Renegade Public Forums
C&C: Renegade --> Dying since 2003™, resurrected in 2024!
Home » Technical Support » Other » New processor & ram: Is it worth it?
New processor & ram: Is it worth it? [message #302646] Wed, 12 December 2007 02:17 Go to next message
Ryu is currently offline  Ryu
Messages: 2833
Registered: September 2006
Location: Liverpool, England.
Karma: 0
General (2 Stars)

Processor: AMD Athlon 64 4000+ (2.4GHz) Socket 939 1MB L2 Cache OEM Processor

Front Side Bus Speed: 1000 MHz x 2 (2000 MHz)
Architecture: 90 nanometer
Processor Type: Athlon 64
Socket Type: 939
Clock Speed: 2.4 GHz
Performance Index: 4000+
L2 Cache Size: 1024 KB (1MB)
L1 Cache Size: 128 KB
Maximum Temperature: 49 - 71 °C
Thermal Power: 89 W
Voltage: 1.35-1.40 V
Included Devices: Cooling fan & Heat sink
Platform: PC

Ram: 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 184pin DDR Memory Dual Channel Kit

- Based on High Performance Nanya Memory Chips
- 184pin, Non-ECC, Un-buffered, Industry Standard DDR memory modules
- 6 Layers Low Noises Shielded PCB
- 2.55v-2.85V

Processor: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/125398

Ram: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-006-OK&groupid=701&a mp;catid=8&subcat=481


Q&A:

Go buy another mobo & new parts: No, I won't upgrade my motherboard!

DDR sucks: Yeah, But this is for gaming / work station (Photoshop, Hammer tool, and what not.), Not like I want to play Crysis.

Your opinion on my choices?


Presence is a curious thing, if you think you need to prove it... you probably never had it in the first place.
Re: New processor & ram: Is it worth it? [message #302655 is a reply to message #302646] Wed, 12 December 2007 03:25 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Goztow is currently offline  Goztow
Messages: 9737
Registered: March 2005
Location: Belgium
Karma: 13
General (5 Stars)
Goztoe
No dual core = fail.

You can find me in The KOSs2 (TK2) discord while I'm playing. Feel free to come and say hi! TK2 discord
Re: New processor & ram: Is it worth it? [message #302656 is a reply to message #302655] Wed, 12 December 2007 04:45 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Ryu is currently offline  Ryu
Messages: 2833
Registered: September 2006
Location: Liverpool, England.
Karma: 0
General (2 Stars)

Goztow wrote on Wed, 12 December 2007 10:25

No dual core = fail.


On a 939 socket? Don't be silly. Wink


Presence is a curious thing, if you think you need to prove it... you probably never had it in the first place.
Re: New processor & ram: Is it worth it? [message #302681 is a reply to message #302656] Wed, 12 December 2007 08:49 Go to previous messageGo to next message
sadukar09 is currently offline  sadukar09
Messages: 2812
Registered: May 2007
Location: Ottawa,Canada
Karma: 0
General (2 Stars)
Ryu wrote on Wed, 12 December 2007 05:45

Goztow wrote on Wed, 12 December 2007 10:25

No dual core = fail.


On a 939 socket? Don't be silly. Wink

Get the FX-52 single core, I heard their really cheap now.

(P.S. Buy a new computer)


Quote:

[19:16:48] <APBBR> @ryan3k: THE ENFIELD DEFIES THE LAWS OF PHYSICS BECAUSE THE BULLETS INSTANTLY HIT THEIR TARGETS LOL
[19:16:52] <APBBR> @ryan3k: CHRONO TECHNOLOGY IN TEH BULLETS


Quote:

[22:48]<APBBR> @V0LK0V: AOL COMING UR WAI K
[22:48] <APBBR> Host: Quitting due to Westwood Online connection loss.

Re: New processor & ram: Is it worth it? [message #302943 is a reply to message #302646] Thu, 13 December 2007 16:42 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Viking is currently offline  Viking
Messages: 1692
Registered: July 2005
Location: Earth
Karma: 0
General (1 Star)
Dual core is made of WIN and AWESOME.


