Hi, I will have a bit of spare cash soon & was possibly considering upgrading to a AMD 64bit processor. Currently I have a 2.8GHz Pentium 4 with HT. This was my first decent machine I bought from PC world a few years back & was the best one at the time. However I am getting a bit frustrated with it of late as it seems to be very sluggish. I have upped the RAM previously to 1GB but to be honest I really didn't notice that much difference. Everything else has been swapped & changed so much there's only really the processor & graphics card left. I'm not a gamer at all so not too concerned about the latter. I do burn a lot of dvd/cd & whilst doing this my machine has no response to other programmes. sending it to the tray & opening a browser is a big no no. Which leaves me sat twiddling my thumbs until the disc is done.
Would upgrading my processor give me the performance I need? I presumed 1GB of ram to be quite adequate.
I am becoming quite interested in the 64bit AMD, but to be honest I know nothing about the ratings. All the names have changed & some of these AMD chips are only rated at 2.0GHz I do recall however that the 2 companies use a different rating system. Is the Athlon still the better chip (the pentium was when i got one) most of the ones I've seen are sempron.
I'm really confused now!?! For example if I have a Pentium 4 2.8GHz HT what would be the AMD 64 equivalent be say 3.0GHz - 3.5GHz and what kind of cash am I looking at?
Amd suit the gamer and are generaly cheaper where as intels offereing is much better when it comes to everyday usage. If going 64 then imo Intel is still the way to go. Either way your mobo isnt going to be much use so youll need to upgrade that too. Maplin do a decent range and the B grade stock is cheap too. The_DADDY
I was aware that it would possibly mean a upgrade to the motherboard so I have included this in my budget.
But just in case I can use my current one here are the details of it from Everest. (sorry if it's a bit long winded)
Field Value Motherboard Properties Motherboard ID 63-0312-000001-00101111-081303-SPDALE_G$PSLA1065_BIOS Date: 08/13/03 17:47:19 Ver: 08. Motherboard Name Asus P4SD-LA
Front Side Bus Properties Bus Type Intel NetBurst Bus Width 64-bit Real Clock 200 MHz (QDR) Effective Clock 800 MHz Bandwidth 6400 MB/s
Memory Bus Properties Bus Type DDR SDRAM Bus Width 64-bit Real Clock 160 MHz (DDR) Effective Clock 320 MHz Bandwidth 2560 MB/s
Chipset Bus Properties Bus Type Intel Hub Interface Bus Width 8-bit Real Clock 67 MHz (QDR) Effective Clock 267 MHz Bandwidth 267 MB/s
Motherboard Physical Info CPU Sockets/Slots 1 Socket 478 Expansion Slots 3 PCI, 1 AGP RAM Slots 4 DDR DIMM Integrated Devices Audio, Video, LAN Form Factor Micro ATX Motherboard Size 240 mm x 240 mm Motherboard Chipset i865G
Motherboard Manufacturer Company Name ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Product Information http://www.asus.com/products/mb/mbindex.htm BIOS Download http://www.asus.com/support/download/download.aspx
I have absolutely no idea what all this means!! Could I use a 64 chip on this MOBO or shall I look for a new one?
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