Shackman
re audio n video.
frankly mate i'm not au courant with all the pc offerings on
the video side.
are you wanting to do video editing too ??
you might want to check out magix,com
if i remember they have some inexpensive video manipulation software.
also i dont know how far this has come ddclip..
http://www.softlab-nsk.com/ddclipro/index.html
dont hold me to it but i think you can mix audio n video.
n do video editing ??

yes i feel your pain mate and the need to document.
ive lost over 50 good elderly in my family in the last 10 yrs now.

ps..re your single core amd.
yes it would need a big upgrade ..ptolly not worth it.
what i do wit old systems is , when i get a new pc..
the old one is used for the net or i strip the drives out of em
and put the drives in a cheapo enclosure n use the drives
for added back up.

retired puter engr....powertracks on amd......NICE !
"what is the black art of audio engineering ?"
my silly songs...motagator.com/bmanning
see my tips in the tips section.