Upgrade advice needed please

[Khabel]

Hi all, I am wanting to upgrade my 300a@450 on an abit bx6r2. Which do you think would be the best option.

1/ 700e@933 keeping my bx board but risk my system not liking the high bus speed.

2/ Get a new board, a new power supply and get a duron and try for a gig. Most expensive but better fsb speed.

3/ Get a 633 celeron2 and try for a gig with that instead. This is the cheapest option but not as fast as the other 2. Use money saved to get a DDR system in a few months time.

Any advice or help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Chris

 

[JimMc]

I did the celery 633 and am happy with the result, 950 , but I'm not that big a gamer. It is entirely possible your PS will work fine with a KT7 MB, thus a Duron/MSI Pro 2 combo should be less than $200.

The Duron/MSI seems a better choice for speed and longevity, depends on how much you want to spend and what you're going to do with the CPU.

 

[jsbush]

Well if you can wait then wait and get a new setup with DDR, instead of spending money on a celeron. But if you want to really upgrade right away go for the Duron. It will last you a while.