4200+ or D805

[waelt]

Hii all.........


Im planing to make a small upgrade then to make a huge step forward (Conore or amd 65nm "even they didnt show up yet" )
so which one worth the upgrade ? D805 or X2 4200+ ?

 

[waelt]

I wish but they aren't arrive here till now ...............
How much do u think the 4200+ will last ?

 

[Grimmy]

Errr.. those choices don't make any sense.

You should list what you have now.

If your budget is aimed in saving money for the best you can buy, that should determine what system is best for you.

I can see getting an 805 with a MB that would work with a C2D later on, but you might as well wait.

But if you want a system now, then go for the 4200 setup.

 

[waelt]

ok ... thanx alot ...
is the
msi K8N Diamond Plus good for the 4200+ ? or should i go with regular Sli board ? like ASUS A8n-sli

 

[dvdpiddy]

Why 939?

Cause he probably still has ddr ram and does'nt wanna spend more money that's my guess.

 

[sojrner]

good question. If you are getting an athlon system now then an AM2 is the better option, not 939.

 

[Grimmy]

Agreed. That is to build a totally new system today.

 

[will14]

the D805 is pentium D not conroe.
It's last Gen.
Get an Am2 w/ sli(x2 I'd say) and ddr2.
If you plan on having for a bit leave yourself some room.
Or if you want to pay a little more or can wait a month I'd say get a conroe with one of the new nforce chipsets.

 

[Glitch2000]

I just upgraded to a 4200x2 from an 2700XP, kept everything apart from motherboard so it made a dirt cheap upgrade. If you have existing DDR ram, AGP card etc then stick with the 4200x2 until you are ready to upgrade everything

 

[waelt]

there isnt a big difference between S939 and AM2 is that right ?
I mean not a lot different in performence especially in games , and also i still have my ddr rams .

 

[Grimmy]

The difference is upgrade path. Leaves you with more options on an AM2 platform.

 

[Glitch2000]

I forgot to say - I went the Asrock motherboard route as it allows you to use you existing AGP cards (but can handle PCI-E when you get one). My plan is to go CoreDuo but to do so requires me to leave my ATI X800XT and 2 Gb of ram behind so that suddenly gets a lot more expensive.

 

[waelt]

So is the MSI board i mentioned above good?
Is the ASUS A8n-Sli good enough ?

 

[waelt]

i asked is there a huge difference ? between AM2 and S939 ? and as i read that the new AMD 65nm cpuz will consider DDR-3 is that true ? ?
also i still have my DDR Rams

 

[dvdpiddy]

i asked is there a huge difference ? between AM2 and S939 ? and as i read that the new AMD 65nm cpuz will consider DDR-3 is that true ? ?
also i still have my DDR Rams

So iw as right about the ram. Listen the only difference between socket 939 and am2 is that am2 is more future proof thats all, Currently they perform about the same but int he future when new tech comes out am2 will leave 939 in the dust.

 

[sojrner]

there is a performance perk, albeit a small one... but you also have a longer upgrade path. On 939 what you see is what you get, there will be no new procs there. I seriously doubt that ddr3 will see the light of an amd proc for a good while yet. They just went to ddr2, and will still see performance bennies w/ faster speeds there.

w/ your current ddr sticks, you could re-use them in your new system but then you have that old mobo and proc that will do nothing w/o them. If you build a whole new system then you can use that old one as a server or home theater setup... anything really. No sense having them sit out all the fun.

 

[waelt]

The problem is the cash i dont have alot and im going to upgrade ev.thing....
if i wanted to go with AM2 i would choose X2 4000+ but it costs alot .....
i recently have

P4 2.4 ghz S 478
1 Giga rams
FX 5700

and i want to change to

AMD X2 4200+
same rams
XFX 7600 GT
X-Fi soundcard
Logitech Z-5500
MOBO (ASUS A8N-sli or MSI Diamond plus )

what do you think ?

 

[dvdpiddy]

The problem is the cash i dont have alot and im going to upgrade ev.thing....
if i wanted to go with AM2 i would choose X2 4000+ but it costs alot .....
i recently have

P4 2.4 ghz S 478
1 Giga rams
FX 5700

and i want to change to

AMD X2 4200+
same rams
XFX 7600 GT
X-Fi soundcard
Logitech Z-5500
MOBO (ASUS A8N-sli or MSI Diamond plus )

what do you think ?

Is your p4 northwood?

 

[shabodah]

Drop to a X2 3800+ so save some money.

If you are re-using your DDR and not moving to DDR2, the best choice for the short term (since long term WILL require you to at some point upgrade your memory), is the 3800x2 by FAR. The above mentioned AsRock board with both the AGP and PCIe x16 slots is only $66, bringing your total with S&H to about $225 and leaving the option to even use their upgrade card for AM2 and DDR2. So, then you could even have an AM2 AGP system! lol!

 

[zornundo]

Drop to a X2 3800+ so save some money.

Hells yeah, and OC it like a bitch!! :twisted: OC it to 4600+ levels.