Unsure upgrade to AMD X2 or Intel

[drkumar72]

HI folks, thinking of upgrading my Athlon 64 3500+ Winchester to a Dual core 4400 or 4600, former can get for around £145 and latter £160. Wondering which would provide the better performance all round considering the latter is faster but with less cache.
Presently running Vista Ultimate and running smoothly but not as fast when multi-tasking. (Vista score of around 4.6)
I could change the whole rig to a Intel Duo with mobo and new card but certainly would cost me more than just upgrading my chip; would also have to get a new OS installed also as Vista will only allow me to change CPU and not mobo with my registered copy.
Advice appreciated
Taa
Config:Asus A8N SLi Deluxe, Athlon 3500+, 2GB RAM, 256MB ATI Radeon 9600XT

 

[drkumar72]

any recommendations for which C2D chip and mobo then, alog with mem? will have to get another OS on it, may as well jsut get one custom made from a good online company, save me the hassle! Thinkit may be good to change to Intel.
Cheers

 

[drkumar72]

Useful info, i have this urge now to go for a new rig with C2D. Been looking at the 6600 Conroe and i think i will either get a custom made pc or sell my bits and gather the cash to build a new one. Anyone recommend a GFX card and mobo for this 6600? An online retailer is doing a 6600, EVGA PCIe Mainboard-nForce 680i SLI, 1024MB DDR2 Memory,320GB Serial ATA Hard Drive,256MB nVIDIA Geforce, 7600GS Graphics,Sony 18x Super Format DVD Writer and Vista Home premium. All for £730. Not sure i can be assed with the hassle of building another one!

 

[drkumar72]

haha, so true. Companie pretty stingy when it comes to memory & GFX cards. I think certainly its useful to have companies make em as it saves u the hassle but less fun than making it. I just couldnt be bothered or rather have the time to assemble another system....but for value for money suppose i will have to. Which decent mobo's are out there for C2D? Is it woth goinh for the 6400 or 6600?