Is This Upgrade Worth It?

[Dan0368]

Currently I have:
XP 1600+
Radeon 9500 Pro
Soundblaster Audigy
80gig WD Drive
512mb RAM
MSI K7T266A Pro 2 Turbo


and I'm thinking of upgrading to a XP 2400+ (from 1.4ghz to 2.0ghz). I mean, usually I wait a lot longer to upgrade, but I think my CPU is bottlenecking me in some games (Splinter cell, etc).

 

[JammingJay]

Click here for a comparision between the 2 chips. Hope this helps.

 

[m1ke101]

do you overclock? If you do, you could get a 1700+ or a 2100+ and overclock to at least 2.1ghz+ if you get a tbred b.

 

[ScrapSilicon]

quite a few are finding out ..more system ram is becoming needful(saying 512mb is not cutting it..as always ymmv ) in gaming..

 

[Dan0368]

Where do I get a tbred? I was just going to buy the retail 2400, any difference?

 

[mboy]

get a faster chipset before u get a new chip.
Get an nforce2 board, then get an xp2100 and OC the crap out of it. See my big dawg rig.

 

[optimistic]

I'd get more RAM. By just adding another 256MB (total 768 now) my games load up a lot faster, and SC4 plays much more smoothly now. Plus, DDR is cheap right now. Take advantage of it while you can.

 

[xSauronx]

Originally posted by: m1ke101
do you overclock? If you do, you could get a 1700+ or a 2100+ and overclock to at least 2.1ghz+ if you get a tbred b.

my 1600 does 1.8gh (2200+) no prob, via 333 mobo tho, not sure how the 266 would work, im sure someone here could tell you, be nice if you could just get a 1700+ tbred or something and oc it and save some cash...and brag about having a great OC