YA "Should I upgrade?" Thread

[blackangst1]

Mostly I play online MMO's (Everquest/WoW/Vanguard) and do video/audio encoding. For sure Im upgrading mobo as mine is a P965 cxhipset which doesnt play well with Linux and Id like to dual boot, although not sure to what. Maybe P35 or P38 chipset. The rest I dunno. I know I should just OC my CPU but past attempts havent been stable (again I think its a bad mobo).

Abit AB9 Pro mobo
Conroe e6600 stock speed
Patriot DDR2 5-5-5-15 (tests fine 6 hours memtest)
8800GTS 640 vid card
Raptor 74 gig for OS/programs
WD 250gig Cavier Storage drive


Opinions?

 

[DSF]

What's running too slow for your taste? How much money are you willing to spend?

 

[blackangst1]

Well, even with the conroe, one video encoding thread will take 50% of CPU and slow things up, two threads cripples it. With gaming I would of course like the elusive higher FPS...well thats not exactly right. Consistent FPS. There are areas in towns when I'll go from 45 FPS down to 5 FPS but unless Im mistaken, online MMO's rely heavily on CPU?

 

[theAnimal]

How much RAM do you have?

 

[Blain]

no

 

[blackangst1]

Originally posted by: theAnimal
How much RAM do you have?

4 gigs