Originally posted by: tnguyen88
Would an upgrade to a 2500 Barton be worthwhile? Look at my sig for my system specs.
Originally posted by: SickBeast
I've looked into this exact upgrade scenario. The trouble is, with both chips you're limited to multipliers of 12.5 or lower. With PC2700 memory, that means you can only hit 2083mhz. I have two 1700+ tbred-b systems, and they both run at that speed without any issues.
I would suggest that a memory upgrade would serve you better than the cpu swap you're proposing. Just sell off your old stuff on the for sale forum and pick up some pc3200/3500 stuff.