Upgrade from a Opteron 175...?

[DReborn]

my sassy little operton 175 OC'ed to 2.5ghz has served me well over the years but I think it may be time for a little upgrade. just thinking mobo/cpu. My raptor hard drive and 7900gtx are chugging along just fine.

Will i notice a big change with the upcoming intel/amd cpu/mobo's? Computer is feeling a tad slow with media encoding, video editing, Vista in general, etc.

thoughts?

 

[engiNURD]

You'll notice a big difference with media encoding, especially with a quadcore. Don't forget RAM, since your Opty 175 is DDR while the new chips use DDR2. The Q6600 will reach above 3Ghz with proper cooling. Here, play with this:

http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu_2007.html?modelx=33&model1=934&model2=868&chart=440

 

[DReborn]

toms hardware...what will they think of next?

seems like ill get a nice little boost from upgrading. ill wait for intel and amd to show their wares off in the next month or so and make the decision.

i usually do the every 2 yr upgrade because it seems to give me the largest boost for my money.

 

[engiNURD]

Nothing special is coming out in the next month. All the new mainstream cpu's are due out in jan (Q1'08).