oh yeah, and hit F1 (usually, or whatever button you've gotta hit to get to the BIOS settings) when your system's starting up and i think the name of your motherboard should be somewhere in there, so that'd be a good place to start, check online as to how high of a processor it'll support
-----Original Message----- From: joe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 2:33 PM To: Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List Subject: [dnb-prod] RE: New CPU or Fill it with RAM??? check www.pricewatch.com - motherboard "combos" (motherboard, processor, and usually a fan) are pretty cheap now adays... look into a decent amd thunderbird, people swear by them, and they technically beat any of intel's comparable chips in speed... but yeah, the most ram you can fit is always the first thing to do, i guess, but i'm on a p3 500mHz machine with 392mb of ram, and the ram's useless cause my processor's still choking everything. good luck, and be really careful about motherboard compatibilities, stick to big names if you decide to go the amd route, or you can get slightly raped for intel prices, but know everything's pretty compatible. joe -----Original Message----- From: Daniel Norman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 4:16 AM To: Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List Subject: [dnb-prod] New CPU or Fill it with RAM??? Hi, At the moment i have a Pentium 2 450 CPU in my PC and 192MB RAM. I'm just wondering what i could do to seriously speed up the PC for editing my tracks. It takes about 3 mins to save the undo and then EQ a 6min track in Cool Edit Pro and i get a bit fed up waiting... Would it be better to fit a new CPU (about �100 i guess) or just bring the RAM up to 512MB to make a difference to the speed (only �40)? I have no idea what my motherboard is (what do i need to know?), but if i changed the processor, whats the most powerful one that will definitely still fit a 1999 motherboard (that works fine with a PII 450)? I realise i can't just slot in a P4 1.5ghz (unfortunately)... Cheers for any info... Dan DISCLAIMER: The Information in this message is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this message by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, or distribution of the message, or any action or ommision taken by you in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. Please immediately contact the sender if you have received this message in error. This E-mail and any attachments are believed to be free from viruses but it is your responsibility to carry out all necessary virus checks and Vertase Ltd. accepts no liability in connection therewith. --- Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
