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tha1oco

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I have a system which i have just upgraded the memory on, todate i now have a;
P4 2.4GHz (PE PRO motherboard)
2x1G RAM (PC2700)... maximum (PC) i think for this motherboard... this was upgraded from 512MB pc2100.. recently
250G Hard drive

all the usual peripherals ...

System wise, i'm lead to believe this is the most i can get from the 'build'... without changing motherboard or CPU... am i right in my assumption?

I have 2 slots for SDR at PC100 or 133, though i'm not sure what to do with this? whats it used for? will it improve the preformance of my system if i were to obtain sticks for these slots?

Anyone have any recommendations on upgrades .... i've read and heard of over clocking though have never attempted it.... i've also seen on this site members rate there memory timings? how do i go about recording mine... as a method of checking it/improving it....

I'm not to clued up at present on whats out there and available.

Initially i had my system custom built to run GA's, so i needed a fast system, and i did at the time (3yrs ago)... this i know is well out of date hence an upgrade of 'high calibre' is what i'm after....

Any advice recommendations would be appreciated based on the above or opinion...

Thanks


Mason
 
tha1oco said:
I have 2 slots for SDR at PC100 or 133, though i'm not sure what to do with this? whats it used for? will it improve the preformance of my system if i were to obtain sticks for these slots?
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Nope

Also, when you upgrade, don't keep anything you have right now, it's pretty much a dead end. If the RAM is PC2700 you would have to ditch that too..

You're going to need a completely new setup, no worthwhile upgrades left for that platform.

You can see your RAM timings in BIOS.

Right now bang for buck for a gaming system is definately with the AMD64 Venice 3000+. If you have an AGP video card, you will need a Nforce3 based chipset
 
Hi, well thanks for the feedback, so you reckon the system is aged out, pity as i just bought the 2x1G pc2700 sticks.

So i guess i'll start back at the drawing board and get a new motherboard, i'll need one that will be good for a few yrs, fast and can support fast timings.... as i will be using it for the process of GA software and possibly gaming (if i get board).

Any recommendations on the board, i know you mentioned one, would this be ok?

Also when looking for RAM should i get a high value PC?....

Recommendations on graphics card....?

Audio....?

And anything you think will be good / make an excellent fast system....

I'll transfer my peripherals over into the new system though the bare bones/the building blocks i'm not to clued up on the pros/cons .. so i appreciate any and all info you can or anyone can give....

I have found a quote i gained about little over 2yrs ago, initially i had been quoted £2500 ($4500) for this sytem though as its from a branded company, and using the best they have, i can imagine theres better out there... for less...

Intel D850 EMV2L Motherboard 512
P4 3.06 512MHz
512MDRam (PC1066)
RADEON 9700TX 128 MB TV OUT PRO
CREATIVE SOUND BLASTER2 PLATINUM
XP PRO OEM CD DSP

Any advice on this system? Improvem,ents...as i had considered going ahead with it... though again i can imagine over the years this sytem would have changed...

I'm looking for a extremely fast system.... like i mentioned before i use GA's and at first, the system i was using (borrowed) took overnight to process, one run, the system i use now max takes two hrs, though i want this down to a min... everything else like large HDD, Sound, Audio is a bonus.... thats why initially i thought i could rack up the RAM to gain better speeds... though if theres better technology out there/systems out there... then i'll heed all advice, to achieve a high calibre system...



regards


Mason
 
What is GA?

If you are going to be using the system for coding, music, video whatever and games then I would suggest going Intel. Since you want it to last a while and be upgradeable I would suggest going with a 925 chipset with a 775 processor.

If you are using a 2.4A or B processor any 800FSB processor will show you a significant increase.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819116197

and this board:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131528

It uses 533Mhz DDR2 ram.

good luck ;)

 
GA's (Genetic algorithyms).. they take ages to computate hence i'm looking for a faster system than i have...

mason
 
You already have 2x1GB of PC2700? Hang on it for a Socket 939 system. Even if it doesn't have monster clock potential, there's an outside chance it will PC3200 @ 3-3-3-8, no need to firesell it just yet. Also, an Athlon64 system can run at lower RAM speeds and still overclock/perform really well. You won't break any SuperPi records running PC2700 RAPM, but it will run games just fine, and do a better job in BF2 and content creation apps than 1GB of the fastest DDR out there.
 
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