A 50 MHz boost in CPU speed will be nearly invisible in your
use. A new mobo and CPU will likely also need new RAM so
you are looking at about $200-250 to get a truly useful
speed boost. I suggest you save your money for now and buy
a more modern system. The old 850 MHz CPU will probably
cost MORE than a 2 GHz CPU since it is now becoming more
scarce due to being long out of production.
You might investigate more RAM and over-clocking, you might
get a boost to 900 MHz -1 GHz out of your 800 MHz machine.
The RAM would have to support the faster FSB speed and you
would have to adjust your CPU multiplier...A faster hard
drive would also speed up your computer and would be the one
item that could be used with a really new machine.
On a older system most of the hardware will not upgrade
well. For video/graphics editing a big hard drive is very
useful and the newer 7200 RPM with 8 NB buffer HD are faster
than what you now likely have.
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| Great, I might take the motherboard manual down to the
computer shop & ask
| how much it costs for a faster processor, hope I don't
need to buy a new
| heatsink as well, I prefer to add things to my computer
myself instead of
| paying someone else to do it & I am not confident of
adding a motherboard to
| my list of upgrading talents yet
|
| "Shenan Stanley" wrote:
|
| > Vik wrote:
| > > Hi, I have a motherboard with a 800mhz duron
processor,
| > > I am reading my motherboard manual here & it says it
supports AMD
| > > Athlon 600mhz-1.33ghz processor, or AMD Duron
600mhz-850mhz
| > > processor. Since I have the 800mhz Duron would it make
much
| > > difference in speed if I changed my processor to the
faster Athlon or
| > > would it be better to get a new motherboard & a faster
processor, I
| > > don't use my computer for 3d games but do a bit of
dvd & photo
| > > editing & don't want to spend too much on upgrading
due to lack of
| > > cash, lol
| > >
| > > So basically, is a processor upgrade by itself worth
the hassle?
| >
| > A processor upgrade and more RAM (if you have below
768MB) would make your
| > system faster. Actually, for what you say you use it
for, the same speed
| > processor in non-duron format would even make a
difference. So if you maxed
| > out the motherboard with the fastest processor it could
handle and had
| > enough RAM, I would bet you would see almost a doubling
in noticable speed.
| >
| > --
| > <- Shenan ->
| > --
| > The information is provided "as is", it is suggested you
research for
| > yourself before you take any advice - you are the one
ultimately
| > responsible for your actions/problems/solutions. Know
what you are
| > getting into before you jump in with both feet.
| >
| >
| >
