Is this a worth while upgrade?

Guru · 29 May 2008 at 13:02

I've been offered the following for £50 from a mate at work:

Intel Core 2 Duo E2160 (stock speed, but can hit 2.6Ghz easily)
ASRock SATA-Quad PCI-E Slot
AGP Slot
DDR and DDR2 Memory Support
Quad Core / Dual Core Support
SATA and IDE Support

The Processor is already fitted to the mobo with the stock heatsink.

I'm coming from an amd san diego 4000+

So for £50 will I see a good improvement? (mainlin in COD4)

Cheers,

G

Guru · 29 May 2008 at 21:59

cool

Is there much comparable for a similar (or slightly higher) price?

Cheers,

G

Guru · 30 May 2008 at 08:49

cool thanks for the replies

Guru · 30 May 2008 at 19:54

Janesy B said:
that motherboard WILL NOT support anything better than an old PCIE card so bear that in mind.

What do you mean by this?

I thought PCIE was the best thing at the moment?

I've got an x1950xtx will that work?

Cheers,

G

Guru · 1 Jun 2008 at 09:33

cool

I need to buy some more ram as this mobo won't take the 4 sticks of 3200 DDR I've got.

This mobo only supports up to 667, would it be worth getting something better for when I get a different mobo or is 667 good enough?

If I bough something better I'm assuming it would work but just run at 667?

Cheers,

G

Guru · 3 Jun 2008 at 21:46

doh!! I got my new kit and it's a bit of a disaster.

My GFX card is far too big for this mobo, the IDE sockets get in the way of my arctic accelero

My mate has offered me a 7900gt which he said defo fit in the mobo, but I dont know if that is as good and my x1950xtx.

Not sure what to do now? Could by a new mobo?

Any recommendations?

Guru · 3 Jun 2008 at 21:57

this is the one i got:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...(Socket 775) PCI-Express/AGP DDR2 Motherboard

It's the IDE socket at the bottom that is in the way, to be honest I'm not happy about going down from x16 either.

/edit that mobo looks cool but I'm not sure i can afford that.

Wondering if I'd be better to give the kit back to my mate