Duron Upgrade Question

[Guest]

Hi all. I`m contemplating grabbing a duron 1200, upgrading from a duron 800. I was originally going to grab a 1600XP, but because of price/motherboard incapabibities(SL75-KAV), dont think I can go down the whole mboard, ddr ram, cpu path. So my question is, will this make an appeciable(i.e 250$ worth) difference in speed.

Specs at the moment

Duron 800
256mb Ram
Soltek SL75-KAV Mobo
Geforce 3 Ti200

Thanks in advance guys!!

 

[Matisaro]

Why the hell are you paying 250 for a duron?


Pricewatch has them for 64$.


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Get a retail and just use that heatsink, probably find a retal duron 1.2ghz for about 70-75 bucks. Hell, you can get a duron 1.3ghz for only 84. Great value!

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[Guest]

Lol, should`ve explained...those are New Zealand prices mate

 

[Matisaro]

ahh, im sorry.

Well, how much in usd is the figure you mentioned?

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[Kidane]

What chipset is that motherboard? I don't think all chipsets support the new Duron (1000 and above). Since they're based on the Morgan core, which is similar to Palomino, you'll need a BIOS update, at least. The new Durons are damn good, actually, given their prices, but you can get an Athlon 1 GHz for about $60 US now. They're faster than the Durons, because of their larger L2 cache. I have an Athlon 1GHz, and it's quite fast. By the way, you don't need DDR memory just because you have a 266 fsb processor. I use normal PC133 with my Athlon, and it works quite nicely. Fast too.

Kidane


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[FatBurger]

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BTW, if PriceWatch ever dies (like ResellerRatings), the world will be a terrible place :frown:

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[Guest]

why don't you try to OC your Duron 800 and see how fast can it go.

 

[Kidane]

It's not just the processor speed though. The new Durons (1 Ghz and up, based on the Morgan core) have a number of architectural changes as well. For example SSE, data prefetch, and improved power consumption, to name a few. I think Tom did an article on this. Anyway, I still think it would be worth it paying $10 more for the extra performance you would get from a Thunderbird. Also, if you get a good one, a 1 Ghz will overclock to as much as 1.4 Ghz. Mine only went to 1.3, but hey, I take what I can get.

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[pr497]

dont jinx it...better go tap on some wood...

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[FatBurger]

Already did, don't worry.

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