opinions wanted, on ram,hdd and winxp 64bit

[tack$ter]

i wanted to know, whats best 'value for money, and performance'
i have a new AMD2500+ 64bit,with a gigabitek8 4 slot board(pc3200) 4 sata etc...256meg raidon graphics card.
i have 2 cheap ass no name 512mb ddr 400 rams.
question 1)
a)buy 2 more the same
b) buy kingston dual sided
c) buy b)with cooling attachments.
d)buy 1 gig and have some day a 4 gigs of ram.

question 2)
i have a western digital 200 gig 8 meg 7200rpm HDD IDE sould i
a) keep it
b) buy a sata hdd
c) brand?

question 3)
i have winxp pro sp2.
sould i
a) stick with it
b)get xp for 64 bit(does it improve anything?)
c) is the media centre much good, should install it(i have) , i mainly play games,sometimes watch movies,want to do some paint programs)

thankyou truely in advanced,
tack$ter

 

[lee101]

question 1: Probably be best tpo buy some branded, like kingston if you wanted to upgrade, but 1 gig is sufficient for most people

question 2: Keep it, unless you want loadsmore storage space, i wouldn't say SATA drives are much, if any faster than normal ide

question 3: Either stick with it or go for media centre, i have media centre and i don't really think there is much of an advantage with it, unless you are using your pc in a home theatre, in which case install media centre, and i wouldn't even consider xp 64 unless you are confident that you can find drivers for all your hardware, as there are lots of compatability issues with it, and not really much performance increase

hope that helps you

Lee

 

[tack$ter]

yes thanks, it does.

reassurance really.

in the far future, i may get more ram, but for now...its sweet.

cheers!

 

[Flipper]

Question 3 :

Stick with XP, it is still an overall great operating system, and Windows Vista just won't be that great, not to mention how many bugs OS's have when they first release.

As for the 64 Bit Edition, it really isn't that great, I have personally tried it and have seen it no better, just crapper driver support especially for audio and network.