Is it worth to upgrade from a Tbird 700MHz to a Duron 1.2GHz?

[ndee]

You can check my rig in my sig. Is it worth for some overall office stuff? I'm on a very tight budget.

 

[Ryan]

yes

 

[ndee]

k, that convinced me

 

[Ausm]

Just built a system with a 1 gig Duron and it was quite impressive


Ausm

 

[nortexoid]

hell no.

save the pennies for another month if you have to and pick up at least an XP 1600+

might as well get a noticeable performance gain from upgrading for not much more...

i've had similar urges like yours...i fulfilled it once - regretted it...returned merchandise - felt better...bad scenario.

 

[MiniMe69]

unless your board is not capable of taking the new XP processors, I would go with the new cpu...it is like a 500 MHz upgrade. almost double what you have. and the 1.2GHz are probably cheap too.

 

[ndee]

OK, so I think I'll get a whole new computer in 3 months, cuz if it's not worth it, then it's not worth

Thanx guys

 

[Antisocial Virge]

I'm thinking of selling my KG7-Raid, 1.4 Tbird and Kane Hedgehog for $220 shipped Make a nice upgrade for you.

 

[ndee]

<< I'm thinking of selling my KG7-Raid, 1.4 Tbird and Kane Hedgehog for $220 shipped Make a nice upgrade for you. >>


I live in Switzerland, so the shipping would be a lil' b!tch I guess But thanx anyway

 

[bigshooter]

My roommate is going to upgarde his tbird 700 system to a duron 1.2. He has an Asus A7V and it may take a 1.3, but people have reported problems i guess. He also has 768megs of pc133, so he said he plans on upgrading the vid card to a Geforce 4 MX, or ti (whatever the lowest one is) to hold him over for a while. I think a comp like that will be plenty fast until Athlons start hitting at least 2.5Ghz or hammer comes out.

 

[Athlon4all]

Not for Office Applications. A T-Bird 700 is more than enough for that (I'm on a Duron 800 and It's perfectly fine). If you're looking for a cheapo upgrade, how 'bout more memory (for 2K or XP) orf a faster HD (If you don't have a 7200RPM drive).

EDIT: Fyi, your board can run the XP's (and Durons 1GHz and above) with the latest BIOS. Also, MSi K7T Pro2-A has been tested by Ace's hardware a couple times with a Athlon XP.

 

[MadRat]

XP or bust.

 

[skeletal29]

dam man atleast you can upgrade....i was making quick decisions and i ended up buying a abit ka7 with 700 mhx proc with 200 fsb the stupi* shi* can only take .25 micron processors and i dont even know what is the fastest .25micron proc out there!

 

[MadRat]

<<dam man atleast you can upgrade....i was making quick decisions and i ended up buying a abit ka7 with 700 mhx proc with 200 fsb the stupi* shi* can only take .25 micron processors and i dont even know what is the fastest .25micron proc out there!>>

Thunderbird 1.4GHz 14x multiplier on 200fsb.

 

[So]

The KA7 was a slot A board... the t-bird 1.4 was an .18 micron socket A chip...IIRC, the fastest .25 micron chip (all .25 micron chips were socket a athlon classics, right?) is the 1 ghz athlon classic model. Would be nice if they made sockets tho'

 

[MadRat]

Yeah, I guess you are right. B)

 

[Athlon4all]

His KA7 can only take Slot A's. The fastest Slot A was a T-Bird Slot A 200fsb 1GHz

 

[Ionizer86]

Hmm, MSI K7T Pro 2a board? Isn't that based on the KT133A chipset? If it is, before buying a new chip, try running the FSB at 133mhz then having the proc at 733, 800, 866, 933, or even 1ghz. Overclocking will show you what you can expect from a faster chip Heck, Durons are cheap