Should i upgrade to Barton 2500+ mobile

[saltedeggman]

I am now running Tbred 1700+ at 2.3ghz... (with headroom to spare)

Lately I have seen lots of people hitting 2.5+ with a Barton 2500+.... its tempting for me to upgrade....

I know that barton has 512kb of cache opposed to 256kb with tbred...

so who think i should upgrade?

 

[dhaddox]

Come on, you know you want to.. You can almost feel the envy of all your friends as they see how you can churn out seti@home packets faster then their piddly little toy computers. You could frag like there is no tomorrow and no one could ever stop you! You would be invincible!! hahaha!!!

 

[WobbleWobble]

Lots of people hitting 2.5GHz+ with insane voltage. I personally don't think those CPUs will last too long. I personally don't think it's worth it and doubt you'd even notice the speed difference.

 

[Corporate Thug]

i wouldnt, the performance increase wouldnt be that much, esp since you got headroom on the chip

unless, you can snag $50-60 for the chip (which you easily can) on FS/FT, i wouldnt upgrade

 

[zephyrprime]

I was thinking about this too about I've got an old epox 8kha+ MB so I was wondering if it would work for my MB?

 

[saltedeggman]

i have to spend about 85-100 dollars on it....

ya....the more i think about it its not justified anymore

with new sockets coming out...socket A is going to die.....
and PCI-e is on the corner.......so.....i am going to save up.............................. for my next major upgrade

 

[saltedeggman]

Originally posted by: zephyrprime
I was thinking about this too about I've got an old epox 8kha+ MB so I was wondering if it would work for my MB?

i'd save up for next upgrades as well....

that board use sdram right?

 

[saltedeggman]

right now i upped it to 2.42 11.5x210

and i feel that this cpu still have room for more mhz

 

[johnjkr1]

I made the jump from an 1800+ to a barton 2500+ and I couldnt be happier. Sold my old chip, upgrade cost me bout $40-50 and the speed upgrade was definetly worth it.

 

[blodhi74]

just upgraded from TB 1.4 to Barton 2500+ (running @2800+ with retail HSF ) and it deals with every thing i throw @ it ..... best upgrade I ever went through

 

[MDE]

Originally posted by: saltedeggman

Originally posted by: zephyrprime
I was thinking about this too about I've got an old epox 8kha+ MB so I was wondering if it would work for my MB?

i'd save up for next upgrades as well....

that board use sdram right?

Nope, it's a DDR KT266a, but overclocking sucks.

 

[screw3d]

I have the EXACT setup.. 2.3GHz with headroom and all Didn't want to run it higher because of all the heat.. trying to silent my PC here.

 

[pillage2001]

Pondered upon that question a few days ago regarding my rig. I won't be making the upgrade as the increase in 100-200 Mhz would not justify the cost.

I got this Xp1700 for 35 dollars and a Mobile 2500 is at 100 dollars now. What do you think?

 

[Tango57]

i had an 1800+ also which burned out on me so i upgraded to the 2500+ (going for about $80 now at Newegg). i have the fsb cranked up to 400 mhz making it into a 3200+ 2.2 Ghz (which goes for $215 now) and with the 512 kb cache i think i've definitely seen better performance gains. i'd go for the 2500+ or mobile upgrade if i were you.