brushedsun
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HI Guys,
I have had my HTPC for a couple of years now and yesterday i got a shiny new 3d 47LW450U 3d tv and unfortunately my HTPC is struggling to playback the 3d content, so i have decided to give it an upgrade.
My Current system is
AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5000+
3gb PC2-4300 (266 MHz)
GA-MA78GM-S2H motherboard with ATI Radeon HD 3200 on board Graphics
thermaltake DH101 case
1 x 2tb hard drive
2x 1tb hard drive
Alpine 64 PRO
bequiet 400w psu
I am planning on keeping the case and upgrading the spec. Currently the system is running win 7 ultimate 32 bit but i am going to upgrade this to 64 bit
so i have 2 options
1 replace the motherboard, processor and ram and either go onboard graphics or buy a graphics card
2 upgrade the processor and memory and add in a graphics card.
Ideally i am not looking to spend more than £350
so i suppose if i go option 1 or 2 i would like to hear any thoughts or recommendations on what path to go on
I have had my HTPC for a couple of years now and yesterday i got a shiny new 3d 47LW450U 3d tv and unfortunately my HTPC is struggling to playback the 3d content, so i have decided to give it an upgrade.
My Current system is
AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5000+
3gb PC2-4300 (266 MHz)
GA-MA78GM-S2H motherboard with ATI Radeon HD 3200 on board Graphics
thermaltake DH101 case
1 x 2tb hard drive
2x 1tb hard drive
Alpine 64 PRO
bequiet 400w psu
I am planning on keeping the case and upgrading the spec. Currently the system is running win 7 ultimate 32 bit but i am going to upgrade this to 64 bit
so i have 2 options
1 replace the motherboard, processor and ram and either go onboard graphics or buy a graphics card
2 upgrade the processor and memory and add in a graphics card.
Ideally i am not looking to spend more than £350
so i suppose if i go option 1 or 2 i would like to hear any thoughts or recommendations on what path to go on