A64 > Conroe

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How much of a difference would I see going from the following -

A64 @ 2.3Ghz (10x230), 1mb cache
1GB DDR

to

E6300 @ ?
Asus P5W DH Deluxe WiFi
2GB memory (reccomendations?)


Not upgraded for a while and not upto date on anything at the moment!

Also, current graphics card is an AGP 6800GT, would I need to change to PCI-E?

PC is used for mainly for gaming but also browsing the net and listening to music, dvd's etc

 

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Thanks for the advice so far.

What motherboard would be the best choice for overclocking?

CP-135-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM (CP-135-IN)
£107.95 £107.95
MY-058-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) (MY-058-GL)
£109.95 £109.95
MB-152-AS Asus P5W DH Deluxe WiFi (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-152-AS)
£139.95 £139.95
HS-033-AK Akasa AK-961 CPU Cooler with Fan Controller (LGA775) (HS-033-AK)
£16.95 £16.95
GX-047-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (3056) (GX-047-CO)
£174.95 £174.95
Subtotal £549.75
VAT £96.21
Total £645.96


Had a quick look and put the above together, what speeds would I be likely to get out of this (or with a better motherboard) and would it be a big improvement over my current system?

 

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CPU should be able to get 3Ghz min with that mobo. Apparently the Bad-axe and Ds4 are very good overclockers if thats your budget.

Good choice although I not quite see the point in buying a motherboard which costs more than your CPU.

3Ghz I'd be happy with, what speed roughly would an A64 be at for equal performance? (gaming)

I agree about the motherboard price, added that one to get a rough idea of overall price as it was the only one which I've seen reccomended so far. What would be a better option?

 

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If you kept your graphics card, you'd hardly see any real different in games, as your GPU will be the bottleneck.

So its a pointless upgrade if your keeping your AGP card (by going down the Asrock route)

Yeah I agree with you there, won't be keeping the card if I do upgrade.

Another option would be to keep the A64 and just upgrade the card, what would be a good AGP card to upgrade to? Or would I need to get a PCI-E card to notice a considerable difference?

 

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Just had a look at a couple of reviews for the 7800gs+, think I'll hold back for now. Doesn't seem to be that much of an improvement over my clocked 6800GT really, not at 1280x0124 anyway.

Looking at the price of a new cpu, board, memory and card I think I'll hold out for a while longer, thanks for the advice anyway