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Is it worth upgrading?

  • 06-03-2003 6:11pm
    #1
    Gandorf
    Registered Users Posts: 168 ✭✭


    Hi all,

    I've thinking of doing a bit of an upgrade.... this is what I've got..

    Abit KT7A
    Athlon 1.2
    384MB PC-133
    40GB Quantum Fireball AS (or something like that - 7200rpm)

    And I'm considering getting something like:
    Abit NFS-7
    Athlon XP 2100+ (maybe to overclock) OR The new Barton 2500+
    512MB PC3200 Twinmos

    I'll be keeping the other bits and pieces I have (DVD, CD-Writer, Monitor, case, GF3Ti200 etc..)

    So to the questions....

    (1) Is it worth it? What kind of performance gains can I expect to get? (Anyone done an upgrade like this recently?) My main apps are
    - Visual Studio Studio 6.0 + .NET
    - Eclipse + JBuilder
    - Games!
    - Light work with 3DSMax

    (2) Would I be better just getting a nice new 8MB-cache Hard disk? In large builds esp, Visual Studio runs the disk pretty hard.

    (3) I haven't overclocked since the days of the BH6 + Celeron 300A.... what's the chances of getting a nice STABLE overclock out of a 2100+ WITHOUT a fan that sounds like a 747?

    (4) I hear that the next Barton has a 400Mhz FSB.... is it worth the wait?

    Thanks in advance for any advice!


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