Going from Skt A to S939

Kaiju · 31 Jan 2006 at 16:40

Worthy upgrade for my new Dell 2405FPW?

From this:
AMD 1700+ DLTC3 2.5GHz
Abit NF7-S 2.0
Twinmos Winbond CH-5 1GB @ 2-2-2-11
HiS IceQ 9800 Pro AGP
Antec Phantom 350W
Thermaltake SI-97

To this:
3700+ Venice
DFI Lanparty UT NF4
G.SKill 2GB XZ
Seasonic S12 430W Silent
Freezer 64 Pro

Kaiju · 31 Jan 2006 at 17:05

But the 3200+ can hit 2.75Ghz and from reviews it can surpass a 3500+. At the price it's a steal.

Just wondering whether i should get the G.Skill ZX, in fact i would get it if they switched that disgusting cyan colour heatspreader! Those timings won't really make much difference anyway for another 30 quid.

As for the X800 GTO, it's easily moddable to X850XT via the Crucial BIOS and for £130 for 6000+ in 3Dmark '05, it's again, another STEAL!

One query though, that 430W Seasonic should be enough?

Kaiju · 31 Jan 2006 at 17:30

Haha, changed my mind. The 3700+ has 1MB of L2 cache. Now that's worth £30 more.

I will get the G.Skill ZX now i've read more about it. Colour schemes be damned.

Still gonna get the X800 though.

Kaiju · 31 Jan 2006 at 17:39

Now moved from the Asus Crossfire board to the DFI Lanparty UT NF4.

Kaiju · 31 Jan 2006 at 19:04

Yeah, the upgrade will roughly be £250. Not that dear to get a great boost in performance.