- May 31, 2003
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To make this really straightforward and simple, the goal here is least hassle and time spent for the best bang for the buck. So I guess it be read both ways.
Anyways, I've been thinking about giving the parent's machine an upgrade.
It's mainly used for web surfing, ebaying and watching streaming video. The most intense usage would be like 15+ firefox tabs open.
I want the least hassle for the upgrade process. Less need to backup and transfer stuff over like outlook settings, bookmarks and documents, all the jazz. Last week, I brought a spare hd and installed w7 32 just to see how it's like. It works, but you can notice the sluggishness when closing explorer windows and opening more than 3 tabs. I want to move them onto 7 for security reasons.
Current rig specs off the top of my head are:
Socket 939 2005-06 era nforce board, Athlon 3200+
2 GB of DDR400 memory
Windows XP -> will be running Windows 7
I was thinking of either grabbing a s939 X2 version, maybe like a 4200-4400+ and those will run around $70-100 shipped. And then I hope this brings within a 20-45% performance boost so it can handle general web surfing like a C2d/Quad/i series. I thought if a 4400+ X2 isn't enough, then maybe an opteron 175 or fx-55 could do? Same prices, etc. The problem is as we go higher up this endangered food chain, the greater prices inflate. Not too big a deal, but I don't think I can justify the purchase a few hundred for a fx60.
Then after thinking about this, maybe I wouldn't get the performance gain I'm expecting out of these processors. I could just go cheap and grab a c2d and the works, but the problem with that path is I need a full set of stuff from motherboard to memory and the whole backup-restore deal.
So what say you?
Anyways, I've been thinking about giving the parent's machine an upgrade.
It's mainly used for web surfing, ebaying and watching streaming video. The most intense usage would be like 15+ firefox tabs open.
I want the least hassle for the upgrade process. Less need to backup and transfer stuff over like outlook settings, bookmarks and documents, all the jazz. Last week, I brought a spare hd and installed w7 32 just to see how it's like. It works, but you can notice the sluggishness when closing explorer windows and opening more than 3 tabs. I want to move them onto 7 for security reasons.
Current rig specs off the top of my head are:
Socket 939 2005-06 era nforce board, Athlon 3200+
2 GB of DDR400 memory
Windows XP -> will be running Windows 7
I was thinking of either grabbing a s939 X2 version, maybe like a 4200-4400+ and those will run around $70-100 shipped. And then I hope this brings within a 20-45% performance boost so it can handle general web surfing like a C2d/Quad/i series. I thought if a 4400+ X2 isn't enough, then maybe an opteron 175 or fx-55 could do? Same prices, etc. The problem is as we go higher up this endangered food chain, the greater prices inflate. Not too big a deal, but I don't think I can justify the purchase a few hundred for a fx60.
Then after thinking about this, maybe I wouldn't get the performance gain I'm expecting out of these processors. I could just go cheap and grab a c2d and the works, but the problem with that path is I need a full set of stuff from motherboard to memory and the whole backup-restore deal.
So what say you?
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