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piyush gupta
Cyborg Agent
Go For 1GB RAM
and some 160GB external HDD
how come u work on 40GB for past 4 years..
my laptop is 160GB and I recently bought one 500GB External HDD for 7K bucks...
and some 160GB external HDD
how come u work on 40GB for past 4 years..
my laptop is 160GB and I recently bought one 500GB External HDD for 7K bucks...
piyush gupta
Cyborg Agent
Sony
a_tif
Journeyman
sata version has a smaller cable thats all. no performance difference
gulgulumaal
Broken In
Hey...hold on...u r missing some things here.
1) Ur Mobo wont have SATA, it'll have only IDE. So u'll need to get an IDE HDD. But future mobos (say 1 year down the line) wont have IDE interface. So if u buy a new IDE hard disk now, u wont be able to use it when u upgrade your system. (which u'll need to do pretty soon...coz ur current system is outdated already) Also IDE HDDs might be slower than SATA.
2) Same argument holds for DVD writer. If u get an IDE writer, using it in future will be troublesome.
3)Surely ur mobo supports DDR RAM only. 1 GB DDR RAM costs close more than 2000 rupees, and it's a dead investment, coz u cant use it on any of the newer mobos. Plus u can get 2 GB DDR2 RAM for a much lesser price.
My suggestion is this.
Instead of upgrading, sell off ur old system and get a new cheap system.
An AMD Sempron + Mobo + 1GB DDR2 RAM will cost u less than 4.5K, whereas ur 1GB DDR RAM alone will cost u 2.3K. But I would suggest u go for an AMD Athlon X2 atleast.
gulgulumaal
Broken In
Yep...u can get ur LCD now itself. Get a good 19 inch widescreen one.
If u r buying ur HDD for storage space alone (movies and stuff) consider getting a SATA HDD + external casing(USB interface) . In future u can use the HDD in ur new system if u want, or else u can continue using it as external. Get a 160 or 250 GB atleast. 80 GB is not VFM
gulgulumaal
Broken In
Hey..it seems u can get a SATA to IDE or IDE to SATA converter for Rs 299. Saw it on ebay.in. If u can get it at ur place, then u can add ur HDD and DVD writer now itself.
bikdel
Alpha Geek Banned
For now, my recommendations are :
160 GB Seagate HDD with SATA... and buy an Internal SATA card that will fit to your computer's PCI slot and give it 2 or more SATA slots.. will cost ~500 but a good investment...
Get 1 GB DDR 400 MHz and sell off your 256 MB to someone...
and get a Sony DVD RW
for monitor id recommend Viewsonic 19 " for < 10000
but take a note of this " does your onboard graphics support 1440*900 resolution? if no then either dont buy the 19" or buy a cheap AGP like FX 5200 to support it....
ragards
bikalp
160 GB Seagate HDD with SATA... and buy an Internal SATA card that will fit to your computer's PCI slot and give it 2 or more SATA slots.. will cost ~500 but a good investment...
Get 1 GB DDR 400 MHz and sell off your 256 MB to someone...
and get a Sony DVD RW
for monitor id recommend Viewsonic 19 " for < 10000
but take a note of this " does your onboard graphics support 1440*900 resolution? if no then either dont buy the 19" or buy a cheap AGP like FX 5200 to support it....
ragards
bikalp
gulgulumaal
Broken In
1GB DRR RAM will cost u 2300 which is a dead investment. I wud say get another 256MB DDR for Rs 650 to get ur system RAM to 512MB (u shud be able to run XP comfortably with that).
If u r ready to spend 2300 for RAM + 500 for SATA adapter, then it's better to upgrade the whole thing.
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