Hi,
I'm on a budget and don't want to buy a LCD display for now (I use a good old CTR monitor so the gaming will be limited to 1024×765 for the time being) with a VGA port and my trusted ACNOR (multilingual) PS/2 keyboard. I'm not a gamer but would like to enjoy Lara Croft in Tomb Raider Anniversary and Underworld and other 3D application like a chess program with 3D chessboard and videos. I may install Adobe CS3 as I have a graphic design background but these days I mostly do internet and office work.
Configuration:
Asus P5B-VM SE
Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 2.13GHz
NVIDIA (eVGA, Asus, etc) GeForce 8600GT
Kingston, Corsair, etc. 2GB (× 2 1GB) DDR2
Seagate Barracuda 320GB
Sony NEC Optiarc DVD-RW
Antec Sonata III (PSU 500W)
Windows XP Pro or Vista Premium?!? just don't know
Is this configuration already obsolete? How can I improve the set-up giving my limited budget and old peripherals? Do the selected components work well together or are there any issues? I use many programs so I'm not sure if I should go with Vista which will manage the dual cores better, or XP which will handle more programs and peripherals. I want this system to be stable and long lasting above all. I'm graduating from a PII with W98SE after 10 years of use. I don't RAID, SLI or OC, I'm just a modest user.
Thank you
Frankie
I'm on a budget and don't want to buy a LCD display for now (I use a good old CTR monitor so the gaming will be limited to 1024×765 for the time being) with a VGA port and my trusted ACNOR (multilingual) PS/2 keyboard. I'm not a gamer but would like to enjoy Lara Croft in Tomb Raider Anniversary and Underworld and other 3D application like a chess program with 3D chessboard and videos. I may install Adobe CS3 as I have a graphic design background but these days I mostly do internet and office work.
Configuration:
Asus P5B-VM SE
Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 2.13GHz
NVIDIA (eVGA, Asus, etc) GeForce 8600GT
Kingston, Corsair, etc. 2GB (× 2 1GB) DDR2
Seagate Barracuda 320GB
Sony NEC Optiarc DVD-RW
Antec Sonata III (PSU 500W)
Windows XP Pro or Vista Premium?!? just don't know
Is this configuration already obsolete? How can I improve the set-up giving my limited budget and old peripherals? Do the selected components work well together or are there any issues? I use many programs so I'm not sure if I should go with Vista which will manage the dual cores better, or XP which will handle more programs and peripherals. I want this system to be stable and long lasting above all. I'm graduating from a PII with W98SE after 10 years of use. I don't RAID, SLI or OC, I'm just a modest user.
Thank you
Frankie