Another Upgrade thread

TMHatter · 26 Sep 2006 at 10:35

I have had my current system for 18 months now, it is

Athlon 64 3500
1Gb Ram
ATI X800Xl graphics card

This moring I saw that the Athlon X2 are now down to a reasobable price. The question is, is it worth going to an AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+ for £165 or possibly a 4800+ for £211 or is it better spending that amount of money elsewhere.

Would it provide any noticable boost in performance and stave off a complete system upgrade for a year or two?

TMHatter · 26 Sep 2006 at 11:34

Yeah I was thinking that, although I can get a 4600+ for £150. With core duo I would need to by memory and mobo as well which makes it a bit more exspensive , What would be an equivalent for a core Duo system ? I have not been paying attention to cpu specs for a while.

TMHatter · 26 Sep 2006 at 11:45

Which one offers the most bang for buck at the moment then ? and wich MOBO ?

TMHatter · 27 Sep 2006 at 15:25

so about £390 for the complete upgrade, as so nearly twice the amount for just upgrading mine to a 4800+. I have noticed that the intel boards have only one EIDE slot, that could be a probllem I have 2 200Gb EIDE drives and a DVD drive and a DVD burner and one 250Gb Sata drive.

TMHatter · 27 Sep 2006 at 16:15

That what I am leaning towards, and then maybe sticking another Gig of ram in at some point although I have not noticed any need for it yet.

Trying to decide between the 4600+ (£150) and 4800+ (£190). Is there a lot of difference between them in terms of day to day performance ?

TMHatter · 27 Sep 2006 at 16:37

So the 4600+ then? I have a Akasa EVO 120 at the moment being controlled by the mobo and it runs very slow and quiet, will that cope with the 4600 or should I look at a new cooler as well. My system is very qiute at the moment.