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AMD X2 4800+

ddr400 so you're using s939. Only thing i'll add is that you will get a lot of money selling that. I wouldnt be surprised if you got enough to buy a q6600 .....

Think my mates went for £152 and that was the going rate
 
pattojones said:
Really?! I dont feel i would be able to swop the mobo tho! (Not very tech-savvy!)
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well you have pretty much the best s939 CPU already? What else could you do ???

Are you looking at the newer AMD x2 "socket AM2" CPUs? the 5600+, 6000+ etc? For that you would need a new motherboard and new memory also
 
mame said:
well you have pretty much the best s939 CPU already? What else could you do ???

Are you looking at the newer AMD x2 "socket AM2" CPUs? the 5600+, 6000+ etc? For that you would need a new motherboard and new memory also
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Is there a company that you can send the whole thing off and get it upgraded for you, for a charge plus price of components? Business idea, anybody?
 
Yeah you might be better getting a new system. You would be ripping out the motherboard, CPU and ram anyway. You would probably then want a new graphics card, then maybe need a PSU and then decide you don't like your case!!
 
Hmm. Dont feel capable of mass-upgrading, and dont really want to spend mega-bucks on a whole new system! I guess i'll just swop the GFX card and have it CPU limited!
 
pattojones said:
CPU limited!
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Okay this phrase bothers me.

Just because you don't have a Core 2 processor it doesn't mean your computer is going to refuse to work. It just means that instead of getting 200fps, you'll get 190fps instead.

Yeah I know, what a tragic loss! :p

Just pop a 4850 in there and you should be set!
 
Tute said:
Okay this phrase bothers me.

Just because you don't have a Core 2 processor it doesn't mean your computer is going to refuse to work. It just means that instead of getting 200fps, you'll get 190fps instead.

Yeah I know, what a tragic loss! :p
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The only reason i moved away from s939 was that i had an AGP motherboard and to upgrade from 2gb>4gb was going to cost a silly amount of money. Other than that my x2 3800+ @ 2.6ghz would have done me for a while longer
 
To be perfectly honest, if you are prepared to get into overclocking those older S939 chips, which to the best of my knowledge do not support the 'AMD Overdrive' software based overclocking, then I'd say you're getting into something which is in my opinion, probably more 'involved' and potentially risky than actually doing a total motherboard, cpu and memory upgrade.

By saying this, I am by no means saying it is particularly difficult or risky at all. Far from it infact, I am just trying assure you that upgrading such components actually sounds more difficult than it really is. Once you've taken a deep breath and gotten your hands dirty once, you'll see what I mean I'm sure, this forum is a great source of info and support and you'll find no end of help and support if you're really worried about doing it. Go on, give it a go :p ...you know you want to :D
 
Find a local shop to do it for you if you don't fancy it yourself

I sold my 939 rig as follows

4200+x2 £46
DFI lanparty £50
2 x 1gb Corsair memory £80

Total £176

Bought the following:

Q6600 - £110
Abit IP35 pro £80
2 x 2gb Corsair ram £70

Total spend £260

Total upgrade cost £84.

You would get way more for your 4800+ x2 so it might cost nothing to upgrade.

If you take it to a shop it will cost cause they will charge you top dollar for your new and not so good for your old parts as they need to sell them on at a profit.

Haven't you got a mate who could do it?

Now's the time while your stuff is still worth good money.
 
Do you get everything you need to make a new mobo stable (and all aspects of it work) in the box? Do they come with detailed setup (software aswell) instructions?
 
Moeks said:
To be perfectly honest, if you are prepared to get into overclocking those older S939 chips, which to the best of my knowledge do not support the 'AMD Overdrive' software based overclocking, then I'd say you're getting into something which is in my opinion, probably more 'involved' and potentially risky than actually doing a total motherboard, cpu and memory upgrade.

By saying this, I am by no means saying it is particularly difficult or risky at all. Far from it infact, I am just trying assure you that upgrading such components actually sounds more difficult than it really is. Once you've taken a deep breath and gotten your hands dirty once, you'll see what I mean I'm sure, this forum is a great source of info and support and you'll find no end of help and support if you're really worried about doing it. Go on, give it a go :p ...you know you want to :D
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Dont get me wrong....i've changed gfx cards, hdd's, optical drives, memory, and cpu's but never done a mobo. The bios set up and drivers etc make me a tad anxious!...i dont want to end up with a buggy unstable system!
 
you cant go wrong really.....well you can.... First thing to do is learn where your clear CMOS jumper is on your motherboard. This resets all bios settings back to factory default.

If you're feeling daring, just to start off try this:

reduce hyper-transport from 1000 to 800 (or 5x to 4x)
reduce memory divider from 400 to 333
lock PCI-E freq. to 100
increase vcore by 0.05v so if it's 1.30v set it 1.35v
increase FSB from 200 to 217

Fingers in ears ..... try that. Should get you to 2.6ghz to start you off and if something goes wrong and you cant get into the BIOS just clear the CMOS
 
pattojones said:
Do you get everything you need to make a new mobo stable (and all aspects of it work) in the box? Do they come with detailed setup (software aswell) instructions?
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Yeah. Simple really. I chose to do a fresh install of windows since it was such a major change in everything!

But simple to do,

Take old stuff out

Put new cpu and cooler, memory into mobo

Put in case

Connect drives, power, usb sockets etc

Switch on and boot from op disc and install

Stable system

Then I changed fsb to 333Mhz to run q6600 at 3Ghz. Nothing else changed. Simple as that.

Of course I then bought a 2nd hand watercooling setup for £70 and added that hence I am now running at 3.8Ghz

Still, the performance difference to my 4200+x2 running at 3gz to the quad at 3ghz was very noticable. I gained 12 fps in crysis benchmark which just went to show I was cpu limited in crysis.

SO contary to tute I find going from 39fps av to 51fps in crysis very, very noticable. That was a 30% gain from swapping the cpu.

And you couldn't exactly say I wasn't getting the best out of my 4200+ x2 running it at 3Ghz.
 
pattojones said:
Dont get me wrong....i've changed gfx cards, hdd's, optical drives, memory, and cpu's but never done a mobo. The bios set up and drivers etc make me a tad anxious!...i dont want to end up with a buggy unstable system!
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If you get a new mobo you won't need to change the bios especially if you don;t get a 45nm Intel cpu and stick with the older ones.

Mobo drivers come on cd anyway. Juts slip it in and let it do it's stuff.

It really is the right time to sell while it will cost practically nothing to swap expecially if you go for a dual cpu Intel instead of a quad like me.
 
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