Upgrade

[whipped]

Thinking of upgrading my board and chip.

Currently I have a 1GHz AMD and a nice Abit KT7A-RAID mobo.

I may as well double the speed or better. At the moment I have the choice between a 2GHz AMD or a 2.4 P4. Both are not much difference in price (£30). Any recommendations?

I was also thinking of this motherboard (Abit BE7-RAID) for the P4 Chip. Anyne got this combo?

I want to have a RAID system.

 

[Embattle]

I assume you mean an XP 2400+(2Ghz) Vs a P4 2.4Ghz.

Well since you seem to be starting from the point of getting a new motherboard too then you might as well go with the P4 2.4Ghz, the below article can show what you can do with the P4 2.4Ghz if you're willing:

http://www.ocaddiction.com/reviews/cpu/2.4boverclocking/

If you upgrade regularly, which it seems you don't, then jumping into the P4 range isn't wise since they generally cost more and more over the equivalent XP processor.

 

[.Cask]

Hate to hijack whipped's thread but doesn't seem worth starting a thread of my own.

I too am thinkin about upgrading mobo and processor - 1.3ghz athlon and shitty MSI mobo at the mo. Anyone got any ideas on when the optimum time to upgrade would be?

I was thinkin of waiting till the next gen of chips come out then buy some of the current range at low prices (hopefully.) I didn't take a loan this year so really strapped for cash, wondering if anyone had advice to offer for me budget upgrading plan.

Tar mateys.

 

[kameleon]

just get one of the .13 chips, either p4 3gig or 2.8 xp then that should do you, I don't see the point of upgrading every 5 minutes

what could possibly need more than 3 gig processor?

its about time they got past the 640 kb base memory limit

 

[whipped]

Ok, this is the list I have come up with so far.

P4

Processor : P4 2.4 (Socket 478 FSB 533) £172.79
Board : Abit BE7-Raid £97.46
Memory : 512 DDR PC2700 £93.99
HDD : 2 X IBM Deskstar 120GXP (80 GB) £168.02

Total : £532.26

AMD

Processor : Ath XP2400+ £139.60
Board : KD-7 RAID £93.34
Memory : 512 DDR PC2700 512 MB £93.99
HDD : 2 X IBM Deskstar 120GXP (80 GB) £168.02

Total : £494.97

Recommendations?

 

[Embattle]

Originally posted by kameleon
just get one of the .13 chips, either p4 3gig or 2.8 xp then that should do you, I don't see the point of upgrading every 5 minutes

Well two points, the first being that the XP 2800+ is still not available in this country yet.

A P4 3.06Ghz costs some £550 to buy and I think you'll find Cask is unlikely to want to spend that much.

Since you're starting fresh Whipped I would go with the P4 solution.

 

[Testin da Cable]

I'd get the amd and take the diff down the pub (gay bar) ahem

/me shuts up now

 

[kameleon]

obviously i meant when the 2.8 gig comes out duh

 

[Embattle]

Originally posted by kameleon
obviously i meant when the 2.8 gig comes out duh

Obviously you also mean 2800+ (2.25Ghz) duh x2

 

[Yaka]

whipped keep away from ibm hdds m8

 

[whipped]

This is what I ended up going with :-

Processor : Athlon XP2600+ (333MHz FSB) £215.66
Board : Asus A7N8X £114.87
Memory : Corsair 512MB DDR XMS3200 CAS2 DDR333 £167.26
HDD : Western Digital Caviar £92.18
Total : £589.97

That's all including the delivery which should mean my new machine is up and running by next weekend.

 

[legendario]

Those hard drives are loud as tits.

I would go with a seagate barracuda or.. something.