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Don

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My PC has a P4 2 GHZ w/400 MHz FSB. I'm thinking of shelling out $200 to upgrade to a P4 3 GHz w/800 Mhz FSB w/HyperThreading.

Is it worth it or should I hang on until I upgrade my entire system? I'm fairly satisfied with my current performance but I'm wondering if the boost I get might be worth it...

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My personal preference is for updating parts as you go along.

But I would try adding more RAM or fixing/upgrading the hard drive before upgrading the processor. I have found that what slows down the system is either not enough RAM or hard drive too slow. Unless you are really into cutting edge graphics, video processing, and high performance games (or the RAM/HD upgrades don't help), the need to upgrade the CPU is really low priority, IMHO.

This applies for laptops and desktops, unless you really hate the outside case.
 

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Alyssa Babe said:
Wait for the Core 2 Duo processors to ship in August. They would be the only Intel processor I would consider upgrading to if I had your setup. Keep in mind, you'll have to upgrade the board, ram and Videocard all at the same time for sure. You may need to upgrade the Power Supply depending on what you already have.

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That doesn't make sense. By the time you do all that you are well over a thousand dollars. It's like overhauling a K-Car. You might as well buy new and get the warranty.
 

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Alyssa Babe said:
Pricing to do it, $115 for an Asus board, $100 for 1Gb Ram, and $300 for the E6400 processor. The videocard is the tough one, but a $100 videocard is more than likely going to be faster than what he already has. That is $615. today. Wait till October and it will be lower. Wait till January and even lower.

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Fair enough. Mind you the 6400 is the low end chip and then you are still stuck with an old hard disk (limited lifetime), only USB 1.0 probably, no firewire, no chip readers, etc...
Sure you can upgrade and add anything, but with new ones being so cheap they throw all that stuff in and you get the warranty.
 

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Don said:
My PC has a P4 2 GHZ w/400 MHz FSB. I'm thinking of shelling out $200 to upgrade to a P4 3 GHz w/800 Mhz FSB w/HyperThreading.

Is it worth it or should I hang on until I upgrade my entire system? I'm fairly satisfied with my current performance but I'm wondering if the boost I get might be worth it...

Thanks
u probably wont get much improvement, unless u also upgrade your mobo and RAM with faster FSB, just my 2 cents
 

Don

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Alyssa Babe said:
Don is asking if he should upgrade to a P4 3.0E processor. My opinion is no as the performance increase is negligible. He has a processor running at 400Mhz FSB, he will NOT be able to put the 3.0E on that board. Also, his ram will be PC2100 or PC2700.
My MB can handle a CPU with an 800 FSB (I have an ASUS P4P800-E DLX), I just have a slower processor in there. However you are right, I have PC2100 memory so I'd have a bottleneck there. Just wanted to see if the perf. increase would be negligible. Thanks
 

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It usually takes a doubling of computer speed for the average user to really appreciate it. Small increases in computer speed tend to be difficult to perceive. Unless you have a specific requirement, I would recommend following Alyssa's advice.

On the other hand, if you are looking for something cheap and simple, swapping the processor is an inexpensive upgrade. You might notice a slight improvement in some of your wait times.
 

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Don - How much RAM do you have?

Upgrading from 512mb to 1gb will give you a noticable boost in performance for day-to-day apps.

I agree with the posts here that state the processor alone won't be a big boost for you.
 

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Alyssa Babe said:
Actually the E6300 is the low end chip. The new board will come with USB 2.0, Firewire and card reader options which he will get during this upgrade. He doesn't have to buy a new hard drive if he doesn't want to, but he can get a SATA one if he so chooses.

I see what your saying but he asked for a CPU upgrade, not a new system. You quoted approx $600.. and that is pretty much built from scratch and re-using his existing HD, monitor, etc... so to me that is not an upgrade, it's a rebuild but I agree, that CPU upgrade he asked for wouldn't help much...
 
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