kAoS

kAoS

I am in the market for some sort of upgrade to my PC. I am very confused at all the new cpu's coming out, and how they will need to be catered for. I would like some comments on my following logic.

I have a 478 socket motherboard with a P4 2.4ghz, also an x800 AGP vid card. As I mostly want to use the maching to game, I wasn't too fused with Dual core nonsense and thought. So to upgrade, I thought my best bang for my buck would be to simply upgrade my cpu to a P4 478 3.4ghz chip (fastest I can go with this motherboard) thus I wouldn't have to get a new motherboard. Keep in mind, if I want to upgrade my motherboard, I would want to get one that is SLi ready, ready for my vid card upgrade in 2 years.

However, I have been thinking, if I get myself a nice new motheboard which would fit a 775 socket p4 3.4ghz cpu, would this also fit the new dual core cpu's coming out in ther near future, ie:

Pentium D 775 (I believe this is a dual core)
intel Core Duo 775 (is this faster than pentium d?)
Intel Core 2 Duo 775

Or do I have to get a new motherboard that supports these chips each time I want an new chip "architecture" for lack of a better word?

So in summary, I guess the main questions are these:

0.5 Comments appreciated on my initial upgrade thoughts.
1. if I get a new 775 socket motherboard and wakk a P4 3.4ghz cpu in it, will I later be able to wakk a Intel Core 2 Duo in it down the track?
2. Is the intel core duo better for gaming than the Pentium D?
3. Is the Intel Core 2 Duo the conroe chip everyone is blowing thier front end loaders over?


Any kAoTis advice and thoughts would be appreciated. (don't tell me to go to AMD, cuase I aint familiar with them.

go AMD ........ just kiddin

wot is ur budget ($200, $2000)?

wot power suppy unit (300w, 500w - does it have 20 or 24 pins for the mother board power, does it have the extra four pin adaptor for weird pentuim mother boards) do u have?

wot ram type (sdram, ddr ram or ddr2 ram) and how much do u have?

these will help us 2 help u

heard the core cpu is pretty decent......but isnt compatible with any other chips (as ALWAYS) so mobo upgrade will b mandatory

apart from that i gotta do some reserch.......but i dont know why you write off AMD i know u dont know them well....but that ISNT a valid argument.
im sayin go tha whole hog and get ddr2 an all that jazz.



BTW. intel BLOWS

Hahaha.

hudBENQFP202WcpuP4 2.4GHZ mobo865PE 478 ram1GBDDR agpHIS ATI X800PRO boxANTEC180B psuRATTLE BOX EXTREME PREHISTORIC EXTRA DUST VALUE EDITION


1. ($300) OK, the way I see it so far. For $300 AUS I get an extra 1ghz by getting the 3,4ghz. Games are Ghz hungry so I see this as a good shortterm solutionm, unless I get a dual core over 3,4ghz, which will cost $500 alone, and not help my game anyway.

2. (>$500)They other way I can go, is dual core. This means I gotta get another MOBO, which means I have to get a AGP mobo to keep using my x800pro (which can be flashed to x800XT), which will only last me one upgrade session. So a new MOBO will at least cost $100, an new CPU $300-400.

3. (>$1000) 3rd option, I get a new MOBO that supports PCIx, DDR2, intel conroe dual. Cost = fuck that.

ANything other than option one will see me get an upgrade that starts to cost over my $0.00 budget. If I perhapos go with option 1 and stay with it for a year, then after a year, all of it will be shithouse, and then IU can upgrade the lot!

Fucking progress!

Hender, I will have a Antec Smart Power 450 24 pin on sunday.

YO wakko you nide 2.100$ to gett the loot New PC get the sly mabo then put 2 x g/cards. Get the MSi one look at this one:



http://img446.imageshack.us/img446/6116/dscf00042ke.jpg


http://techreport.com/reviews/2006q1/ms ... dex.x?pg=2

Fuk! Thats looks NAAAASTY!

Last things first:

How do I know that the E6300 Conrow will be faster for single threaded game like Battlefield, UT2004, UT2007, FarCry, than the 3.4ghz P4?

First things last:

Land Ahoy! Of course! Now that I have entertained the thought of a Conroe, I have done some research and have found out that I could possible get the conroe chip E6300 for AUS$298.00. Of course this means that I would have to get a new motherboard...but again! Land Ahoy, I have found a MOBO that supports my AGP card, (as well as PCI x16 for the future) it also supports my old DDR ram, ( aslo DDR2 for future as well) and all this for only AUS$80.

So instead of getting a P4 3.4ghz fire hazard, I would be better of going for the Asrock 775Dual-VSTA with Conroe Chip (When it comes out), considering the conroe will be single threaded speed machine.