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Tmaxxfan

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6. May 2005 @ 18:35

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Right now i have a gatway 2000 i know.. i know, old with a celeron 700 mgh processor with 192mb memory, 20gb HD. looking to upgrade to an athelon XP3200 processor and 200 gb HD and 1gb DDR ram i know these are general specs but as i say don't know much bout this field. just looking for some opinions. as to if these are good general upgrades to speed up dvd burning. any recommendations will be appreciated. thanks. Eddie

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ludlum

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6. May 2005 @ 19:12

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dvd burning also relys on the dvd "burner" that you have, what are the speeds for the burner you have?

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Tmaxxfan

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6. May 2005 @ 19:17

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dvd burner is an HP 300n but mostly im looking to increase encoding speed more than actual burning speed, and i was told that the xp 3200 would make a huge difference. Acutual burn time is bout 20 minutes but encoding time ranges from an hour and a half to 2 hrs with no deep analysis. think the Hp i have burns at 2.4 max.

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ludlum

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6. May 2005 @ 20:12

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it probably would, but for the best answer you should check out the other forums for the actual dvd burners and that

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baabaa

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7. May 2005 @ 00:23

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Any CPU that is in excess of 1.5Ghz will benefit you no end and help out with encoding times etc.
In increase in RAM and type would also improve the situation, and yes a higher rated burner will cut your speed time by at least half........but you could purchase that at a later date......to minimise costs etc, if that is of course an issue.

However you are looking at a major upgrade, which would result in CPU/Motherboard and Memory and HD to start with and what you suggest would in fact be a 'major' step forward, and you would notice and immediate improvement, especially as I expect your HD to be quite heavily fragmented aswell as it also very small in order to manage the Gb's of movies, so a 200Gb would be most beneficial.........

Hope this helps, if you need any other info just post, and Welcome to Afterdawn

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baabaa

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7. May 2005 @ 00:24

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'edited', suffered from the shakes there and double posted........LOL

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Beware of the Pixies - they move in over night and turn your life upside down

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Tmaxxfan

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7. May 2005 @ 10:48

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Thanks for the replies,atleast i know im headed in the right direction.

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baabaa

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7. May 2005 @ 11:09

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Glad to have helped, anymore q's just post them...............catch ya around the forum..................

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