Looking to upgrade

[Fenriz]

It is finally time to upgrade the old CPU and MB. I just had my work notebook replaced with an A64 4000+ /w 1GB Ram and a mobile ATI x700 and it is making my home system seem like a real dog now. I haven't really been keeping up with current hardware (even had to create a new account here). Currently I have a water cooled xp2700 @ 2.6 /w 1GB Corsair DDR500 and an AGP 6800GT @ 450/1100. I was just going to get a 3700+, but now I am starting to consider the X2 3800+ also. I was wondering if I would really see any benefit going to multi-core. I use the system mainly for gaming, but I always have Winamp and Twonkyvision running in the background. I usually shutdown any other programs (except big downloads) I may have open when playing a game. Is it worth getting the X2 or will the 3700+ be more than adequate for my usage? I will probably OC at some point too if that is a concern too.

 

[mgob]

dual core is definatly going to make a difference with multiple process running as the OS can assign different tasks to different 'cpu's' to improve speed and power.

 

[Aznguy1872]

Go with the X2 3800, great for multitasking and is a great Overclocker.

 

[Markfw]

If you have the money, and you multitask, its great today. Since you have an Nvidia video cards, they now have multi-threaded drivers that will help 2%-50% in games. I think most were 5-10% gains. And tomorrows games may be like todays rendering software where you get up to 100% improvement.