Thinking of Upgrading...

[Dark_ph0enix]

Hi,
I've had my Acer Aspire Revo 3600 for about 6 months now, and so far it's been perfect - plays back 1080p content no probs (after installing CoreAVC + Media Player Classic) - the only problem I've had, was the recent NVIDIA driver breaking the sound over HDMI, which was a pain, but not the end of the world.

However, I'm thinking of upgrading the machine - I wanna replace the existing HDD, and increase the RAM to 4Gb (I know Windows won't be able to see all of it). However, before ordering the actual parts I thought I'd create a quick thread here, to check that I'm ordering the right things

For the HDD - I'm thinking of replacing the 160GB hdd with a 500 GB one - specifically this one:

http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/-/2148/1415/ ... type=genre

I know it's not 7200rpm - I'm more interested in the increased space than the speed, as the stock hdd is 5400rpm, and well that's fast enough for me atm

Secondly - the RAM. I'm thinking of getting this:

http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/6857060/K ... oduct.html

Do both those options look OK? If not can anyone point me in the direction of more appropriate components?

Thanks in advance

[sgriffin]

Hi,
I've had my Acer Aspire Revo 3600 for about 6 months now, and so far it's been perfect - plays back 1080p content no probs (after installing CoreAVC + Media Player Classic) - the only problem I've had, was the recent NVIDIA driver breaking the sound over HDMI, which was a pain, but not the end of the world.

However, I'm thinking of upgrading the machine - I wanna replace the existing HDD, and increase the RAM to 4Gb (I know Windows won't be able to see all of it). However, before ordering the actual parts I thought I'd create a quick thread here, to check that I'm ordering the right things

For the HDD - I'm thinking of replacing the 160GB hdd with a 500 GB one - specifically this one:

http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/-/2148/1415/ ... type=genre

I know it's not 7200rpm - I'm more interested in the increased space than the speed, as the stock hdd is 5400rpm, and well that's fast enough for me atm

Secondly - the RAM. I'm thinking of getting this:

http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/6857060/K ... oduct.html

Do both those options look OK? If not can anyone point me in the direction of more appropriate components?

Thanks in advance

HDD is a good one. The memory is wrong, you'll want two sticks of 2GB 800MHz PC6400 instead. Your machine probably has two sticks of 1GB right now.

[aceadam]

ya u need 2x2gb sticks