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| 421803 | 2006-01-17 19:34:00 | well if it's not new then that particular listing and the others which state 'new' must be falsly advertising ? | drcspy (146) | ||
| 421804 | 2006-01-17 20:30:00 | You would probably be better off, saving a bit more money or consider buying a new CPU platform altogether. As stated a faster CPU wiould be hard to track down and there won't be a significant increase in speed even if you did find one that was rated at a higher clock speed. If I were you I would rather get a new setup all together and just transplant compatible parts from your existing system to the new one. cheers chiefnz |
chiefnz (545) | ||
| 421805 | 2006-01-17 21:41:00 | Upgrading a CPU will likely not greatly improve performance. If you see a 10% to 15% improvement in overall performance, you'd be lucky. Also CPU upgrades is one of the trickier upgrades, from bent pins to BIOS changes. Actually a nice video card in a old system will improve performance. However there's two important "gotchas:" * If you buy a nice AGP card, know that most new motherboards / cards are PCIe (PCI Express.) There are a few motherboards that support both, but PCIe is now; AGP is in the past. It's likely be of little or no value in the next six months. * If you motherboard is really old, it's possible to damage your motherboard if you buy the wrong voltage AGP video card. Definitely worth checking the motherboard manual. |
kingdragonfly (309) | ||
| 421806 | 2006-01-17 22:49:00 | yes damage is possible that's why i suggested aida32 or everest so they can get some details about their system easily.......i'd dispute that say upgrading to an athlon 2000 would only give a 10% increase in performance over the current duron 900 however....... it seems to me that this young fella doesn't haev much money and so they're limited in what they can achieve. yes a socket 754 mobo and say even sempron 2500 will cost them a couple of hundred dollars then add a video card.......it all starts to get expensive from the perspective of a 15 year old on a limited income. yes it'd be much more future proofed .......however if one wishes to take a slight risk and buy from trademe 2nd hand stuff then a superior cpu and video card, (128mb) should only set them back $100 or perhaps just a tiny bit more.....and it'd be a considerable improvement on the current system. |
drcspy (146) | ||
| 421807 | 2006-01-17 23:30:00 | I agree completely drcspy . There is absolutely nothing wrong with the lad playing around on an oldish machine, learning the ropes, getting a kick (either way) and getting some improvement out of his machine and benefit functionally from the results . $150 spent on trademe or specials will go along way on that machine . A board upgrade will probably necessitate total replacement of most parts to get the full benefit of it . Your advice presupposes that the thread starter has the means, need and the want . |
Murray P (44) | ||
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