Vista Upgrade Advisor Home Page : http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/upgradeadvisor/default.mspx

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