CPU Upgrade!

[j_a_d_e]

I just use my computer for internet browsing and running specialist applications realted to outdoor pursuits, such as mapping and recording GPS trails.
Over time, i have noticed that the computer isn’t keeping up with modern uses for the internet, such as Youtube and Google Earth. I have upgraded my internet connection to broadband from a quality provider, however the computer is still noticeably slow when performing a number of tasks.
For the most part, I hope to do much of what I use the computer for now - just a lot more quickly. My digital video camcorder has a Firewire output port, and I want the new computer to be able to take video from the camcorder and create DVDs from it. Last year, a new hard disk was installed; and some time in the near future i plan to buy a new, larger, flat-panel monitor.
My current computer system has the following components:
Case – AOpen HX-45, Midi-Tower ATX Case
Power Supply – AOpen ATX Power Supply, 350 Watts, ATX12V Connector
Motherboard – Gigabyte GA-8IGX
CPU – Intel Pentium 4, 1.8 GHz
Memory – 384 MB (256 + 128MB)
Graphics Card – Integrated On-Board Graphics
Hard Disk – Seagate 160GB Parallel ATA
Optical Drive – Sony CD Writing/DVD-Reader

Special Attention should be made to ensure that the following facilities are available ont eh new system:
A serial port: for connecting the GPS unit
FireWire (IEEE 1394): for connecting the camcorder
Ethernet: for connecting the broadband modem
DVI Port: for connecting a flat-panel monitor in the future.
For software compatibility reasons, the upgraded system will continue to run Windows XP. (I already have a retail boxed copy of Windows XP Home from my current PC).
The proposal should be cost effective (i don’t want to spend money where it isn’t needed). I just want a series of upgrade decisions that will modernise the system, and provide the additional features necessary for my planned uses for the upgraded system.


Out of the following processors which one would suit my needs and why:

Intel CPUs
Intel Core 2 Duo E5200
Intel Core 2 Duo E5300
Intel Core 2 Duo E6300
Intel Xenon Quad core 3330

AMD CPUs
AMD AM2 Sempron LE-1200
AMD AM2 Sempron LE-1250
AMD AM2 Sempron LE-1300

Thank you very much!

 

[mindless728]

none of those cpu's will fit your current motherboard, you would need a new motherboard for any of those chips, the best you could do is a faster pentium 4

btw, i posted in your memory question, and i am thinking you should buy a new computer, between the faster chip (which other people are trying/already done) and more memory, both of those are very expensive since it is so old

 

[Guest]

ur gunna need a new motherboard, get the intel pentium E6300. AMAZING Chip for the price. its like, a Core 2 duo E7000 series cross with a Intel Pentium E5400.

 

[wulfos]

This is not how you do Open University.

Cheater.