Upgrading my Computer - any advice welcolme

[adrian1]

Hi

I am shortly planning to upgrade my computer by fitting the following parts:-

AMD Athlon 64 (ADA3700BNBOX) 3700 CPU Skt 939 San Diego Retail

ASUS A8N-SLI Premium skt939 nForce4 Gigabit Ethernet Firewire
8channel audio motherboard

Maxtor 6L300S0 DiamondMax 10 300GB 7200RPM SATA/150 16MB Cache -

256MB PCI-E NVidia Inno3D GeForce 6800GS GDDR3 256-Bit SLI DVI TV-out VIVO

I also plan to increase the ram from 1gb to 2 gb ddr400 pc3200

My current configeration is as follows:-
--------[ EVEREST Home Edition (c) 2003, 2004 Lavalys, Inc. ]-----------------------------------------------------------

Version EVEREST v1.51.195
Homepage http://www.lavalys.com/
Report Type Report Wizard
Computer USER-HS3KV3VQ0I (Family)
Generator User
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition 5.1.2600 (WinXP Retail)
Date 2006-02-18
Time 21:24


--------[ Summary ]-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Computer:
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
OS Service Pack Service Pack 2
Internet Explorer 6.0.2900.2180 (IE 6.0 SP2)
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
Computer Name USER-HS3KV3VQ0I (Family)
User Name User

Motherboard:
CPU Type Intel Pentium 4A, 2533 MHz (19 x 133)
Motherboard Name Abit BD7II-RAID (5 PCI, 1 AGP, 3 DIMM, Audio, LAN)
Motherboard Chipset Intel Brookdale i845E
System Memory 1024 MB (DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type Award (05/03/02)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM2)
Communication Port Printer Port (LPT1)

Display:
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT (128 MB)
3D Accelerator nVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT PCI-E
Monitor Plug and Play Monitor [NoDB] (ETL5209015)

Multimedia:
Audio Adapter Creative SB0090 Audigy Platinum Sound Card

Storage:
IDE Controller Intel(R) 82801DB Ultra ATA Controller
SCSI/RAID Controller HPT372 UDMA/ATA133 RAID Controller
Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive
Disk Drive WDC WD80 0BB-00JHC0 USB Device (74 GB, USB)
Disk Drive Maxtor 6Y080L0 (80 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/133)
Optical Drive ARTEC WRR-4848 (48x/12x/48x CD-RW)
Optical Drive HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDR8161B (16x/48x DVD-ROM)
SMART Hard Disks Status OK

Partitions:
C: (NTFS) 78152 MB (35953 MB free)
F: (FAT32) 76290 MB (48270 MB free)

Input:
Keyboard Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse PS/2 Compatible Mouse

Network:
Network Adapter Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC (192.168.0.2)
Modem Intel(R) 536EP V.92 Modem

Peripherals:
Printer HP PSC 750
USB1 Controller Intel 82801DB(M) ICH4(-M) - USB Controller [A-1]
USB1 Controller Intel 82801DB(M) ICH4(-M) - USB Controller [A-1]
USB1 Controller Intel 82801DB(M) ICH4(-M) - USB Controller [A-1]
USB2 Controller Intel 82801DB(M) ICH4(-M) - Enhanced USB2 Controller [A-1]
USB Device HP PSC 750 USB
USB Device USB Mass Storage Device


Does anyone have any comments re.this upgrade & any problems you might forsee?

Regards

Adrian


ps.Can I transfer Windows XP SP2 off my existing drive as well as all the data I have on it, & if so how?

Sorry for the length of the e-mail but thought it better to give my full system spec.

[flanzig1]

Probably will want to upgrade your PSU to ATX 2.0 in the 500W range.

[glc]

You can clone the old drive to the new drive with Maxblast, then do a repair reinstall of XP.