Topic: UPGRADING BOTH HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE

[varunknockout]

DEAR GENIUS,

 8)[1 U.S DOLLAR = 46 INDIAN RUPEES] 8)
MINE IS A HOME COPUTER HAVING CONFIGURATION P2 400MHZ,192MB RAM,40 GB 72000RPM SAMSUNG HDD,1.44  FDD,CREATIVE 52X INFRA CD-ROM DRIVE(RUINED),SiS 6326 8MB AGP CARD,YAMAHA DS-XG SOUND CARD,MERCURY MOTHERBOARD.I WISH TO TURN MY HOME PC TO A FULLY ENTERTAINABLE ,GRAPHIC PROFFESSIONAL AND GAMING PC.
ENTERTAINMENT
GIVE INFORMATION, PRICE AND TIPS FOR THE BEST PRODUCTS OF THE FOLLOWING:-
1.    I WANT TO BUY A DVD-ROM IN PLACE OF MY RUINED CD-ROM
      DVD ROM <RS.5000\-,16X OR >(GREATER)DVD,50X OR > CD
2. LAN CARD <RS.1500
3.    IS MY SiS 6326 8 MB AGP CARD IS SUFFICIENT FOR BETTER DISPLAY.
4.     WHICH SOFTWARE (FREEWARE) WILL PROVIDE US WITH KAROKAE SYSTEM IN PC.


GRAPHIC PC
I WANT TO RUN LATEST VERSIONS OF WINDOWS XP,3DSMAX AND PHOTOSHOP SMOOTHLY.IS MY CURRENT CONFIG. IS ENOUGH TO RUN THESE SOFTWARES? IF NOT, HOW I HAVE TO UPGRADE MY PROCESSOR, RAM, AGP CARD OR CURRENT CONF. IS ENOUGH?
I WANT TO SETUP A SMALL BUDGET COMMERCIAL WEBSITE.WHAT R THE HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS?
GIVE INFORMATION, PRICE AND TIPS FOR THE BEST PRODUCTS OF THE FOLLOWING:-
1. PROCESSOR(PREFER-ATHLON XP 2000+)<RS.5500
2. MOTHERBOARD FOR ABOVE PROCESSOR <RS.5500  (PREFERABLY NFORCE2 POWERED)
3. AGP CARD <RS.2000
4. VIDEO CARD JUST TO INPUT MY HOME VIDEOS <RS.2000
5. OTHER HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS.

GAMMING
I HAVE 2 GAME PADS OF SEAGATE VIDEO GAMES (CATRIDGE) .IS IT ENOUGH TO CONNECT TO COMPUTER FOR ACTION GAMES .IF YES, HOW?
IF NO, GIVE INFORMATION, PRICE AND TIPS FOR THE BEST PRODUCTS OF THE
GAME PAD <RS.1000 AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS.

CAN U ALSO MENTION THE NAMES OF  BEST AND LATEST SOFTWARES AND THE SOURCE TO DOWNLOAD OR BUY IT:-
                                                                         
1. 3D AUTHORING TOOL
2. DVD SOFTWARE PLAYERS                         (FREEWARE  AND SHAREWARE)
3. SYSTEM UTILITY SUITES
4. WEB AUTHORING TOOLS
5. ANTIVIRUS PROGRAMS
6. FIREWALLS
7. OFFICE SUITES
8. OPERATING SYSTEM (LINUX)
9. IMAGE EDITING SOFTWARE
10. NEWER VERSION OF FLASH
11. AUDIO ENCODERS                                          FREEWARE    
12. BROWSER                                                                ,,
13. BROWSER PLUGINS                                              ,,
14. COMPRESSION TOOLS                                         ,,
15. DOWNLOAD MANAGERS                                    ,,
16. EMAIL CLIENTS                                                     ,,
17. IMAGE VIEWERS                                                   ,,
18. INSTANT MESSENGERS                                       ,,
19. MOVIE PLAYERS                                                   ,,
20. MUSIC PLAYERS                                                    ,,
21. PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
22. DEVELOPER TOOLS
23. VIDEO EDITING SOFTWARE

[bat69]

Hi there  

WoW that is some list ... I'll have to get back to you ... this will take a little time to work on


Most DVD drives will do .. these days its easy to pick up a 16x speed DVD ROM .. and quite cheaply

Heavy graphics and the latest games will require a new more upto date card, this will depend entirely upon what you want to run


Need to research a little bit now

[Adept]

Hi varunknockout

Sorry to take so long replying to you, you have quite a list of questions there.

You are right in thinking that your current PC will not run some of the high-performing graphics applications, although it should be OK for running Windows XP.

Your preferred processor and motherboard should cope with your requirements more than adequately. I would also recommend that you upgrade your memory to at least 512MB, more if you intend to manipulate large images in Photoshop.

To find sources for your list of software, I would start with Google. You can usually find any software you are looking for using this search engine.

I would also use Google to find local suppliers for the hardware that you require.

Hope this helps