CPU upgrade advice

[Chabsy]

My current set up is: 3000 venice @ 2287 socket 939, GF 7800 GTX, 2 gig corsair value ram, asus an8e motherboard.

I think the rest of my set up is ok atm it's just the processor is a bit gutless, so what will give me a decent performance increase for about £150, or should i leave things as they are and just go for a new mobo and cpu next year.

Cheers

 

[mikeymike]

IMO leave it if you can survive another few months, otherwise get a cheap DC 3800/opty165 to tide you over?

 

[Darg]

You could get the Asrock DUAL-VSTA mobo and the E6300. Both together would be just over £150 and would be a major boost to your system. Overclocked to 2.1Ghz that CPU would be faster then any AMD cpu out there today.

 

[Chabsy]

You could get the Asrock DUAL-VSTA mobo and the E6300. Both together would be just over £150 and would be a major boost to your system. Overclocked to 2.1Ghz that CPU would be faster then any AMD cpu out there today.

Does that board support standard ddr ram cos if it dont you can add another £250 for memory and i doubt even if the ram did work the o/c would be rubbish

 

[Hamoodii]

Can you push that venice any higher?

 

[Chabsy]

Can you push that venice any higher?

no i couldnt get it stable any high than that, i was a bit suprised cos at the time people were getting much better than i got 2500 was easy i thought.

 

[wiggy]

Does that board support standard ddr ram cos if it dont you can add another £250 for memory and i doubt even if the ram did work the o/c would be rubbish

Yes you would need ddr2 thats why im holding off, just on the lookout for an x2 at the mo myself for the same reason! My venice is also a carp overclocker, anything above 2.4 and its pretty unstable with volts @1.45 thats why i keep it at 2.35.

 

[Darg]

Does that board support standard ddr ram cos if it dont you can add another £250 for memory and i doubt even if the ram did work the o/c would be rubbish

Yes it does support DDR ram. I can get the FSB to 300 stable with the RAM around 190 at low timings. With decent RAM you could let the RAM run at 220.

A E6300 at 2.1Ghz will beat any current AMD offering and when you have the money to upgrade the RAM and get an decent board you'll already have a CPU that's capable of 3.3Ghz on air.

Right now it's time to leave AMD behind. Intel will be better until they come out with a solution that's as cheap and as powerful as the E6300.

 

[easyrider]

My current set up is: 3000 venice @ 2287 socket 939, GF 7800 GTX, 2 gig corsair value ram, asus an8e motherboard.

I think the rest of my set up is ok atm it's just the processor is a bit gutless, so what will give me a decent performance increase for about £150, or should i leave things as they are and just go for a new mobo and cpu next year.

Cheers

A cheap X2 would do you or an opty 146 that capable of 2.8ghz +

There are quite a few for sale right now .

I see no point in upgrading to conroe with DDR1 ram.

You either make the transition properly or upgrade what you have.

Waste of money getting a Asrock mobo that supports DDR 1 and conroe and limits the clock to 300 FSB.

Running a conroe at 2.1ghz is not that much of an upgrade from running a x2 at 2.8ghz and this option will be cheaper and less hassle.

 

[Hamoodii]

no i couldnt get it stable any high than that, i was a bit suprised cos at the time people were getting much better than i got 2500 was easy i thought.

well that 3000 ofyours is worth about 30, so put about 1.6v through and see what you get