New Processors = Add Ram & New Mobo?

[holyghost]

If I were to upgrade to the new Intel Hyper Threading(HT) processors, does that mean I need mobo as well? What about the AMD Dual Channel DDR? Must I have a new mobo & addition DDR to run it? If running at their max, which is better, the Intel HT or the AMD Dual Channel DDR processors?

 

[Yeti101]

Wowah, you got a lot of problems here! Lets try to fix this out..... First of all, theres no such thing as a AMD Dual Channel DDR processor, there is a Intel Granite Bay dual DDR Mother-Board, this motherboard uses 2 sticks of DDR ram, and runs them like RAID, making them extremely fast. AMD's "Dual Channel" CPU(Hammer), isnt out yet.... I read a couple months ago that HT chips will need a additional power source, you can still run the chip, but it would not run to its full speed.

About upgrading: you dont need new RAM or more RAM, I'm not 100% sure about the MotherBoard, though.

Hope This helps

 

[mechBgon]

Without knowing what mobo you have now, it's impossible to say if you'll need a new one or not. Tell us exactly what you have now.

By AMD dual-channel DDR, I bet you mean nForce2. Again, without knowing what you have now... If you have two matching sticks of DDR266, DDR333 or DDR400, then you can use either AMD or Intel dual-channel-DDR boards. With the 333MHz-based AMD CPUs such as the 2700+ and 2800+, you would want the RAM to be at least DDR333.

If you meant a dual-CPU AMD system, the two virtual CPUs on a HT P4 aren't going to compare to a true dualie of either Intel or AMD brand, unless your workload consists mainly of running SiSoft Sandra all day. Real CPUs are better than virtual ones. The AMD dualies have proven to be quite strong *if* you have a situation where dual CPUs actually can be put to work to your advantage, and are using a dual-aware operating system such as WinNT 4.0, Win2000, or WinXP Professional.

 

[holyghost]

Thanks for the info.

I have an Intel set running at 2.4Ghz on a MSI 845E Max2 533Mhz mobo & using 1 256MB DDR333. If I were to upgrade the processor to Intel 3Ghz with HT feature, does that mean I need to change the mobo & ram?

As for the AMD, if I get a nForce 2 mobo, do I need to get 2 DDR333 to get the Dual channel DDR? Can I just use 1?

Which is better? An Intel 3Ghz with HT or an AMD XP2800 with Dual Channel DDR?

 

[chizow]

Originally posted by: holyghost
Thanks for the info.

I have an Intel set running at 2.4Ghz on a MSI 845E Max2 533Mhz mobo & using 1 256MB DDR333. If I were to upgrade the processor to Intel 3Ghz with HT feature, does that mean I need to change the mobo & ram?

As for the AMD, if I get a nForce 2 mobo, do I need to get 2 DDR333 to get the Dual channel DDR? Can I just use 1?

Which is better? An Intel 3Ghz with HT or an AMD XP2800 with Dual Channel DDR?

Dunno about the mobo/chipset, but your ram should be ok.

For the nforce2, you would need 2 sticks. Wouldn't hurt you to get a 2nd stick for either rig, as 256 is pretty much bare minimum nowadays.

Benchies have the P4 @ 3ghz faster than the XP @ ~2.4ghz.

Chiz

 

[mechBgon]

You will need a new motherboard, according to MSI: link At this point, if you want to build a 3.06GHz rig, wait for the dual-channel chipset from Intel (Granite Bay) and get an identical second stick of RAM, or two new identical ones.