hello,
I am thinking of upgrading an older system and wondering if I should just bite the bullet and upgrade to the new I5-2500K. But being the holidays, budget is tight.
My existing system is based on a M2N32-SLI Deluxe/Wireless Edition, running an Athon X2 4200+ with a Geforce 9850 GTX with 4gb of DDR2 800 ram. PSU is currently a modular 650. I believe an Antec off the top of my head.
Acording to the Asus with a bios update the mobo is able to run a Phenom II X4 945. Runs around 143.00 right now on TigerDirect.CA.
Now quick specs on the board:
- Support AMD Socket AM2+/AM2 CPU
- NVIDIA nForce® 590 SLI™ MCP
- NVIDIA LinkBoost™ Technology
- 2 x PCI Express x16 slot with NVIDIA® SLI™ support, at full x16, x16 speed
- Dual-channel DDR2 800/667/533
Front Side Bus 2000/1600 MT/s
Memory Dual channel memory architecture
4 x DIMM, max. 8GB, DDR2-800/667/533, ECC and non-ECC, un-buffered memory
Expansion Slots
2 x PCI Express x16 slot with NVIDIA® SLI™ technology support, at full x16, x16 speed
1 x PCI Express x4
1 x PCI Express x1
2 x PCI 2.2
Would upgrading the cpu,and possibly getting another 9850gtx give me enough of an improvement to dollars to make it worthwhile or would I be simply better off going I5 setup and new gpu for what I would dump into staying with the older system?
Any feedback would be appreciated
Bob
(Residies in Ontario, Canada)
I am thinking of upgrading an older system and wondering if I should just bite the bullet and upgrade to the new I5-2500K. But being the holidays, budget is tight.
My existing system is based on a M2N32-SLI Deluxe/Wireless Edition, running an Athon X2 4200+ with a Geforce 9850 GTX with 4gb of DDR2 800 ram. PSU is currently a modular 650. I believe an Antec off the top of my head.
Acording to the Asus with a bios update the mobo is able to run a Phenom II X4 945. Runs around 143.00 right now on TigerDirect.CA.
Now quick specs on the board:
- Support AMD Socket AM2+/AM2 CPU
- NVIDIA nForce® 590 SLI™ MCP
- NVIDIA LinkBoost™ Technology
- 2 x PCI Express x16 slot with NVIDIA® SLI™ support, at full x16, x16 speed
- Dual-channel DDR2 800/667/533
Front Side Bus 2000/1600 MT/s
Memory Dual channel memory architecture
4 x DIMM, max. 8GB, DDR2-800/667/533, ECC and non-ECC, un-buffered memory
Expansion Slots
2 x PCI Express x16 slot with NVIDIA® SLI™ technology support, at full x16, x16 speed
1 x PCI Express x4
1 x PCI Express x1
2 x PCI 2.2
Would upgrading the cpu,and possibly getting another 9850gtx give me enough of an improvement to dollars to make it worthwhile or would I be simply better off going I5 setup and new gpu for what I would dump into staying with the older system?
Any feedback would be appreciated
Bob
(Residies in Ontario, Canada)