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opfreak

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my finace has an old pc.

socket a sempron running at 1.6ghz

512 ram
9600pro

shes starting to compain about the speed alot, esspically now when she sees how fast myopty 170 @ 2.5ghz 2gb, 7800gt runs.

Newegg right now has a socket 754 3400 a64 with free mobo.

Looking at old bench marks it seems like this would give her a nice 4x overall speed upgrade.

its a temp upgrade until we have more cash for a new pc. but this upgrade might push that upgrade back till vistia comes out.

would this 100 dollar upgrade make a noticable to very noticable update.
 
zoobaby said:
More ram would make a noticable difference imho.
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it might happen.

I'd update the cpu and mobo. and then sell the old set for like 50 bucks. and use that to update the ram when its on sale and cheap.

The PC really uses that much ram, but does have its moments when playing games it pauses waiting for the cpu to finish. Very noticable when like you play CIV 4 and you get later in the game, it takes a while to process every turn.
 
opfreak said:
The PC really uses that much ram, but does have its moments when playing games it pauses waiting for the cpu to finish. Very noticable when like you play CIV 4 and you get later in the game, it takes a while to process every turn.
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That lag while you wait may also be thrashing as the cpu is working to swap data in the various memories. That is when more ram helps.
 
zoobaby said:
That lag while you wait may also be thrashing as the cpu is working to swap data in the various memories. That is when more ram helps.
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good point.

I'll have to look at the pc more. I just heard her saying shes waiting more for things to get done. And I know that 1.6ghz sempron socket A is no fast cpu.
 
How long has it been since Windows was installed? A fresh reformat and Windows install might help the overall sluggishness of the computer and maybe hold her over until you have more cash. If the CPU isnt too expensive it would also be a nice upgrade. Better yet do both. :)
 
if I get a new mobo + cpu, its getting a fresh install.

The debate in my head now is should I get this 100 dollar combo.

or spend like 160 and get a penitum d 805. (I know devil intel cpu, grr, but hang on with me)

and over clock it slightly at stock to like 3 ghz. on that sweet cheap asustek vsta board that has ddr ram slots, and an agp card, and a pci-e slot.

and then in a few months pul the 805 and install a core 2 cpu. and maybe upgrade the video card. That mobo lets me do it.

hmmm interesting times we live in.

a few months ago this would have been much easier
 
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