upgrade path?
11 January 2006, 10:02 PM
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upgrade path?
I currrently have a 3 year old P4 1.7, running with a couple of EIDE drives, and a geforece ti4200 g/c.
looking to buy/build a new pc - can i get a noticeable performance leap spending £250? what chip spec is faster, and is SATA that much faster?
self building, and second hand parts are OK with me. Maybe something that was good last year?
looking to buy/build a new pc - can i get a noticeable performance leap spending £250? what chip spec is faster, and is SATA that much faster?
self building, and second hand parts are OK with me. Maybe something that was good last year?
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11 January 2006, 10:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Gareth Allan
I currrently have a 3 year old P4 1.7, running with a couple of EIDE drives, and a geforece ti4200 g/c.
looking to buy/build a new pc - can i get a noticeable performance leap spending £250? what chip spec is faster, and is SATA that much faster?
self building, and second hand parts are OK with me. Maybe something that was good last year?
looking to buy/build a new pc - can i get a noticeable performance leap spending £250? what chip spec is faster, and is SATA that much faster?
self building, and second hand parts are OK with me. Maybe something that was good last year?
The CPU maybe upgradeable to a 3.06Ghz Hyperthreading CPU (The old 533 FSB one). If you hunt around may get one for £50. You need to look at what Motherboard you have and research it's upgrade path.
Just a suggestion.
12 January 2006, 12:58 AM
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Forget about changing your hard disks. SATA is not that much faster, unless you get a Raptor.
As above, what are your current system specs (exact mobo etc) as you may be able to upgrade the CPU quite a bit.
Then add a bit of ram and a £100 GFX card and you should be going well.
As above, what are your current system specs (exact mobo etc) as you may be able to upgrade the CPU quite a bit.
Then add a bit of ram and a £100 GFX card and you should be going well.
12 January 2006, 09:41 AM
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motherboard is a via p4xb
this can take a p4 socket 478 400mhz,
3 x dimm pc1600/2100 ddr 266
4 x agp slot
looking on ebay, there seems an upgrade to 2.8 is possible, keeping the 400 bus speed. would a 3.2Ghz 800 fsb chip install work at 400 and be faster than a 2.8 400?
Nice info on sata - probably a fresh install of the o/s is called for then.
graphics card - i hardly play games at all, but I am currently playing NFS most wanted - this runs not too bad considering but with occasional slow down. certainly may be worth a new graphics card for £50 - £100 second hand for a good card. Suggestions? I find it hard to work my way through Toms hardware league tables on this.
Gareth
this can take a p4 socket 478 400mhz,
3 x dimm pc1600/2100 ddr 266
4 x agp slot
looking on ebay, there seems an upgrade to 2.8 is possible, keeping the 400 bus speed. would a 3.2Ghz 800 fsb chip install work at 400 and be faster than a 2.8 400?
Nice info on sata - probably a fresh install of the o/s is called for then.
graphics card - i hardly play games at all, but I am currently playing NFS most wanted - this runs not too bad considering but with occasional slow down. certainly may be worth a new graphics card for £50 - £100 second hand for a good card. Suggestions? I find it hard to work my way through Toms hardware league tables on this.
Gareth
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