Hey everyone,
I'm looking forward to being a member of these forums. The people on Tom's seem to be some of the best informed and most experienced computer people anywhere. That's why I came here with this question:
I have a XFX Radeon 4770 which is PCIe 2.0 capable. My motherboard, Abit IP35 PRO, however, only runs at PCIe 1.1a/1.0. How much performance am I losing by not using a PCIe 2.0 slot? I found a mobo that is LGA775 and has a PCIe 2.0 slot , which seems very rare these days. It's on sale for about $80 online, but doesn't have as many features such as fan headers, rear panel I/O ports, a good heatpipe/heatsink chipset cooling system as my current board. It does have a P45/ICH10 chipset while my current board is P35/ICH9.
I'm also interested in going to a E8400 or Q8400 chip if I can get a few more years out of this build. Is it worth spending about $80 to get the new mobo? Is it worth spending the around $260 for both to get some more life out of these components. Would I be better off just waiting to build my next system?
What is your opinions and experience on this?
I'm looking forward to being a member of these forums. The people on Tom's seem to be some of the best informed and most experienced computer people anywhere. That's why I came here with this question:
I have a XFX Radeon 4770 which is PCIe 2.0 capable. My motherboard, Abit IP35 PRO, however, only runs at PCIe 1.1a/1.0. How much performance am I losing by not using a PCIe 2.0 slot? I found a mobo that is LGA775 and has a PCIe 2.0 slot , which seems very rare these days. It's on sale for about $80 online, but doesn't have as many features such as fan headers, rear panel I/O ports, a good heatpipe/heatsink chipset cooling system as my current board. It does have a P45/ICH10 chipset while my current board is P35/ICH9.
I'm also interested in going to a E8400 or Q8400 chip if I can get a few more years out of this build. Is it worth spending about $80 to get the new mobo? Is it worth spending the around $260 for both to get some more life out of these components. Would I be better off just waiting to build my next system?
What is your opinions and experience on this?