2007-07-24, 11:50 | Link #21 |
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Corsair/OCZ/Crucial (particularly crucial are the best ram you can buy) but, with DDR400 and the processor you're running, it's only going to be very very marginal gains, even when you benchmark.
I went from ddr2 667 to ddr2 800 on the same system and my benchmarks were only 200 points higher on 3dMark05. (DDr2 667 - 8966, DDR2 800 - 9157) In terms of gaming/real world performance that's about a 0 gain. And I don't mean to write off your gear, but I'd seriously consider hanging on to my cash and buying a new mobo and cpu and ram and gfx card. $250USd and you're set. (with the way things are going 2 gig ram, an x2 or c2d and a mobo will set you back $150) |
2007-07-25, 10:19 | Link #24 |
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@Migufuchi:
Well, I don't know what you're looking into right now, but hey, there're some up-to-date mobos that go for really cheap nowadays. You don't need to go with a 680i to get a good, reliable and fast system. I don't have "real" figures at the moment, but I'd say you could get a decent motherboard for 70 bucks. Depending on your current processor and socket type, you can even keep your current cpu and don't even need to spend the money on that. If you could give us more info on what you want to do, I think we could help a little more.
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2007-07-25, 14:36 | Link #26 |
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I don't think you can get much cheaper than $110 for a mobo and a cpu for dual core. At least not until quad core is about to be superceded by opto core or something. Even now the cheapest motherboards for p4's are around $40-$50. The Intel P4's are still around $60-$70.
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2007-07-26, 15:46 | Link #29 |
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@hobbes:
Well yeah, but like I said, if he already has a processor with the same socket type and the new motherboard accepts the processor (which they usually do) he won't need to get a new CPU, which should save some cash. Unless he wants a separate computer instead of just an upgraded one. @ Migufuchi: Well then for that you'll probably be fine with a gig of ram and with a bottom-to-medium line of either Intel or AMD CPUs. 64x2's are selling for pretty cheap now, some are even 70-90 bucks depending on the speed and they're dual core, which is a plus. And although I don't recommend taking my word for it since I don't know if what I'm saying is accurate - and if not, please correct me - I wouldn't bet a lot that having a dual core would speed up the burning process. Maybe a faster processor will, but I'd say your CD/DVD-R and media are the mostly responsible for burning time.
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2007-07-26, 21:49 | Link #31 |
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Well, personally I don't see the point in laying down extra cash on a platform that is nearing the end of its operational life-cycle. Buying a stick of DDR 400 ram at around $50-$60 USD isn't really good value IMHO, especially considering it will have a minimal effect overall on hos PC's performance. I mean add around $100-$120 and you get a viable x2 platform and 1 gig ram.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813135039 $101 x2 3600+ and mobo although the PCI slot only runs at x8 it's not a massive issue unless you're plonking in a 7900gs or higher. (Although I've chucked an x1950pro in a similar mobo and the difference was negligible.) I'm looking a his mobo and well, there's not a lot of life in it, I mean AGP is dead, DDR is dead. if he wants to stick with his p4 LGA775 well http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813186111 and 1 gig of ddr2 667 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820146580 for something like $70 total. he can reuse his P4 LGA775, HDD, DVD. I feel it not worth it to spend $50 on ddr ram, when for $20 more he can get a new mobo supporting ddr2 ram, and 1 gig of ddr2 667 |
2007-07-27, 05:39 | Link #32 |
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@hobbes_fan your actually right the board is kind of old hmm about 2years and it did experience so much stress before..e.g.(brownouts,many crashes and blue screens..) I should really buy a new board..also do I have to reformat my hard drive since I will be buying a new board??
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2007-07-27, 10:13 | Link #35 |
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depends on the type of HDD.
1. Is it SATA or IDE? SATA has a write speed of of up to 3.0gb/s, IDE has 133mbps (I think need to verify) 2. Cache size, current standard seems to be 8 or 16 mb, what s cache? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cache 3. speed. 10,000 rpm's is the max it seems, but generally 7200rpm is standard. Also that board could be ebayed for $20 or so. It's at the end of its lifespan as a desktop pc, it still can be used as a server motherboard. In any case it's best if you do a clean re-install of your o/s. a 40 gig hdd shouldn't be a nightmare to burn to dvd (You'll probably only have 20 gig or so of data, everything else will be xp files or app data) Also, I'm sure there are better deals out there, unfortunately newegg and tigerdirect are the only places I know of. as a general rule AMD for tight budgets (processors and motherboards are cheaper) Intel Core2Duo for mid range and higher. And when I meant the motherboad was dead, all I meant was the technology on that board was not being developed anymore. (DDR Ram, AGP) have a look around tomshardware.com or anandtech.com, I used those sites to scope a budget gaming rig. |
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2007-07-27, 22:46 | Link #37 | |
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148231 or for $10 more you get double the capacity, 8mb cache and sata. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148230 I'd be looking at Maxtor drives in particular for value - they will only be producing OEM (Seagate owns them now but they still have to support the warranty), there should still be some NOS somewhere that will be heavily discounted because the Maxtor brand-name is dead and will be difficult to move. |
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2007-07-27, 23:48 | Link #38 | |
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Oh yeah is it really true that core2duo don't consume much energy than P4 processors? |
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And as far as I know, yes, C2Ds have less energy consumption than P4s. They're also considerably cooler because of that. If I remember correctly, P4s run around the 1.4's whereas you can run a mid-end C2D at 1.225~ volts, so that comes out to be a pretty considerable drop in the heat it produces. It also overclocks like crazy. I ran my 6400 at 3.2 and 1.28-1.30 voltage for over a month without issues, and the temperature wasn't that high at all.
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2007-07-28, 00:37 | Link #40 |
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Again depends, the AMD X2 dual cores up to I think the X2 4400+ are, For the Pentium Core2Duo (not to be confused with pentium D which nobody buys anyway) I think its up to the E4300 series that is energy efficient. Basically it should say 65w on the packaging. I'm more familiar with AMD stuff than Intel, I haven't owned a desktop model since I had a P2. I think they're the ones with an actual energy efficiency rating.
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