Another upgrade question

[slick2005]

Im running a XP 2700/333 system with 1gb of ram, 6800 video, its runs decent, should i upgrade to a AMD64 3400/3500 cpu with a new board and memory (3200) or is AMD coming out with something new that will bring prices down even further, how much of a performance increase am i looking at?

 

[FreshFish]

What speed is the RAM you have now? Why not OC that 2700 to a ~3200 and leave it at that for awhile, then upgrade when everything is cheap?

 

[slick2005]

Ram is crucial 2700, how do I overclock it to 3200, I know i do that in the bios, what are the exact multipliers that i use?

 

[FreshFish]

I believe your multipliers are locked with this chip, so you will have to overclock by bumping up the FSB. The RAM you are using runs by default at the same FSB as that processor, I think, so you would also be overclocking your RAM. IF you bought some faster RAM (3200) it would probably be easier to bump up the FSB and get some more performance out of the chip, just watch your temps. I am no OCing expert though, someone should back me up on this.

 

[Traire]

I think you should just hold at what you have. Upgrading to an A64, or overclocking your current chip would only give you slightly noticeable improvements. It definetly would not be anything dramatic as I think you are looking for.

 

[FreshFish]

Originally posted by: Traire
I think you should just hold at what you have. Upgrading to an A64, or overclocking your current chip would only give you slightly noticeable improvements. It definetly would not be anything dramatic as I think you are looking for.

Probably true