Processor upgrade

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Hi dude,

Found two on Ebay

1st one, 2nd one

1st one as just over a day left, while the second one has about 6 days left.

-Ken

 

I have to ask, if you're on a tight budget why go for the expensive x2 4400+, why not go for the X2 4200+. It has the same speed (ok only half the L2 cache). I mean I went from a AMD 64 3500+ (939) to the AMD 64 x2 4200+ (ok it's the AM2 version) and noticed a big difference (and a big jump on the benchmark scores). IMO save up some money for the AM2 socket and the goodies that come with that

-ken

 

Not by much though, because there seems to be a shortage of this chip around, prices aren't falling fast, currently one of the X2 4400+ on ebay currently stands at £116 (£100 + £6 p&p). A difference of £20 after 7 months isn't really much of a saving, but then again it is a good chip

-ken

 

Lets face it the more money we save on bargins, the more money we can spend on upgrades and on costly study material

-ken

 

Supply and demand, supply and demand...

What's the best way of making people upgrade, push the price of the new tech lower than the old tech. However with that comes the extra hidden costs... like ram, graphic card, etc. When I upgraded from the 939 socket to the AM2 socket I had to spend an extra £80 on 2gb of DDR2 ram as I could use the old DDR ram with the MB. There are still a few people using AGP graphics cards, majority of AM2 socket boards only have PCI-e sockets, so another cost...

Anyway, if you look at any supplier the price of the AM2 chips are cheaper than the older 939 chips.

-Ken

 

Sorry mate, I meant go for the X2 4200+ 939 socket chip. Ebuyer is selling the 939 version for £88.07, which is currently approx £30 cheaper than the X2 4400+ off ebay. Please don't think that I'm trying to tell you how to spend your money, I'm just offering alternatives.

-Ken

 

To be honest for general PC work no, see here. You can select vaious CPU's (I choose the x2 4200+ with DDR vs the x2 4400+ with DDR) and on PCmark 05 results they were identical, however when it comes to gaming the X2 4400+ is better than the X2 4200+ (of course). Have a play around on the website and decide which chip is for you

-Ken

 

No worries

-ken