Is Your PC Ready for a System Update?

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Motherboard
CPU I AMD Athlon 64 3500+ (130nm; 2200 MHz, 512 kB L2 Cache)
CPU (Upgrade) AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ (90nm; 2200 MHz, 2x512 kB L2 Cache)
Motherboard & RAM Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe, Socket 939 (Rev. 1.02)Nvidia nForce 4 SLI ChipsetPatriot PDC1G3200 XBLK2x 512 MB DDR-400 (CL 2-2-2-5 2T)
Hard Disk Drive I Hitachi Deskstar 7K250250 GB, 7,200 RPM, 8 MB cache, SATA/150
Hard Disk Drive II (Upgrade) Seagate Barracuda 7200.10500 GB, 7,200 RPM, 16 MB cache, SATA/300
Hard Disk Drive III (Upgrade) Western Digital Caviar WD7500AAKS750 GB, 7.200 rpm, 16 MB cache, SATA/300
DVD-ROM Teac DV-W50 (4x DVD/16x CD), UltraATA
Graphics Card I ATI X850XTGPU: Geforce 8800 GTS (520 MHz)RAM: 256 MB GDDR3 (1040 MHz)
Graphics Card II (Upgrade) Gigabyte Geforce 8600 GTS GV-NX86S256HGPU: Geforce 8800 GTS (675 MHz)RAM: 512 MB GDDR3 (2000 MHz)
Graphics Card III (Upgrade) Zotac Geforce 8800 GTSGPU: Geforce 8800 GTS (500 MHz)RAM: 320 MB GDDR3 (1600 MHz)
Sound Card Integrated
Power Supply Enermax EG565P-VEATX 2.01, 510 Watt
System Software & Drivers
OS Windows XP Professional 5.10.2600, Service Pack 2
DirectX Version 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
Platform Drivers Nvidia Version 6.86
Graphics Drivers ATI Catalyst Suite 7.8
Graphics Drivers Nvidia Forceware 162.18
Patrick Schmid
Patrick Schmid
Editor-in-Chief (2005-2006)

Patrick Schmid was the editor-in-chief for Tom's Hardware from 2005 to 2006. He wrote numerous articles on a wide range of hardware topics, including storage, CPUs, and system builds.