939 X2

[mauron]

You can see what I'm running below with a Winfast 6150K8MA or 6100K8MA motherboard (can't remember which 1) Now the question - I see OC are selling lots of 939 dual cores, so what have I got to look at to get a significant speed increase. Don't what to change anything else at the moment as I'm looking at a complete new everything middle of next year. Thanks in advance

 

[PrinzEugen]

You wouldn't see a significant speed increase in things like games - the top normal x2 was the 4800+, which was two single cored 4000s together. Anything else, in single core applications (most don't use dual cores properly) would actually probably be a bit slower than your 3700. If you bunged in a 8800gts 320 you'd see a much better performance increase (assuming you're pci-e).

 

[El Jimben]

Not sure how friendly to overclocking your mobo is so if you're looking for the fastest chip your board can support, check out an Opteron 185 (2.6Ghz).

 

[mauron]

Thanks, think I'll leave it until next year & go the whole hog

 

[mame]

I'm in a similar situation but decided to not get a 939 x2. It would only be worth getting the 4800+ and they are very expensive. looking at you sig i would say your cpu is the strongest part of your PC therefore the last part i would upgrade. I'd say:

More RAM -> new graphics card -> new CPU

 

[mauron]

Still think I'll leave it as it is and get new everything next year, but thanks for the reply

 

[Cyber-Mav]

get the 40 quid x2 3800 which is on ocuk this week only. deffo worth it for the price.

 

[elfy]

my dual core 939 overclocks terribly compared to my GFs single core, can get her 3700 upto 3.2, can barely get my 4600 upto 2.8

 

[lsg1r]

everyone seems to have forgotten the obvious question - whats the pc used for.

If its media encoding/cad/anything that makes use of more than one core then even the 3800+ x2 is going to be faster. If all you do is word processing then it isnt even worth upgrading.

 

[mame]

my dual core 939 overclocks terribly compared to my GFs single core, can get her 3700 upto 3.2, can barely get my 4600 upto 2.8

My 4000+ sd 939 single core runs fine at 3.0ghz. My mates 4800 x2 939 (£150+?) will clock to 2.8gz. If we go slightly higher it gains a lot of heat, even at the same vcore, and then unstable by about 2.88ghz. Still a better processor than mine but it has put me off buying a lower end x2 like a 3800+ or 4200+. Seems a sidestep of an upgrade when most the games i run would probably run slower. By the time the next gen of games are out i will have a whole new sytem so i'm fine as i am for now

 

[pastymuncher]

The OP's motherboard only has very basic overclocking features and will not be able to overclock the cpu to anything worthwhile. No PCI lock either. I have the same series of board in my second pc. Good for everything else though, but not clocking.