Toggle Spoiler


QUOTES
"The Renegade community revolves around having something awesome, and not sharing it so you can be on top of the mountain." -Canadacdn

Crimson wrote on Thu, 17 May 2007 05:22

Memphis wrote on Tue, 15 May 2007 03:54

...fatally die to death...


I don't know if you meant to do that, but triple redundancy for teh win. I LOL'ed.


Awesome l337 people= Icedog90, Blazea58, Canadacdn, Crimson, jonwil
Re: New processor & ram: Is it worth it? [message #303032 is a reply to message #302646] Fri, 14 December 2007 04:29 Go to previous messageGo to next message
danpaul88 is currently offline  danpaul88
Messages: 5795
Registered: June 2004
Location: England
Karma: 0
General (5 Stars)
It really depends what your upgrading FROM. If you really want to keep the same motherboard it looks like a decent choice for the processor, but if your only going up .2 or .4 ghz it's not really worth the money.

http://steamsignature.com/card/1/76561197975867233.png
Re: New processor & ram: Is it worth it? [message #303036 is a reply to message #303032] Fri, 14 December 2007 05:13 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Ryu is currently offline  Ryu
Messages: 2833
Registered: September 2006
Location: Liverpool, England.
Karma: 0
General (2 Stars)

danpaul88 wrote on Fri, 14 December 2007 11:29

It really depends what your upgrading FROM. If you really want to keep the same motherboard it looks like a decent choice for the processor, but if your only going up .2 or .4 ghz it's not really worth the money.


current processor is a AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 2.0Ghz clock speed, 800mhz front bus speed.

and I currently have 512MB of DDR ram..


Presence is a curious thing, if you think you need to prove it... you probably never had it in the first place.
Re: New processor & ram: Is it worth it? [message #303037 is a reply to message #302646] Fri, 14 December 2007 05:29 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Goztow is currently offline  Goztow
Messages: 9737
Registered: March 2005
Location: Belgium
Karma: 13
General (5 Stars)
Goztoe
Just add a gig of RAM, I wouldn't change the processor.

You can find me in The KOSs2 (TK2) discord while I'm playing. Feel free to come and say hi! TK2 discord
Re: New processor & ram: Is it worth it? [message #303074 is a reply to message #302646] Fri, 14 December 2007 10:23 Go to previous messageGo to next message
CarrierII is currently offline  CarrierII
Messages: 3804
Registered: February 2006
Location: England
Karma: 0
General (3 Stars)

Agreed, no point unless you can go multi-core to a degree. You may want to consider saving for a new mobo etc, rather than buying a new processor.

(I would post you some spare RAM, but I don't have any.)


Renguard is a wonderful initiative
Toggle Spoiler
Re: New processor & ram: Is it worth it? [message #303192 is a reply to message #303074] Fri, 14 December 2007 18:53 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Ryu is currently offline  Ryu
Messages: 2833
Registered: September 2006
Location: Liverpool, England.
Karma: 0
General (2 Stars)

CarrierII wrote on Fri, 14 December 2007 17:23



(I would post you some spare RAM, but I don't have any.)



aww. In Love

I would go dual core, But eh.. FBS isn't so great, and it's mainly 512K L2 cache.


Presence is a curious thing, if you think you need to prove it... you probably never had it in the first place.
Re: New processor & ram: Is it worth it? [message #303878 is a reply to message #302646] Mon, 17 December 2007 21:58 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Dave Anderson is currently offline  Dave Anderson
Messages: 1953
Registered: December 2004
Location: United States
Karma: 0
General (1 Star)
Save your money for awhile instead of pulling small upgrades and buy a throw down system. Otherwise, you'll just be on an out of date system constantly.

David Anderson
Founder, Software Consultant
DCOM Productions
Microsoft Partner (MSP)
Re: New processor & ram: Is it worth it? [message #303936 is a reply to message #302646] Tue, 18 December 2007 06:51 Go to previous messageGo to next message
CarrierII is currently offline  CarrierII
Messages: 3804
Registered: February 2006
Location: England
Karma: 0
General (3 Stars)

I'm lying to you, to be honest. I doubt my home server needs all 1.5 GB of RAM. If you really do want 512MB of RAM, PM me.


