Have an old Pentium 4 that needs a motherboard

[Simpleton]

Well...lets see...if I save some money to buy me a Pentium 4 3.2 ghz or a bit higher...which will be a good match to the ASUS P4P800 SE ...is that considered crappy performance?....

 

[endyen]

When compared to an A64, and at $90 more? Yup. Even the P4c will throttle under heavy use. It also puts out a minimum 50% more heat.
Not to worry, it will make a fine internet appliance.

 

[endyen]

So in June or July, when everyone is cheering for long mode, do you realy want to upgrade to another 32 bit chip?

 

[Simpleton]

Dude...I just finished to build a computer with an Athlon 64 3000+ CPU and an ASUS K8N mobo...it is a fantastic machine.

The Pentium 4 we R talking about is for my 8 year old son who can start with a limited system and upgrade as time goes by...I am teaching him to build a computer also...is a lot of fun.
The AThlon 64 cost me around 1200 dollars to complete with all the ad ons I wanted...and for my son... upgrading the Pentium 4 at this time will only cost me about 300 dollars. I think is worth it. Don't U ?

 

[endyen]

For $300, you can get an Asus K8N, 512 or ddr400, and a s754 Sempron 2800. Which would be more fun?
When my daughter was 8, she had an xp 1700, to my 1800. Now she's 12. She has an A64 3000 to my 3200. If she has too much less than me, she wants to use my system. Man, the crap she can load onto a system in 10 minutes, can totally wipe it out.

 

[pauldh]

My 5 year old is on his 3rd PC. As his software gifts needed more power, I was forced to upgrade him from my spares. I definately know what you mean though as that well written kiddy software is going to stay on the kids computer.

But he is far behind your daughter. He is currently on a K7S5A/Tbird 1.33GHz/ GF3. He's young enough to think it's as good as every other computer in the house. I'm glad he hasn't noticed the difference between his system and my A64 gamer. 😱



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[pauldh]

I understand your intensions as I often try to complete/upgrade a system for as little as I can. But It seems that you are spending alot on this upgrade considering the performance you'll get out of it. It doesn't seem the best upgrade route considering how much you will be replacing. The big question I ask, is IF you didn't own the P4 1.4GHz cpu now, then what route would you go? That's the route I'd take as a 1.4GHz P4 isn't worth that much to hold onto. Honestly, again I think I'd sell off the cpu with the mobo/ram/case, etc. and look toward cheap Socket A or if possible, better yet,Socket 754. I'd probably only think of keeping that cpu if I was going to keep it real cheap and just buy a used mobo that could use your existing Ram, case, PS, etc. Tough call as I see both sides. Not argueing with you, just giving an opinion from the outside.



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[Simpleton]

I think U R right guys...The P4 is not worth...specially after reading your kids stories...will go the A 64 route.