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dual processor upgrade or athlon ?
hi there,
been asked to upgrade a friends pc ! now its got albeit old quite a funky MB dual slot 1 and onboard scsi at the mo its got a single pII 350 in Now looking on ebay i can get 2 x P3 700mhz for peanuts Or get a new athlon board and chip. It only needs to run premier 6 well what dya rekon ? cheers |
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"trevor" wrote in message
... hi there, been asked to upgrade a friends pc ! now its got albeit old quite a funky MB dual slot 1 and onboard scsi at the mo its got a single pII 350 in Now looking on ebay i can get 2 x P3 700mhz for peanuts Or get a new athlon board and chip. It only needs to run premier 6 well what dya rekon ? cheers You're not going to get 2 P3 chips in the current motherboard. He is going to be much more happy with a nice Athlon XP. You can get good ones for under $100 and a good motherboard for $70. |
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yeah it'l take up to a P3 1gig with the right bios.
http://www.asus.com.tw/support/cpusu...pusupport.aspx p2b-ds otherwise i'll have to buy a scsi card as well for the scsi drive. |
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"trevor" wrote in message ... yeah it'l take up to a P3 1gig with the right bios. http://www.asus.com.tw/support/cpusu...pusupport.aspx p2b-ds otherwise i'll have to buy a scsi card as well for the scsi drive. In that case I'd suggest getting one P3 1gig rather than two 700s if you can do it for the same or near the same money. It would be noticably faster in most applications than going with the dual configuration. Of course, if money isn't that big an issue go for two 1gigs. Unless you have applications optimised for dual CPUs IME you're only going to see maybe a 5-10% increase max in speed with one two CPUs compared with one. -- ~misfit~ --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.515 / Virus Database: 313 - Release Date: 1/09/2003 |
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On Wed, 3 Sep 2003 00:58:38 +0100, "trevor"
wrote: yeah it'l take up to a P3 1gig with the right bios. http://www.asus.com.tw/support/cpusu...pusupport.aspx p2b-ds otherwise i'll have to buy a scsi card as well for the scsi drive. Upgrading a PC to run Premiere well will probably require a new hard drive too. A motherboard of that age is near the end of it's expected lifespan, so it's not really a good idea to be buying multiple P3 CPUs for it, not expecting a good servicable lifespan from the upgrade. I'd tell you to get the Athon but then you may need a new power supply, increased chassis airflow, etc. He got a good run out of the old box so build him a new one that'll last that long. Dave |
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