what would you do?

[SaintGRW]

ok 1st I don't know what forum to put this in due to traffic and I would like to decide an answer before 4pm today.


I currently have an 800MHz Duron with 384MB of RAM, it has been locking up on my constantly, I use my computer as an alarm clock to get up each morning. last 3 mornings it's froze over night on me and just freezes constantly through the day, a format might help but reguardless it's time to upgrade.

so far I have these in my shopping cart...

2 Sticks of

Mushkin 184 Pin 256MB DDR PC-3200 Black Hi Perf "222 Special" - OEM
Specification
Manufacturer: Mushkin
Speed: DDR400(PC3200)
Type: 184 Pin DDR SDRAM
Error Checking: Non-ECC
Registered/Unbuffered: Unbuffered
Cas Latency: 2-2-2
Support Voltage: 2.5V-2.75V
Bandwidth: 3.2GB/s
Organization: 32M x 64 -Bit
Warranty: Lifetime

Asus 865PE Chipset Motherboard for Intel Socket 478 CPU, Model "P4P800" -RETAIL
Specifications:
Supported CPU: Socket 478 Intel Pentium 4/Celeron Processors
Chipset: Intel 865PE + ICH5R
FSB: 800/533/400MHz
RAM: 4x DIMM support Dual Channel DDR400/333/266 Max 4GB
IDE: 2x UltraDMA 100/66 up to 4 Devices
Slots: 1x AGP 8X, 5x PCI
Ports: 2xPS2,1xCOM,1xLPT,1xLAN,SPDIF Out,8xUSB2.0(Rear 4),Audio Ports
Onboard Audio: AD1985 6-Channel Codec
Onboard LAN: 3COM Gigabit Ethernet
Onboard SATA/RAID: 2x Serial ATA 150,RAID 0
Form Factor: ATX

and here's the big one...

One Day Sale, Ends 2/3/2004 4:00 PM PST
Intel Pentium 4/ 2.8C GHz 800MHz FSB, 512K Cache, Hyper Threading Technology - Retail
Specification
Model: Intel Pentium 4 2.8C w/ Hyper Threading
Core: Northwood
Operating Frequency: 2.8GHz
FSB: 800MHz
Cache: L1/12K+8K; L2/512K
Voltage: 1.525V
Process: 0.13Micron
Socket: Socket 478
Multimedia Instruction: MMX, SSE, SSE2
Warranty: 3-year MFG
Packaging: Retail box (with Heatsink and Fan)

the 2.8C is on sale for $183 until 4pm today. my question is should I buy it before 4pm. or wait for the 2.8e chips (I have no clue how long until they are released if someone knows a release date that would help.) if I don't get it while it's on sale and the 2.8e isn't released for another month i'm stuck with my gimp of a current computer.

so my question is. buy now while the processor is on sale, or wait for the 2.8e chip....

I'd like the 2.8e but if it's not released for a month I don't want to be stuck waiting.

 

[CraigRT]

what would I do? I'd get a Soltek NForce2 mobo from NCIX, and a Barton 2500 CPU, save yourself like $100 and have just as good of a system.
I'd also pass on the Mushkin and get some other slightly cheaper brand (Kingston Hyper-X perhaps)

that's just me though

 

[Bassyhead]

Originally posted by: CraigRT
what would I do? I'd get a Soltek NForce2 mobo from NCIX, and a Barton 2500 CPU, save yourself like $100 and have just as good of a system.
I'd also pass on the Mushkin and get some other slightly cheaper brand (Kingston Hyper-X perhaps)

that's just me though

i would do something similar, as well. Especially using cheaper RAM.

 

[conjur]

General Hardware forum?

 

[Bassyhead]

PS: This shouldve been put in the general hardware or tech support forum

 

[cpals]

I'd get a real alarm clock.