gmowad Posted October 19, 2007 Author Share Posted October 19, 2007 Hello, I was thinking about upgrading the cpu on my motherboard. I currently have an AMD Athlon XP 2100+ (Palomino Core) with one Corsair CMX512-3200C2 DDR DIMM. Any recommendations are welcome. Is it worth spending the extra cash on a Barton Core cpu? How about the FSB? Can I run a 200MHz FSB with this board and memory? Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmowad Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 Hello, I was thinking about upgrading the cpu on my motherboard. I currently have an AMD Athlon XP 2100+ (Palomino Core) with one Corsair CMX512-3200C2 DDR DIMM. Any recommendations are welcome. Is it worth spending the extra cash on a Barton Core cpu? How about the FSB? Can I run a 200MHz FSB with this board and memory? Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekT Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 Your Motherboard will allow you a Barton 3200+ and Dual Channel DRAM. Only the Deluxe allowed for Dual Channel. Personally I would not spend any money on that system. I would just run it to the ground and save that money for the next computer you buy. There is a differential in speed with the 2100+ vs the 3200+ but then you have bought a 3200+ and have a 2100+ and they are both old tech processors. My advice is to save your money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekT Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 Your Motherboard will allow you a Barton 3200+ and Dual Channel DRAM. Only the Deluxe allowed for Dual Channel. Personally I would not spend any money on that system. I would just run it to the ground and save that money for the next computer you buy. There is a differential in speed with the 2100+ vs the 3200+ but then you have bought a 3200+ and have a 2100+ and they are both old tech processors. My advice is to save your money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopGunSF Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 $6-700 will get you a nice Core 2 comp. (Grab up those 6600's while their still around!) Wouldn't spend anymore on that system. Speed gain wouldn't even be worth it. -Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopGunSF Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 $6-700 will get you a nice Core 2 comp. (Grab up those 6600's while their still around!) Wouldn't spend anymore on that system. Speed gain wouldn't even be worth it. -Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredJ Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 Your Motherboard will allow you a Barton 3200+ and Dual Channel DRAM. Only the Deluxe allowed for Dual Channel. Personally I would not spend any money on that system. I would just run it to the ground and save that money for the next computer you buy. There is a differential in speed with the 2100+ vs the 3200+ but then you have bought a 3200+ and have a 2100+ and they are both old tech processors. My advice is to save your money. Vanilla A7N8X does dual channel just fine. Other than that I must agree, not worth it to upgrade cpu. Buy a new system, I did back in march when I went from A7N8X-E Deluxe mobile 2500+ gf6800gt and 1GB 3200 Ram to my current system (see my specs) and that was a MASSIVE jump in performance. Never looked back other than in anguish over how long I stayed on the old system, didnt know what I was missing out on until I got my new system ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredJ Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 Your Motherboard will allow you a Barton 3200+ and Dual Channel DRAM. Only the Deluxe allowed for Dual Channel. Personally I would not spend any money on that system. I would just run it to the ground and save that money for the next computer you buy. There is a differential in speed with the 2100+ vs the 3200+ but then you have bought a 3200+ and have a 2100+ and they are both old tech processors. My advice is to save your money. Vanilla A7N8X does dual channel just fine. Other than that I must agree, not worth it to upgrade cpu. Buy a new system, I did back in march when I went from A7N8X-E Deluxe mobile 2500+ gf6800gt and 1GB 3200 Ram to my current system (see my specs) and that was a MASSIVE jump in performance. Never looked back other than in anguish over how long I stayed on the old system, didnt know what I was missing out on until I got my new system ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekT Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 Vanilla A7N8X does dual channel just fine. You're right. My mistake. I must have been confusing the vanilla three dimm with the a7n8x-x 3 dimm which does not do dual channel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredJ Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 Considering how many variants os the A7N8X asus did its easy to get confused ;) @gmowad. The one upgrade that might be worth the money is to get another 512MB Ram. Definitely what will give you most bang per buck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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