System comparison - Some help needed please

Matteus · 24 May 2007 at 15:00

I need to upgrade my system, I was gonna start fresh but realised my budget isn't quite as good as I forst thought :rolleyes:

i've tried overclocking but turns out my current system isn't really up to do so, so I have 2 options, baring in mind I have a limited budget. I can either by a part for a new PC every month for a blisteringly fast PC, which of course could take ages, or, upgrade.

My current setup as it stands is:

AMD 3700+
512mb RAM (3200)
200gb HD
ATI x1650 pro 512mb
450w PSU
A shocking case.

And was thinking to upgrade to the following:

ASRock 4CoreDual-VSTA PT880 Ultra
Intel Pentium D 935 (3.2ghz) Socket 775 FSB800
Kingston 2GB KIT (2X1GB) DDR2 667MHz
And a new case

All this comes to £175 which I dont think is too bad, basically my question is, is there going to be a significant performance boost to warrant doing this? I'm playing games at the moment which are so laggy and thought this would be a good option.

Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers.

semi-pro waster · 24 May 2007 at 15:05

I think you'd probably be better with a Core2Duo than a Pentium D so something like this might be suitable although I do have to ask what PSU you have, 450w doesn't give much information?

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC5300C4 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB5300DC) £42.99
(£50.51) £42.99
(£50.51)
Asrock 4CoreDual-VSTA (Socket 775) PCI-Express/AGP DDR2 Motherboard £39.99
(£46.99) £39.99
(£46.99)
Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - Retail £65.99
(£77.54) £65.99
(£77.54)
Sub Total : £148.97
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 is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £27.51
Total : £184.73

Matteus · 24 May 2007 at 15:08

So would that particualr Core2Duo be better performance wise compare to the Pentium D? Even though the processor has higher Mhz?

And I only said 450w because it's a generic one and rather poo tbh. I'll get a new one me thinks but not just yet.

semi-pro waster · 24 May 2007 at 15:23

This is about as close as I can find immediately, comparing a Pentium D 940 to a Core2Duo 6400 (faster than the E4300 by 300mhz but easily sorted with a bit of overclocking) and the Core2Duo destroys the Pentium D regardless of clockspeed. Comparison here but you can change the CPUs and the benchmark.