Worth it to try to upgrade??

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  1. Sixcmtall

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    I Have a HP a220n. Over the past 2 years I upgraded the HD to a 200GB, videocard to an ATI All-in-Wonder, cd-rw drive to a dvd-rw drive, and a few other minor upgrades. Now I'm looking into buying a new computer, but it seems everyhing I want is 1200 or more. Would it be worth it to buy a new case, new mobo, and new processor? I figure I can get away with spending a few hundred that way. Would all the components from the a220n work if i were to do this? I realize i still will need to upgrade other components later, but it seems like this would be functional until i could upgrade the video card and such again. Thanks for any help in advance!
     
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    well, what processor do you have,

    the video card should be fine, unless you plan to play something like Elder scrols oblivion. other than that, you should be fine.

    P>S. It is never bad to have to much memory, or a better mobo.
     
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    the processor is a 2.08-GHz Athlon XP 2600... id like to put one of those Intel dual core processors in it though
     
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    you will need a new psu as well. go for someting in the 400-500w area, that should be enough.
     
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    I'm not a great lover of Aspire PSUs, nor any cheap PSUs for that matter. Cheap power units have a nasty habit of becoming very expensive.

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819115005 $180
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813128017 $123
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820227058 $102
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817128003 $111
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102022 $200
    To run a Core 2 Duo and make good use of it you'd be lookng at something like that lot, total cost $716. A PCI express video card and DDR2 RAM are compulsary for a Core 2 Duo. That mobo is about the best around, as is the power supply, and I personally wouldn't skimp on either of these components. 1GB of RAM is adequate. Video card is largely up to you, but it makes sense to upgrade that while you're at buying a new one, and those X1900GTs are very good value for the performance.
     
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