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need some quick advice
Looks like I'm going to be broke for about a year while my wife goes
back to school. I was planning to upgrade my motherboard and cpu at the end of the year but just can't afford it now. I'm currently running a Abit KG-7 with a AMD Socket A Athlon 1.4GHz processor with 784 megs of PC2100 ram and a Radon 9500 Pro video card, so about the only cheap thing I can think to do is max out the processor and hope the system holds me over until 2005. Do you think it would be worth it to max out the processor on this board? And if so, which route should I take: AMD Socket A Athlon XP Palomino up to 2100+ or AMD Socket A Athlon XP Thoroughbred up to 2000+ |
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There is little performance difference, since the speed difference
is only 66 MHz between the 2. The heat generated will be about 10 watts less for the Thoroughbred. However, I don't think you will see much of a speed upgrade from the 1.4. I'd go with the lowest overall cost one. "Matt M" wrote in message ... Looks like I'm going to be broke for about a year while my wife goes back to school. I was planning to upgrade my motherboard and cpu at the end of the year but just can't afford it now. I'm currently running a Abit KG-7 with a AMD Socket A Athlon 1.4GHz processor with 784 megs of PC2100 ram and a Radon 9500 Pro video card, so about the only cheap thing I can think to do is max out the processor and hope the system holds me over until 2005. Do you think it would be worth it to max out the processor on this board? And if so, which route should I take: AMD Socket A Athlon XP Palomino up to 2100+ or AMD Socket A Athlon XP Thoroughbred up to 2000+ |
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"Matt M" wrote in message ... Looks like I'm going to be broke for about a year while my wife goes back to school. I was planning to upgrade my motherboard and cpu at the end of the year but just can't afford it now. I'm currently running a Abit KG-7 with a AMD Socket A Athlon 1.4GHz processor with 784 megs of PC2100 ram and a Radon 9500 Pro video card, so about the only cheap thing I can think to do is max out the processor and hope the system holds me over until 2005. Do you think it would be worth it to max out the processor on this board? And if so, which route should I take: AMD Socket A Athlon XP Palomino up to 2100+ or AMD Socket A Athlon XP Thoroughbred up to 2000+ If you live in AZ, NV, TX, CA and OR look for a Frys in-store specials. They'll run a ECS K7S5A Pro boards + XP 2000 - XP2400 bundles from $70 - $100 about every other week along with more expensive mb + cpu combos. It's like gettng a m/b for $20 above cpu cost. Store locations http://shop1.outpost.com/{Pwz0ZzMM1U7yYs1rzqX9CVrm5XHXgmdU2hR7EoM9ELEpu56Ub k f9|1902959087376929149/184095263/6/7001/7001/7002/7002/7001/-1|-132994362250 0760139/184095265/6/7001/7001/7002/7002/7001/-1|1057813607999}/template/help /index/FE30/Service3/Assistance/Middle_Topics/D2StoreHours |
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Unfortunately I live in Tennessee and there isn't a Fry's any where.
But thanks. "jaster" wrote in message . .. "Matt M" wrote in message ... Looks like I'm going to be broke for about a year while my wife goes back to school. I was planning to upgrade my motherboard and cpu at the end of the year but just can't afford it now. I'm currently running a Abit KG-7 with a AMD Socket A Athlon 1.4GHz processor with 784 megs of PC2100 ram and a Radon 9500 Pro video card, so about the only cheap thing I can think to do is max out the processor and hope the system holds me over until 2005. Do you think it would be worth it to max out the processor on this board? And if so, which route should I take: AMD Socket A Athlon XP Palomino up to 2100+ or AMD Socket A Athlon XP Thoroughbred up to 2000+ If you live in AZ, NV, TX, CA and OR look for a Frys in-store specials. They'll run a ECS K7S5A Pro boards + XP 2000 - XP2400 bundles from $70 - $100 about every other week along with more expensive mb + cpu combos. It's like gettng a m/b for $20 above cpu cost. Store locations http://shop1.outpost.com/{Pwz0ZzMM1U7yYs1rzqX9CVrm5XHXgmdU2hR7EoM9ELEpu56Ub k f9|1902959087376929149/184095263/6/7001/7001/7002/7002/7001/-1|-13299436 2250 0760139/184095265/6/7001/7001/7002/7002/7001/-1|1057813607999}/template/ help /index/FE30/Service3/Assistance/Middle_Topics/D2StoreHours |
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"JK" wrote in message ... It depends what is being run. The Athlon XP supports SSE, which improves performance greatly in some programs such a Photoshop. Actually I'm running both Photoshop and Illustrator (I was considering also running Premiere, but this system really isn't fully set up for video editing). Would I see enough of a boost to make it worth the money? My system runs fairly good now, but it seems like every year my freelance Photoshop projects become larger and larger. |
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If you are using a motherboard with 266 Mhz processor that runs at 133 X 2
=266, then the best processor is the Athon XP2400+ I do beleive. Sometimes flashing the BIOS can help things out a bit and allow a slightly faster CPU to be recognized and used. You could bank your money till October when the Athlon 64 CPU's and the new Intel CPU's with the 1Meg of L2 Cache memory comes out. This should lower the price of current processors. Also if you wife goes to school you may get a really big Tax Return. Claim the one-time HOPE Education Credit while she is going to school. When processor prices come into play the price drops over time. This is why waiting is better sometimes. You would probably get better results with a NForce2 motherboard if you can swing the funds for it. They have an excellent opportunity for faster RAM and faster Processors. An Asus A7N8X may be a nice investment. When the New Athlons come out they will need a NForce3 motherboard, the the price may drop for the motherboards too! The price for an Asus A7V266-E motherboard was $140.00 but has dropped to $50.00 in about a year and a Half. I would expect the NForce2 boards to drop in price considerably by Spring when your income tax comes back. Make sure your wife sends in a FASFA Federal Aid for Studen Financial Aid or something like that. The earlier you send it in the more likely the State you are in will come up with addittional funds. Dont underestimate funds for Women and minority scholarships if either apply. http://www.theregister.com/content/3/31673.html http://www.asus.com/news/2003/20030630.htm There is a lot of change coming in the wind. ATI is developing integrated video for the new P4 motherobards based on the new PCI Express Video Card Ports. This will be a very radical change in motherboards. "Matt M" wrote in message ... Looks like I'm going to be broke for about a year while my wife goes back to school. I was planning to upgrade my motherboard and cpu at the end of the year but just can't afford it now. I'm currently running a Abit KG-7 with a AMD Socket A Athlon 1.4GHz processor with 784 megs of PC2100 ram and a Radon 9500 Pro video card, so about the only cheap thing I can think to do is max out the processor and hope the system holds me over until 2005. Do you think it would be worth it to max out the processor on this board? And if so, which route should I take: AMD Socket A Athlon XP Palomino up to 2100+ or AMD Socket A Athlon XP Thoroughbred up to 2000+ |
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"Bit O. Data" wrote in message ... If you are using a motherboard with 266 Mhz processor that runs at 133 X 2 =266, then the best processor is the Athon XP2400+ I do beleive. Sometimes flashing the BIOS can help things out a bit and allow a slightly faster CPU to be recognized and used. Actually, according to their website I am limited to either a Palomino 2100+ or a Thoroughbred 2000+. I think I will end up waiting though, the slight speed increase just isn't worth $66 (even though when I run Photoshop with a large file I have problems running other apps at the same time). |
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