upgrading - 3500+ to 4200+ X2

[MonkieMann]

Hey all,

I'm just wondering whether you think its worth upgrading my 3500+ for a 4200+ X2, for £80?

I am currently running,

Shuttle ST20G5
AMD 3500+
1GB ddr ram
ATI x850
Vista Ultimate

I would like to know how much this will improve the performance of my computer, as in, would I actually notice a differance? I mainly use my computer for coding in C# using visual studio, and playing games.

cheers in advance

monkie

p.s. i'm also thinking of upgrading to 2gb of ram, when I have some more money

 

[caeteez]

Im no expert, but I would certainly think it would improve the performance well.

 

[Delvis]

Heh...I asked the same question the other day for a friend

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17723420

Considering your doing C#...I'd say it probably would help...Especially if you get the extra Ram as well. What speed is your ram currently? Cause the ram might be more beneficial initially....

 

[MonkieMann]

Well, my ram is DDR400.

I forgot to mention my board is 939 wish I had the money to upgrade to AM2 / C2D, but I think i'll try and get as much out of my shuttle as possible, before I upgrade it

Does anyone else think the ram will help more than the processor? Bare in mind, i can only run DDR, and not DDR2

 

[Jaffa_Cake]

I would save the money, im on a 4200+ X2 just now and gets out-benchmarked by a Pentium D I would save the money for now.

 

[Neggy]

I think it depends on if you are going to clock it or not. The latest 939 X2s seem to clock a lot better than the earlier single cores.

I have just done a similar upgrade, and now wish I'd done the RAM first to check the difference, but I'm doing mostly photo work with a little gaming.

 

[PieEater]

I would save the money, im on a 4200+ X2 just now and gets out-benchmarked by a Pentium D I would save the money for now.

Oh right - this is my 4200 x2 (overclocked admittedly) it seems to anhialate pentium D's;

 

[IceShock]

i went from a 3200 and 2.7ghz to a 4400x2 at stock, speed difference felt like double, loading times was lower to open things.

i was over the moon till i got bored with it decided to overclock it insainly at 3.3ghz, popped my motherboard then moved to a E6600 at stock and the difference felt like double again, then overclocked this to 3.6ghz

oh and yeh its worth it