Cheap upgrade needed...advise???

bloodline76 · 17 May 2007 at 09:20

As you can see from my build in my signature I desperately need to increase my cpu. Allthough I would like to get a duel processor my funds do not take me there.

Could I get a cheap upgrade from my current build? Would I see much improvement if I went to 3700+ processor?

Thanks for any advice

semi-pro waster · 17 May 2007 at 09:26

A socket 754 3700 seems to be going for upwards of £50 at auction so that is a lot of money for not a lot of performance increase. You might even be better looking at changing your motherboard to see how far you can overclock your current CPU.

What budget do you have to work with?

bloodline76 · 17 May 2007 at 13:37

Dont have a budget as such. But want to keep as cheap as possible.

But if it goes over £100 then I might as well look into Duel core

gamesaregood · 17 May 2007 at 13:45

Hello Mate,

One Option would be to go S939 which would allow you to keep your current Ram.

I think the main question is whats the pc used for and where do you want the speed gain?

P.S I Tried emailing you when you had a thread in MM and your email address bounces back

Michael

semi-pro waster · 17 May 2007 at 13:50

This is a bit over budget but it allows you to keep the same Ram and graphics card plus it should overclock a bit. You might be able to use an E2140 instead but I don't know if it will offer enough of an upgrade to be worthwhile.

Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - Retail £65.99
(£77.54) £65.99
(£77.54)
Asrock 4CoreDual-VSTA (Socket 775) PCI-Express/AGP DDR2 Motherboard £39.99
(£46.99) £39.99
(£46.99)
Sub Total : £105.98
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £8.25
Vat : £19.99
Total : £134.22

bloodline76 · 17 May 2007 at 16:12

gamesaregood said:
Hello Mate,

One Option would be to go S939 which would allow you to keep your current Ram.

I think the main question is whats the pc used for and where do you want the speed gain?

P.S I Tried emailing you when you had a thread in MM and your email address bounces back

Michael

I mainly use it for gaming.

My email should be working, i know i left it to deactivate a while back but should be ok now.