Upgrade or waste of $$$?

[Hal24]

Gentlemen,
Would this CPU :
AMD Athlon II X2 280
be a useful upgrade in my PC or a waste of money?

Mainboard : Gigabyte GA-M61VME-S2, Rev.2.0
Chipset : nVidia GeForce 6100V
Processor : AMD Athlon 64 X2 5400+ @ 2800 MHz
Physical Memory : 4096 MB (2 x 2048 DDR2-SDRAM )
Video Card : NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
Hard Disk : Seagate ST380815AS (80GB)
DVD-Rom Drive : Toshiba-Samsung CDDVDW SH-S203N
Monitor Type : Asus ASUS VH198 - 19 inches
Network Card : NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller #3
Operating System : Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5.01.2600 Service Pack 3 (32-bit)
DirectX : Version 9.0c (May 2010)


Thank you all

 

[ShadowVVL]

what do you use your pc for?

The athlon II x2 280 is faster then the 5400+ but I dont know if it will work in your motherboard. i have 2 am2 motherboards that support athlon 64 cpus but not athlon II.


Edit just checked gigabyte and athlon II are not listed http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=2439#sp

 

[Shmee]

Probably wouldn't be that big of an upgrade. I would recommend building a new system.

 

[Blain]

Gentlemen,
Would this CPU :
AMD Athlon II X2 280
be a useful upgrade in my PC or a waste of money?

Sir,
That CPU would be a waste of money.
You would not notice any performance boost checking your email, surfing the internet or using MS Word.

 

[jaqie]

http://www.cpu-upgrade.com/mb-Gigabyte/GA-M61VME-S2(rev._2.0).html

this is a complete list of what your motherboard can support.

with that kind of limitations I would suggest you look for a new mobo and cpu...

BTW there ARE women here, just saying "gentlemen" isn't such a good idea.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

BTW there ARE women here, just saying "gentlemen" isn't such a good idea.

Something something Zero Wing reference something something, all ur base.

 

[AnitaPeterson]

I'd go with option b): "Waste of money".

Your mobo is not configured to accept that newer processor.
Also, the difference between the two CPUs will be minimal, in any case.

 

[paul878]

Windows XP will reach End of Life next April, build a new one.

 

[UNhooked]

Waste of moolah

 

[Face2Face]

I have owed both CPU's. If you would like to overclock then the Athlon II is waaay better. Still would only buy one used for $20 though, not new.

 

[WinOutreach6]

Hal24,

If you’re going to upgrade your hardware, you should strongly consider upgrading your operating system as well. Just as Paul878 mentioned, Windows XP is getting closer every day to its End of Support date of April 8, 2014.

There are some resources that can help you make the decision of which operating system to choose and how to go about migrating to it, such as the Deliver and Deploy Windows 7 page and the Deliver and Deploy Windows 8 page.

Another good resource to take a look at is the Windows XP End of Support page. It can answer your questions about why support is ending, what that means and what to do about it.

The Springboard Series on TechNet also offers guidance on how to migrate to a newer operating system. This Springboard Series blog post can help you plan for and migrate to either Windows 7 or Windows 8.

Mike
Windows Outreach Team – IT Pro

 

[BeauCharles]

http://www.cpu-upgrade.com/mb-Gigabyte/GA-M61VME-S2%28rev._2.0%29.html

this is a complete list of what your motherboard can support.

I was looking at the CPU support list at Gigabyte's website and it bears this out. The CPU he's asking about isn't supported (or anything else that would be worth upgrading to).

 

[tweakboy]

Mistake. Buy a SSD that will be a bigger performance gain then getting a new CPU .

Then later on when you upgrade from ground up, mobo , cpu , ram you can use that SSD ........ Even if your on sata 2.0 still fast, same speeds just bulk transfer is 300mbps slower... which doesn't effect... app launch or OS boot speed. same 2.0 or 3.0. anyhow gl,,, Wait for a SSD deal and let us know about it and off you go.

 

[aarontpx]

there ARE women here

Women!?! Where!?!

 

[Maxima1]

BTW there ARE women here, just saying "gentlemen" isn't such a good idea.

Regardless if there is or not, it wouldn't matter because their opinion wouldn't be worth much.