Worth While Upgrade??

mattyj1085 · 20 Feb 2007 at 00:18

Ive currently got system in sig and was wondering if getting the
ASRock 775DUAL-VSTA SKT 775 motherboard and a E4300 and keeping my ram and graphics card for a bit as only had them a few months would be a worth while upgrade.

I would be trying to get the most out of the E4300 and from a few reviews ive read it seems the best on the ASRock board would be about 2.7Ghz would this be worth the upgrade from my current setup untill I can afford new ram, graphics and decent overclocking motherboard to go with the E4300??

cheers

geff_r · 20 Feb 2007 at 01:37

I'd say yes if you can get it on the cheap so to speak means you'll have a better
rig up until you can afford the full upgrade.If were me i would only get one on the cheap off flea bay.
as to whether a 3800 beats a 2.7 ghz allendale i have no idea.
As a stop gap solution it would be a good idea if asrock got dirt cheap.
Could do that myself come to think of it.Mind you they are what £35 new
hey it's a great idea can do that myself methinks.Nice one it's only 35
cant go wrong get a new board etc later and when you do keep the asrock as backup.

mattyj1085 · 20 Feb 2007 at 13:09

yeh thats what i was thinking cant afford £500 out in one go at min for all new stuff
Anyone got any thoughts on overclocking E4300 on the asrock board?
If I couldnt overclock it very much on that board would it still be faster then my x2 3800 at 2650mhz?

mp260767 · 20 Feb 2007 at 14:10

from bits i've seen people have said it would, been thinking about changing from an opty 146 and that mobo seems the best bet, did the same when i moved to socket 939 using their dual sata2 board and it did a good job.

mattyj1085 · 20 Feb 2007 at 14:53

After a bit more searching ive found this board ASROCK SOCKET 775 4COREDUAL-VSTA seems to be the updated version that supports quad core and has a 16x pci-e slot,

Its supposed to be better for overclocking aswell im going to go with this one and a E4300 seems my best bet and only £150 for both cant go wrong with that

Vekiq · 20 Feb 2007 at 17:09

Hi,

Is your current motherboard socket 939 or AM2?
If it is 939 you will not be able to use ram, as it will
be DDR, for Intel boards you need DDR2

geff_r · 20 Feb 2007 at 18:29

thats the thing with the s rock board it supports dual core agp
ddr ram ddr2 ram etc