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January 29th, 2008
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Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Oregon, USA
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|  Thinking of upgrading Hey all, I need some advice. I'm thinking about upgrading my CPU. But I only have $250 to spend. I know $250 isn't a lot but thats because I went ahead and bought a new PSU. I checked on gigabyte's website and my current MB only supports up to the Athlon x2 6400 BE and thats after I flash to the latest bios. So I could buy the...Or another Idea is to buy a new MB and put a intel E2160 and overclock.
I'll also need to buy a CPU cooler and paste which is factored into the $250.  C2D E8400 3.0GHz Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L Rev.2 Samsung 20x Burner Samsung 500GB Seagate 160GB ASUS HD 3870 512mb 4GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800 mhz PC Power and Cooling Silencer 610w Samsung 226BW 22" | ||||||||||||||
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January 29th, 2008
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| vincit qui se vincit
 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Upper Michigan
Posts: 451
| Re: Thinking of upgrading I really don't think the E2160 is much of an upgrade. Why not wait until you've saved another $50 or so and upgrade to a Conroe or a Wolfdale? I'm afraid that if you spend money on the Allendale now, you'll want to upgrade it in a couple months. Carl Core 2 Duo E6750 Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Abit IP35 Pro 2x1GB Crucial Ballistix DDR2 800 XFX 8800GS Alpha Dog 500GB Seagate Barracuda 32MB Cache Coolermaster RC-690 OCZ StealthXStream 600 watt Acer AL2216W 22" monitor Windows XP Pro SP2 | ||||||||||||||
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January 29th, 2008
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| "the piano playin Gimp"
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Upgrade to a 45nm CPU later when the prices drop a little and you'll be good to go! That motherboard is a great OC board btw   | |||||||||||||||
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January 30th, 2008
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| Colonel Calamity
 | Re: Thinking of upgrading I would say the Intel route is your best bet. You will not see an immediate speed increase but when money comes available down the line, you can get a mid-level Penryn which you will see a speed increase there. Also remember that many of those Intel 2XXX chips are great OC's so you could a get a nice little boost to hold you over until you do get a 45nm chip.  Thanks HL and Corsair! My opinions are my own and not representative of this site or its members.  | ||||||||||||||
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January 30th, 2008
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Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Oregon, USA
Posts: 60
| Re: Thinking of upgrading Thanks for your replies. I'm not totally sure, but I might order tomorrow :) C2D E8400 3.0GHz Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L Rev.2 Samsung 20x Burner Samsung 500GB Seagate 160GB ASUS HD 3870 512mb 4GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800 mhz PC Power and Cooling Silencer 610w Samsung 226BW 22" | ||||||||||||||
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