Worthwhile upgrade

[Ham]

Right. If we step back in time a little from the rush of conroe, and remember the older Intel CPUS. Namely the skt 478 celeron 2.6.

A friend of mine has one of these at the moment, its overclocked to 3.01ghz. But its not cutting it in CSS. Along with a graphics card upgrade, what do you guys think would be the best upgrade path?

My suggestion to him would be a 939 board with a 3000+ that i would then OC the nuts off for him. On the other hand he could get high end 478 P4, and once again, oc it.

 

[NickS]

I'd go for teh 3000+ & Mobo. Then he could still use his current RAM, etc. Get the ASRock Dual 939 board, its got good overclockability and supports both AGP & PCI-E. (And AM2)

 

[MikeEnIke]

I like the features of that AssRock but AssRock makes some

ty boards. Although, I dunno maybe that have improved since Sockey A and 737.

 

[Ham]

Well my Asrock board (that exact one atch) is great mike. The one i was looking at was the Asus A8V-VM, as he has a mATX case.

 

[PV5150]

Although, I dunno maybe that have improved since Sockey A and 737

.Have you just invented a socket Mike rofl? Or have Boeing gone into processor/jet engine hybrids and secretly launched something that nobody else knows about

@ Ham - I'd stay away from the 478 myself mate; you've limited his upgrade path right there.

 

[FragTek]

PV you didn't get the memo?!?!? Sockey 737 pwns all! :rollingla

I'd recommend he go AM2 as it's no more expensive than 939 and will give you far more upgrade possibilites down the road.

 

[WC Annihilus]

PV you didn't get the memo?!?!? Sockey 737 pwns all! :rollingla

Aye! All the power of the plane and more! On a side note, rode on a 737 both ways for my Hawaii trip

 

[PV5150]

PV you didn't get the memo?!?!? Sockey 737 pwns all

ROFL apparently I didn't

 

[MeltedDuron]

478 can be good, but its not worth it unless you have some of the best hardware available for the platform (**guilty** ). If you dont have a good PCIE 478 board and a highend northwood, prescott or extreme edition, or a compatible asus board and CT-479+dothan just give up. You would be better off taking advantage of the recent price cuts on both AMD and Intel chips and getting a good deal and upgradeability