3400+ vs Conroe 6300

[BurningHorizons]

Hello,

I'm in the horrible situation that to go to decent Conroe spec is going to cost me +£500.

I currently have:
3400+ Clawhammer at stock
Epox NF3
1GB Crucial DDR
6800 Ultra AGP

It's a great stable system that has served me well for two years.

So I don't have to upgrade everything at once I'm seriously considering going for the Asrock 775Dual-VSTA with a Core 2 DUO E6300 for £160.
This means that I can keep my graphics card and memory and update those to PCI-E and DDR2 at a later date.

Would you upgrade to the above, stick with what I've got, or go whole hog and stick +£500 (more like £800 to do it right!) on the the credit card.

Due to board limitations, I will not be overclocking very much.

What would you do?
What is the performace difference likely to be?
Is it worth upgading at all?

 

[BurningHorizons]

Depends if your current setup does everything u want it to.

It does, but if the performance difference will be greater, I'll upgrade for the £160. I should still be able to get £70 for my current CPU and mobo too.

 

[BurningHorizons]

sorry should have asked if that's a 754 or 939 mobo otherwise my post above is going to look pretty stupid...

754 my friend. That's the problem, else I would have bought 4800+ by now!

 

[BurningHorizons]

Also, you will need to upgrade your ram as doesnt conroe only take ddr2?

No this motherboard takes DDR as well! Tis a great board for people still on DDR and AGP. It also has DDR2 and PCI-E for future upgrades.

http://www.asrock.com/product/775Dual-VSTA.htm