Another is it bottlenecking thread.

Hello,

This is in one of my machines.

AMD Sepron 3400+

256KB L2 Cache
90nm
TDP = 62W
Cool’n’Quiet supported
1.4B Vcore
Clock @ 1.8Ghz

512MB DDR2 Ram

160GB Seagate Sata HDD

DVD ROM/CD RW

Will this system bottleneck a low profile 8400GS @ 512MB? This isn't for gaming, just probably making some miniture spread sheets, microsoft word documents, and HD content, with some web surfing.

I am thinking of getting a blu-ray drive some day, but I don't know if the computer will be bottleneck with some component. The 8400GS can decode HD stuff though. Thanks for suggestions!

Ahh I understand, bt do you think a CPU upgrade is nesscesary? I was thinking either the 5000+ AMD Athlon or the 4850e. Which one do you reccomend?

For the limited use you have planned, I would say not really.

Heres a good article discussing HD decoding http://www.tomshardware.com/review [...] 030-9.html

Part 3 of that series pits a 2600 and a 2400 vs 8600 and 8400, however all those tests were on a Core2 machine. My guess is the 8400 should have enuf muscle to handle the HD, but an upgrade to a dual-core in the 2.2-2.6Ghz range would help incase it doesnt.

When this cpu was out, it was Intel that was crap. Nice telling the OP that his/her cpu is trailer park, tho in iots day, it put a beat down on anything Intel

Sharken=fanboi, pure unadulterated trailer trash

Pure stupidity and ignorance right there.

I used to use an AMD 3500+ and an AMD 4400+ (which my wife now uses). In their day, they were the way to go. Intel was lacking at the time. AMD was where it was at. Today things are different. Tomorrow though, who knows.

Set up properly, and using the right software, your GPU may actually be able to handle that HD encoding/decoding. At least that's what nVidia has touted for some time now.