Upgrading soon.

[Krynj]

Ok, so I'm completely upgrading my entire computer. Custom building my own case, and then pretty much upgrading every piece of hardware (minus dvd burner and harddrives).

I've been reading a lot of CPU reviews lately, and I'm on the face about what to do. There's the Pentium D 805 overclocked to 4ghz with watercooling that I thought about. Then I was checking into AMD, then the newer Pentium Ds. I just can't decide.

Would it just be best to wait for the Conroe to come out? I'm trying to do this without spending a ton of money, but, I don't wanna get a new CPU, to have it be one of the worst on the market within a year. And if I do go Conroe, I'll have to buy one that supports the 1066mhz FSB, correct?

Any advice is greatly appreciated.

 

[swtethan]

$300 conroe will do

 

[Krynj]

And in regards to my avatar, I am not an old black man. Not that there'd be any problem with that.

 

[darkdemyze]

Heh, welcome to the forums, we don't make judgements about you according to your avatar

You could provide a bit more info though on your current system. But from the sounds of it, it's pretty old. What are you planning on using the computer for? Gaming vs. encoding makes a big difference in what most of your money should goto.

 

[Markfw]

And budget... Wait till July 24th if you want dual-core-AMD will be cheap, and a POSSIBILTY Conroe will be available by then. Single-core, AMD is cheap right now. 805 on water is a waste. For total less $, an X2 3800 is faster. Newer D's are better, but no faster.

 

[Krynj]

It's oldish, but not super old. P4 3.2 ghz HT, Socket 478. 1gb of Geil PC 3200 RAM. 2 200gb Maxtor SATA drives, Lite-On DVD burner, Geforce 4 ti-4200. My videocard is about the oldest thing in my current computer. It's a few years old, and it's been cutting it for a while, but I think the time has come to get a new videocard, and, unfortunately, AGP cards are now scarce, and since everything is going PCI express, and none of my current hardware (minus DVD burner and harddrives) would fit a board with PCI express. So, time to upgrade I guess.

I use my computer for gaming, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash, some 3d modeling, etc, etc.

 

[Furen]

Getting a socket 939 X2 on the 24th of July will let you reuse the ram, which saves you anywhere from 70-100 bucks. You could get a motherboard and CPU for around $250 bucks if you go for a cheap motherboard (not necessarily bad, cheap with regards to price) and that'd be all you need (and the video card, of course). Going Conroe/AM2 will require you to buy new RAM, too.

 

[imported_UncivilizedAMD]

Originally posted by: Furen
Getting a socket 939 X2 on the 24th of July will let you reuse the ram, which saves you anywhere from 70-100 bucks. You could get a motherboard and CPU for around $250 bucks if you go for a cheap motherboard (not necessarily bad, cheap with regards to price) and that'd be all you need (and the video card, of course). Going Conroe/AM2 will require you to buy new RAM, too.

not true, this board here supports Conroe and allows you to use ddr1 ram. It also has a pci-e slot too and an agp slot too so you can reuse your old video card if you want.

http://www.asrock.com/product/775Dual-VSTA.htm

this one also supports ddr1 ram, but doesn't have an agp slot, just pci-e
http://www.asrock.com/product/775Twins-HDTV%20R2.0.htm

 

[Trikat]

You would probably benefit with a move to 2gb of ram (2x1GB).

 

[Duvie]

Originally posted by: UncivilizedAMD

Originally posted by: Furen
Getting a socket 939 X2 on the 24th of July will let you reuse the ram, which saves you anywhere from 70-100 bucks. You could get a motherboard and CPU for around $250 bucks if you go for a cheap motherboard (not necessarily bad, cheap with regards to price) and that'd be all you need (and the video card, of course). Going Conroe/AM2 will require you to buy new RAM, too.

not true, this board here supports Conroe and allows you to use ddr1 ram. It also has a pci-e slot too and an agp slot too so you can reuse your old video card if you want.

http://www.asrock.com/product/775Dual-VSTA.htm

this one also supports ddr1 ram, but doesn't have an agp slot, just pci-e
http://www.asrock.com/product/775Twins-HDTV%20R2.0.htm

OK...you go ahead and buy ASSrocks....I know quite a few who have bought them and have not been pleased...

i think I will stick to one of the big guys.... Asus, DFI, or MSI.....


to OP:

Wait for the Conroe...Most cad apps use 2 cores efficiently but 4 cores not as well (as seen in my dual dual core 270 review)...I bet a Conroe oc'd to 3ghz would outperform even 4 cores of my 270...Mainly cause my CAD app shows little gain above 2 cores unless you use Radiosity....