Renguard is a wonderful initiative
Toggle Spoiler
Re: New processor & ram: Is it worth it? [message #304144 is a reply to message #303936] Tue, 18 December 2007 19:00 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Ryu is currently offline  Ryu
Messages: 2833
Registered: September 2006
Location: Liverpool, England.
Karma: 0
General (2 Stars)

CarrierII wrote on Tue, 18 December 2007 13:51

I'm lying to you, to be honest. I doubt my home server needs all 1.5 GB of RAM. If you really do want 512MB of RAM, PM me.



I can't tell if you're being serious, I'm buying a 1GB dual stick set soon, so 1.5GB o' ram! yeay!

So then you can have 1.5 too!

I might just buy a new mobo that supports AM2 or something higher, DDR2 and SATA-II and on-board audio.


Presence is a curious thing, if you think you need to prove it... you probably never had it in the first place.
Re: New processor & ram: Is it worth it? [message #304237 is a reply to message #304144] Wed, 19 December 2007 07:41 Go to previous messageGo to next message
sadukar09 is currently offline  sadukar09
Messages: 2812
Registered: May 2007
Location: Ottawa,Canada
Karma: 0
General (2 Stars)
Ryu wrote on Tue, 18 December 2007 20:00

CarrierII wrote on Tue, 18 December 2007 13:51

I'm lying to you, to be honest. I doubt my home server needs all 1.5 GB of RAM. If you really do want 512MB of RAM, PM me.



I can't tell if you're being serious, I'm buying a 1GB dual stick set soon, so 1.5GB o' ram! yeay!

So then you can have 1.5 too!

I might just buy a new mobo that supports AM2 or something higher, DDR2 and SATA-II and on-board audio.

You should just save your money and buy a new PC.


Quote:

[19:16:48] <APBBR> @ryan3k: THE ENFIELD DEFIES THE LAWS OF PHYSICS BECAUSE THE BULLETS INSTANTLY HIT THEIR TARGETS LOL
[19:16:52] <APBBR> @ryan3k: CHRONO TECHNOLOGY IN TEH BULLETS


Quote:

[22:48]<APBBR> @V0LK0V: AOL COMING UR WAI K
[22:48] <APBBR> Host: Quitting due to Westwood Online connection loss.

Re: New processor & ram: Is it worth it? [message #304340 is a reply to message #304237] Wed, 19 December 2007 17:01 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Ryu is currently offline  Ryu
Messages: 2833
Registered: September 2006
Location: Liverpool, England.
Karma: 0
General (2 Stars)

sadukar09 wrote on Wed, 19 December 2007 14:41

Ryu wrote on Tue, 18 December 2007 20:00

CarrierII wrote on Tue, 18 December 2007 13:51

I'm lying to you, to be honest. I doubt my home server needs all 1.5 GB of RAM. If you really do want 512MB of RAM, PM me.



I can't tell if you're being serious, I'm buying a 1GB dual stick set soon, so 1.5GB o' ram! yeay!

So then you can have 1.5 too!

I might just buy a new mobo that supports AM2 or something higher, DDR2 and SATA-II and on-board audio.

You should just save your money and buy a new PC.


a pre-made made pc? nah.

buying a new mobo + processor + graphics card and HDD would be a lot cheaper.


Presence is a curious thing, if you think you need to prove it... you probably never had it in the first place.
Re: New processor & ram: Is it worth it? [message #305325 is a reply to message #302646] Mon, 24 December 2007 09:58 Go to previous message
JPNOD is currently offline  JPNOD
Messages: 807
Registered: April 2004
Location: Area 51
Karma: 0
Colonel
To bad about the Phenom with this so called TLB bug.
It's fixed but performance drops...

Else that would have been a nice upgrade... Quadcore for everyone! In Love

If it's worth upgrading depends what else is in your system right now. If you have a good basis, good psu, airflow ecta. then it might be worth upgrading.


WOL nick: JPNOD
Previous Topic: Video Card Help
Next Topic: MySQL
Goto Forum:
  


Current Time: Thu Nov 21 08:08:09 MST 2024

Total time taken to generate the page: 0.01062 seconds