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Opteron 185 - worthwhile upgrade?

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I was wondering if an Opteron 185 would be a worthwhile upgrade for my 939 system which is currently running a 4000+ single core chip and 2GB memory?

The system is used for surfing, word processing, DTP, burning DVDs and some light gaming.

I'd be grateful for any advice on whether this will make a good upgrade and extend the life on my system, or if I would be better off going for a new motherboard/CPU/memory/graphics all in one go next year. I've come across the Opteron as what seems to be a reasonable price (£140) by the way.

Thanks for replies :)
 
Thanks PeteLucky7

Currently running a 7800GS graphics card (AGP)

It's looking like a tough one to me at the moment as I'm feeling tempted by the Opteron :rolleyes:
 
Cheers for all the replies.

I thought it over a bit and decided to go for it, the new CPU should hopefully be with me later this week.

This should now be the last ever upgrade to my 939 system and tide me over until a complete change of motherboard/CPU/memory/graphics card next year :)
 
Fair enough in what you say YorkshirePadd26, but I just didn't need the hassle of going through a complete upgrade of CPU/motherboard/memory and graphics card right now.

I'm happy with my decision and think theres a good chance of my system now taking me through to late 2008/early 2009.

Thanks to everyone who posted :)
 
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