A year ago or so I had a couple of lengthy telephone conversations
with a fellow in NYC named Yoshi Kobari on exactly this topic. His
website is www.kobaristudio.com. He was very polite and helpful, and
went way out of his way to brainstorm with me on how to upgrade an
existing machine as cheaply as possible. He builds and sells DAW
computers professionally. Maybe give him a call. I ended up just
living with what I had, so I cannot say how his service is, but his
phone advice was very useful.

best of luck,

d


(Blind Joni) wrote in message ...
I need to upgrade an existing machine. It is an ABIT MOBO running a Celeron
1.3 with old PC100 ram.
1. Can I replace the MOBO and Processor with a new one running a P4, probably a
3.0 or so..it needs to be an Intel processor.
2. What kind of RAM do I need for this combo.
3. Can I use the same "C" drive meaning leave the old drive in with it's
operating system..XP Pro...how do I have to reset for the new MOBO/CPU.
I know I need to get someone to do the work I'm not qualified to do..I just
want to get an idea what I need so I can price out the upgrade.

thanks,

John A. Chiara
SOS Recording Studio
Live Sound Inc.
Albany, NY
www.sosrecording.net
518-449-1637