Hey there, I have a older basic system as follows:
CPU: e6400@2.13
MB: Intel DG965RY
Graphics: 1950XT
Memory: 3gigs cosair pc5700
Power: Ultrax2 550 watt
I bought this a few years ago and to this day am still kicking myself that I opted for a cheaper cpu/MB bundle since this board can't over clock. My line of thinking at the time was that in a year or so I would be able to find some of the more expensive MB's at the time in the bargain bin by now..this isn't the case so.....
I was thinking about a few budget upgrade paths, as follows:
1)Get new GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3L board for $120 and a Sapphire 4870 512MB for $187, then overclock the hell out of the old 6400..should be able to hit the 3.0GHz range at least on stock air cooling...I hope. My main question is how much of a bottle neck will the CPU be, meaning that will I get a MAJOR performance hit on the video and if so roughly how much. If its not too bad I'd like to go this route and maybe throw in a new CPU in the near future. Another concern is the memory.
2) At the time memory was very expensive, paid $185 for 1 gig of PC5700 since the crappy board couldn't handle PC6400 at the time. Since memory is so cheap now days, would it be worth while upgrading that to.
If anyone has any other suggestions let me know. Keep in mind I've never overclocked before so a board with the most useer friendly feature would be ideal. Like to keep it cheap to so that if I blow it up I don't have to jump of a bridge or anything. Thanks.87
CPU: e6400@2.13
MB: Intel DG965RY
Graphics: 1950XT
Memory: 3gigs cosair pc5700
Power: Ultrax2 550 watt
I bought this a few years ago and to this day am still kicking myself that I opted for a cheaper cpu/MB bundle since this board can't over clock. My line of thinking at the time was that in a year or so I would be able to find some of the more expensive MB's at the time in the bargain bin by now..this isn't the case so.....
I was thinking about a few budget upgrade paths, as follows:
1)Get new GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3L board for $120 and a Sapphire 4870 512MB for $187, then overclock the hell out of the old 6400..should be able to hit the 3.0GHz range at least on stock air cooling...I hope. My main question is how much of a bottle neck will the CPU be, meaning that will I get a MAJOR performance hit on the video and if so roughly how much. If its not too bad I'd like to go this route and maybe throw in a new CPU in the near future. Another concern is the memory.
2) At the time memory was very expensive, paid $185 for 1 gig of PC5700 since the crappy board couldn't handle PC6400 at the time. Since memory is so cheap now days, would it be worth while upgrading that to.
If anyone has any other suggestions let me know. Keep in mind I've never overclocked before so a board with the most useer friendly feature would be ideal. Like to keep it cheap to so that if I blow it up I don't have to jump of a bridge or anything. Thanks.87