Upgrading question?

[sabwafare2001]

I have a 1.0Ghz AMD Athlon t-bird cpu. I wanted to buy an Athlon XP 1800+ or 1700+. Anything above an XP 1800+ be be a little too expensive. I just want to know is it worth buying one of these processors, considering what I already have? If not, what would be something good to get for under $100.


WinXp Pro
ECS K7S5A motherboard
Amd 1.0Ghz t-bird
384MB PC133
64MB Video Magic Videocard
IBM 7200rpm 80/Fujitsu 5400rpm 20GB
Lite-on 16/48x dvd rom
Lite-on 24x10x40 cdrw

 

[flyby2001]

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Hello mate i have the same setup as you but i'm running 98se and an athlon 1800xp....runs sweet........converts a raw dvd (one ripped to my hd)to vcd/avi in about 2.5hoursthis ecs mobo wasn't the brightest buy..i wish i had spent a little more on it but seems ok...next move is ddr ram for me m8


take it easy


flyby2001 ........out

 

[shadoe_phantom]

you will see a bit of an improvement sab. Should be about a 30% increase overall. The Athlon XPs run better than their older brother T-bird, & have better instruction levels now.
It is a good time to upgrade ('cause prices are fairly cheap).
However for your best results, you will need DDR ram & a suitable motherboard (that means a via KT266A/333 chipset *or AMD 761).
So if you're not going to upgrade those, then I would perhaps hold off till end of the year or early next year when you can buy everything else.
Good luck