Is this upgrade worth?

[gygabite]

Hi all!
After 1 week relaxing holidays i saw that the hardware prices (especially socket 939) were decreasing much.
So would it be worth to get another 512 mb ram stick, a good oc mainboard(around 80€) and a 939 processor for arond 200€(a 3700+ or 3800+ or X2 3800+)?

 

[Azn Tr14dZ]

Why not, but you can also go AM2, they're about the same price, but you would have to get enw memory (DDR2) and such.

 

[NamesDontMatter]

Don't go am2 you'll just have to buy a new processor might as well build a new PC. Going AM2 for a small upgrade is completely stupid, If your doing a full upgrade like that simply wait for conroe or K8L.

Honestly with your setup I recomend a new sound card and 512mb of ram, thats all you need really for now. Your will find a suprising FPS boost from a new sound card (X-FI) Do you really NEED to upgrade. I suggest waiting a little longer to see what happens with conroe and see what AMD does POST AM2.

 

[Azn Tr14dZ]

You get a good frame boost w/ the X-Fi, if you're playing at low resolutions like 640x480. But when you play at 1280x1024, you barely get a boost at all.

 

[gygabite]

i cant upgrade 1 stick, 754's have 3 ram slots maximum, but which 939 mainboard is good?
it has to rum 4 sticks in dual channel and in ddr400. any suggestions?

 

[markkleb]

Hi all!
After 1 week relaxing holidays i saw that the hardware prices (especially socket 939) were decreasing much.
So would it be worth to get another 512 mb ram stick, a good oc mainboard(around 80€) and a 939 processor for arond 200€(a 3700+ or 3800+ or X2 3800+)?

NO, your comp is fine. And you have plenty of memory.

Wait till you see whats happening with DX10, Vista, Conroe before spending money.

 

[gygabite]

So what would be a good oc mainboard? I've hard from the Biostar T-force4U, but i have also heard that it can only run 2 of 4 ram slots in dual channel

 

[markkleb]

I have the Tforce (the ATX and the Micro ver) and they are OK, If u are gonna OC get a DFI..

As per my first post I would not upgrade your comp. I dont think you will see a big dif. But if you just have to, I would go with the AM2 since you need a mobo, cpu, and want more mem.

try for a Dual core if you can afford it.

 

[Polaris573]

I have to agree with markkleb. Unless you just really, really want to upgrade I would wait about half a year and build a new system with a DX10 graphics card and all the other new goodies.

 

[gygabite]

k, convinced
saving the money for a wii-console is much better