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Currently run a socket 939 setup, Opteron 170, 2gb corsair mem, DFI Lanparty sr motherboard, now I have been fancying a move to an intel platform and a quad core processor, need to do quite a bit of encoding work over the next month or so. However, being a cheap skate have been buying off the mm and have so far bought the following:
Gigabyte P35C-DS3r - idea was that as this takes DDR2 AND 3 it provides a bit of an upgrade path.
4GB G.Skill DDR2 PC2-8000 PQ Series
1 GB Crucial Ballistix tracer 1066.
All going well so far but I have been doing a lot of reading up about AMD's forthcoming chips and wonder if I would be better to go down the AMD am2+ route - a friend has offered me a x2 550 for next to nothing for the mean time.
Questions are which route would you guys take, bearing in mind a limited budget but looking at fututure options?
If AMD route which board would you guys reccomend, been reading up on Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4P and 3p although for longevity should I go for the top of the range UD5P - there has also been mention of an AM2+ MSI board.
Or would you suggest sticking to the intel route and just go Q9550?
IS it better to spend sayt £200 on a socket 775 processor or go the AMD route and buy a new motherboard and chip? Or would you just say sod it flog the lot and go AM3 ( hoping this isn't the answer).
Main uses are general web, .net and like I said over the next month or so quite a bit of encoding.
regards,
Matt
Gigabyte P35C-DS3r - idea was that as this takes DDR2 AND 3 it provides a bit of an upgrade path.
4GB G.Skill DDR2 PC2-8000 PQ Series
1 GB Crucial Ballistix tracer 1066.
All going well so far but I have been doing a lot of reading up about AMD's forthcoming chips and wonder if I would be better to go down the AMD am2+ route - a friend has offered me a x2 550 for next to nothing for the mean time.
Questions are which route would you guys take, bearing in mind a limited budget but looking at fututure options?
If AMD route which board would you guys reccomend, been reading up on Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4P and 3p although for longevity should I go for the top of the range UD5P - there has also been mention of an AM2+ MSI board.
Or would you suggest sticking to the intel route and just go Q9550?
IS it better to spend sayt £200 on a socket 775 processor or go the AMD route and buy a new motherboard and chip? Or would you just say sod it flog the lot and go AM3 ( hoping this isn't the answer).
Main uses are general web, .net and like I said over the next month or so quite a bit of encoding.
regards,
Matt
