I have a processor question. (16)

1 Name: NecroC 2004-12-02 15:36 ID:RDvu68iA [Del]

Ok I had planned to buy a new PC,but I cannot afford it. So I felt I should just upgrade my current PC to fit the little needs that I have.First off I want to run half life 2...not uber grand,or as crisp as it can be...just to be able to play it. My current speed is 700MGHZ Celeron, and I have 612MB of ram.

Ok, so I want to update to a P4 3.0ghz or some odd lower,Or something similar and I'm looking at cost. I want budget to stay between $300 to $500. I also dont want Celeron,Ive had one on my past two PC's and it feels like they just degrade and get slower over time.

I was looking at newegg.com And this is what I have found and I dont kno a thing about processors or Motherboards.

So I'd like to know if the processors will work with this board:
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-186-012&depa=0

Here are the processors I have picked out:
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=19-116-141&depa=0
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=19-116-171R&depa=0
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=19-116-171&depa=0

I'd also like to look into AMD's but seeing how they dont state there speed I dont know witch is the best.

Any help anyone can give will help me greatly.

Thanks in advanced.

2 Name: Cichlisuite 2004-12-02 20:23 ID:QaNfPF3g [Del]

3 Name: Cyb3R H4xX0r G33k 2004-12-02 21:09 ID:Heaven [Del]

wtf is a sempron? never heard of it :\

4 Name: Cyb3R H4xX0r G33k 2004-12-02 21:15 ID:Heaven [Del]

Sempron is an AMD Processor, cut down. Think of it as a Duron, except they do a lot more things to weaken the processor. And unlike the Duron, you can't bridge mod.

5 Name: hk0!0khonVgaHI 2004-12-03 03:33 ID:uyjs9n7w [Del]

Sempron? FAILURE
Do not buy a Semperon. It's AMD playing a cruel and terrible joke.

For a mere $20 more, get this beauty:
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=19-103-400&depa=1

It makes a world of difference... less heat, more potential to overclock, etc. etc.

Also, you'll need RAM. Because the RAM you currently have will not work in said board.

Frankly, there isn't much at all you can use regular SDRAM in anymore... so that's like $90 right there for 512MB of PC3200.

6 Name: Cichlisuite 2004-12-03 19:58 ID:L/v3Cb+w [Del]

A Sempron is simply a renamed athlon xp throughbred and performs about the same.
I was mearly suggesting a system that will work well for a good price out of the box, and getting that xp 2400 will cost a bit extra because you need to spend money on a heatsink since its OEM while the cpu i mentioned is retail and comes with heatsink.

7 Name: hk0!0khonVgaHI 2004-12-06 00:19 ID:gh+Gc2XQ [Del]

Barton > Thouroughbred
512k of cache vs. 256k makes a huge difference.

8 Name: Cichlisuite 2004-12-06 19:34 ID:h32Xapxw [Del]

At the same price of a Barton core AXP nowdays (with heatsink) your better off spending a little bit more for a A64.
A64>>>>AXP Barton

9 Name: hk0!0khonVgaHI 2004-12-06 23:30 ID:tAD07yVg [Del]

A64 necessitates more expensive motherboards, unfortunately. Currently, you don't want the A64 motherboards that cost less than $80 or so. Seriously.

Things will change once the NForce4 is spread far and wide. :-)

10 Name: Cichlisuite 2004-12-07 06:13 ID:h32Xapxw [Del]

So? When you think about it almost ANY mobo that cost less than $80 sucks.

11 Name: Cyb3R H4xX0r G33k 2004-12-07 09:22 ID:Heaven [Del]

Cheapo ECS boards with SiS chipsets have worked perfectly for me (except when a DVD case slipped behind my computer and blocked the power supply fan, bursting some capacitors) but apparently this experience is unique to me.

12 Name: Lain!zJuWe9wYoU 2004-12-07 20:16 ID:Heaven [Del]

>SiS chipsets

You fail at life.

13 Name: Geek 2004-12-07 22:49 ID:Heaven [Del]

Well, NForces have shit Linux support and VIA's are even worse. Any remaining alternatives?

14 Name: Cichlisuite 2004-12-08 06:32 ID:LexYBjBw [Del]

Go Intel.

15 Name: CYB3R H4XX0R G33K 2004-12-08 15:27 ID:MS8/Cjbg [Del]

>>13
NForces have shit Linux support? What are you on? My nForce works great on a 2.6.x kernel.

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