Looking to try and get the most out of what I have and upgrading.... As I managd to buy at what musty have been the 939 lifespan I am now wondering if its worth it! Any ideas... with only a 500W power supply can I get away with upgrading the rig (in sig) with: 2Gb Mem AMD 64x2 4400+ 8800GTS This comes out at a £357.68..... hmmmm! Is any performance improvement I get going to outlast getting a new machine now? *EDIT* I realise that I'd be dumping the existing memory in favour of the new....
What brand is the PSU? A decent brand 500W PSU should be ok, but if it's a no-name I'd consider saving up a few more pennies and getting a decent PSU.
That should be ok tbh - they're not a bad PSU, have one m'self. In fact I'll probably be doing nearly the same as you and picking up a 640 GTS in September too. (Hurrah for student loans!)
...the point of the post was "is the upgrade justified?" I just found this so now know the PSU is enough
I would be very wary of PSU calculators tbh, but it will be enough. And an upgrade is always justified as long as there'll be a performance boost.
Hehe, just what I thought. Back on topic: My system runs on a 500W PSU so the system you're going for should do fine. But are you sure you can't wait for AMD's quad core stuff? Price drop, maybe?
Yes I could wait ... just that I've been waiting a few months now there's always something around the corner.... and I'm inferring that you would get a new system in the price drops..?
Not an advertisment I am certainly not affiliated to any sales site! ... it was wilbo who told me about the site hance is *cough* alluding that the "I found" was really "he found"
I won't return to AMD any time soon as it stands right now. But I'm actually thinking about getting my hands on a Q6600 after their late price drops. And by the way... I've been planning on a new build since the first Athlon 64 arrived.
