Like the title says, which would you rather run? My soon-to-be-fiance has an Athlon XP 2500+ Barton core in her pc now. It's a mATX board and case. Is it worth it to buy an el cheapo $25.00 (after rebate) mATX mobo and throw in that s754 Sempy I have laying around? Or would she just be fine with the Athlon?
I know it's not much of a performance difference, but it would run slightly cooler and she'd have 64-bit support. The other specs are minimalistic:
512MB DDR333 (actually DDR333, not 400)
Geforce FX5900XT-OC (my old card)
60GB Maxtor ATA
What speed increase can she see?
Mobo I'm looking at: here
Is there a better deal on a differenc/better board?
EDIT: would this one be worth $20 more? Or this open box DFI?
I know it's not much of a performance difference, but it would run slightly cooler and she'd have 64-bit support. The other specs are minimalistic:
512MB DDR333 (actually DDR333, not 400)
Geforce FX5900XT-OC (my old card)
60GB Maxtor ATA
What speed increase can she see?
Mobo I'm looking at: here
Is there a better deal on a differenc/better board?
EDIT: would this one be worth $20 more? Or this open box DFI?