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  1. 04-01-2004, 12:30 AM #1
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    Question Upgrading brothers PC...

    Hello,

    Would my brother be seeing a big performace upgarde with this upgrade,

    System now
    P4 1.8A (100FSB)
    Abit BD7-RAID
    512Mb PC2100 RAM
    Radeon 8500 64Mb

    Upgrade
    AMD Barton XP2800+ 333FSB Retail (inc heatsink and fan)
    Asus A7N8X Deluxe nForce2
    TwinMOS 1GB (2x512MB) DDR PC3200 Dual Channel Kit
    Sapphire ATI Radeon 9600XT 128MB DDR TV-Out/DVI & Half Life 2

    What you think, upgarde costs £436.70 inc. vat

    Anyone ever used the retail heatsink and fan that comes with the 2800XP, are the any good, how loud ? (he wont be overclocking)

    I take it the 2800XP Barton 33FSB wipes the floor witha P4 1.8Ghz ?

    Any changes you would make ?

    Cheers
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  2. 04-01-2004, 12:51 AM #2
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    does he really need a gig of ram? once you upgrade that pc he will notice the diffrence big time
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  3. 04-01-2004, 12:55 AM #3
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    • streetster's system
      • Motherboard:
      • Asus P7P55D-E
      • CPU:
      • Intel i5 750 2.67 @ 4.0Ghz
      • Memory:
      • 4GB Corsair XMS DDR3
      • Storage:
      • 2x1TB Drives [RAID0]
      • Graphics card(s):
      • 2xSapphire HD 4870 512MB CrossFireX
      • PSU:
      • Corsair HX520W
      • Case:
      • Coolermaster Black Widow
      • Operating System:
      • Windows 7 x64
      • Monitor(s):
      • DELL U2311
      • Internet:
      • Virgin 50Mb
    if you then go on to sell the old rig you could get like...

    p4 - £40-£50 (not 100% sure on p4 prices)
    mobo - £30-40 (again not sure its intel i'm an amd fanboy )
    512mb ram - £40
    radeon £40 (some people are willing to pay crazy money for the 8500s)

    which, using the lowest price is still £150 back

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  4. 04-01-2004, 01:04 AM #4
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    I guess you know that his 1.8A will probably go to 2.4 ghz easily on a BD7-II, and with upgraded memory maybe a bit higher.

    Still, the Athlon/Nforce2/9600XT rig will be massively faster in all applications and games, even if he OC's the P4.
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  5. 04-01-2004, 01:25 AM #5
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    Cheers lads

    No one had experience with the retail AMD heatsink and fan ?
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  6. 04-01-2004, 01:33 AM #6
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    that system will wipe the floor with the pentium 4
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  7. 04-01-2004, 01:35 AM #7
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    • Knoxville's system
      • Motherboard:
      • Intel X58
      • CPU:
      • Intel i7 920
      • Memory:
      • 2GB DDR3
      • Storage:
      • 1TB
      • Graphics card(s):
      • ATi HD3450
      • PSU:
      • Generic
      • Case:
      • Cheap and nasty
      • Operating System:
      • Vista 64
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      • 24" LG LCD
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    i've used the retail hsf that comes with the 2700 i have here, its not too good at all, little 60mm screamer. There was a good cheap hsf posted here by zak not too long ago i'll try and dig out a link for you.

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    • Knoxville's system
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      • CPU:
      • Intel i7 920
      • Memory:
      • 2GB DDR3
      • Storage:
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      • Graphics card(s):
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    ahh, here it is - http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=48547

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  9. 04-01-2004, 01:59 AM #9
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    Right i am gonna get the OEM 2800XP and buy a seprate fan.

    I am gonna get this one, Akasa AK824cu Copper Base CPU Cooler for £12 inc. vat

    Want to buy it all from one place, and OcUK dont sell the one you posted.

    Cheers again.
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