I am needing to upgrade my computer. It is a 3 year old Dell Deminsion 4100. Here are a number of things I would like to upgrade. What would the best way or best product to get to do so. 1. I would like to upgrade to XP. 2. I only have 256 RAM and would like atlest 256 more. What is the highest I could get and what type of RAM should I get. 3. I would like to add a second hard drive strictly for songs and videos. What is the procedure for going about that? 4. And lastly I need a new fan (not sure if its the power supply or central CPU fan that is so loud). How, where, and what kind should I get? last one... 5. I would love to have a DVD burner b/c I am editing videos and would like to put them on a cd. What is the best kind to get? Thank you so much for taking time to read this. I really appreciate it. Thanks in advance!

buying a new computer with the features you want might be a better idea. An older PIII isn't the best for editing video. The Sony Viao comes with great video software.

I don't want to buy a new computer.

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