Upgrade Dilemma - Need advice

ben_j_davis

ben_j_davis

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Well a few months ago everything was fine and dandy.

Now with the phasing out of socket 939 i'm left with quite a dilemma.

I have a Opty [email protected]
DFI LanParty NF4 SLI-DR EXPERT
1GB Geil Value 3200
BFG 7600GT

With the imminent arrival of of Vista and DX10, there is a definite need to upgrade. Graphics card is a must upgrade.

Option 1: Forget dual core for now and just upgrade my RAM to 2GB, although my mobo only supports DDR1, but then DDR3 is just around the corner. So i could be wasting my money. Although with better ram i could push my Opty closer to 3.0Ghz

Option 2: As X2's are starting to go out of production, grab one before they disappear (partially futureproof). Although my Opty is faster for games.

Option 3: Change mobo, ram and CPU and get a Conroe (Very expensive) Very rarely rip dvd's or encode music so not benefit there.

I play mainly games, but as the CPU doesn't make much of a difference to framerate i just dont know what to do?

Any ideas?
 
ben_j_davis said:
Option 2: As X2's are starting to go out of production, grab one before they disappear (partially futureproof). Although my Opty is faster for games.
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personally i would go with this option. get a 4400+x2 and just overlock it to 2.7ghz. personally i would hold on for abit to go conroe.
 
Yeah, just don't want to buy more of an obsolete product, but then again i can't afford to spend loads of money on a new system when i only upgraded 4 months ago.
 
Just because 939 is no longer top dog and being replaced, doesn't mean it isn't more than capable of running everything out there at the mnute. There is no point buying now for Vista and DX10 until they are out and have matured to the point they have the major issues ironed out. I waited a year before moving to XP. Get the X2 as mentioned, 2Gb of ram and a 1900XT now the prices are silly cheap. Will last till next year easily. Either in one hit or in separate purchases.
 
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