New motherboard or cpu?

[eggyhustles 10+ year member]

ECS AMD690GM-M2 AM2 AMD 690G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+ Brisbane 2.1GHz Socket AM2 65W Dual-Core Processor Model ADO4000IAA5DD

2 Kingston HyperX 1GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory Model KHX6400D2/1G

Antec True Power Trio TP3-430 430W ATX12V Power Supply with Three 12V Rails

Western Digital Caviar SE WD1200AAJS 120GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive (main drive)

EVGA 512-P3-N861-AR GeForce 9600 GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card

Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive(soon to be purchased)

200gb ide hd..which is about to die any day now

Old soundblaster audigy 2 zs soundcard..

also some generic cd/dvd burner which is also ide..

what do you guys think i should upgrade?

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[MikeofTulsa Moderator]

sure

 

[GearGuy2001 10+ year member]

Ive never heard of ECS motherboards so upgrade that, your processor is fine (I have a x2 3000+). I would of went with mushkin ram, the power supply is good.

So get a new mobo like a evga 780

 

[shizzzon 10+ year member]

i wouldnt use AMD.

I used to be an amd fan until they fell back in technology and Intel surpassed them...

Intel's dual and quad core line all use the same socket. Find a board that can support both dual and quad core core 2 duo and you'd be set for a while upgrade-wise in the future.

 

[Scoobydoo 5,000+ posts]

ECS is cheap, but if it is stable then why replace it?

thats a good setup for a mid priced computer

 

[GabeC 10+ year member]

why do you wanna upgrade? do u play games? what do you want to run faster?

i would add another gig of ram either way.

if you are trying to play games then a new video card is what you need. my pops got an 8800GT on newegg for $70 last week. assuming you run 1024x768 then it would be fine seeing how it's 256mb.

 

[eggyhustles 10+ year member]

my vid card is 512mb...and i have 2 gigs of ram not 1 lol..i think it's time to go intel...

 

[GabeC 10+ year member]

my vid card is 512mb...and i have 2 gigs of ram not 1 lol..i think it's time to go intel...

lol just because your vid card is 512mb doesn't make it good.

9600gt's only run 64 stream processors, an 8800gt runs 112 which is almost double, trust me, you will see a difference.

only way i'd go above 256mb card is if you run a res that is higher than 1024x768, i currently run a 22" LCD so i have a 640mb card.

not worth it to go intel if you already have an AM2 setup, just buy a high end AM2 chip and your set as long as your current motherboard is stable and has the features you need.

 

[tapout 5,000+ posts]

No one should mention a computer site.

Apparently j00 can get banned for it.

 

[eggyhustles 10+ year member]

lol just because your vid card is 512mb doesn't make it good.
9600gt's only run 64 stream processors, an 8800gt runs 112 which is almost double, trust me, you will see a difference.

only way i'd go above 256mb card is if you run a res that is higher than 1024x768, i currently run a 22" LCD so i have a 640mb card.

not worth it to go intel if you already have an AM2 setup, just buy a high end AM2 chip and your set as long as your current motherboard is stable and has the features you need.

I wasn't trying to brag if that's what you were thinking..you think the brisbane 5800 would be suitable?

 

[GabeC 10+ year member]

I wasn't trying to brag if that's what you were thinking..you think the brisbane 5800 would be suitable?

how much are you trying to spend?

 

[eggyhustles 10+ year member]

200-250

 

[GabeC 10+ year member]

I wasn't trying to brag if that's what you were thinking..you think the brisbane 5800 would be suitable?

without moving to an AM2+ cpu yea the 3.0 brisbane would def be worth it

 

[Jmac 10+ year member]

Keep in mind that AMD's mATX motherboards are not incredibly reliably when used in conjunction w/ their 125W TDP motherboards and, given ECS is pretty much the lowest of the vendors, I wouldn't look any higher than the 89W TDP 5800+/6000+ ...

 

[delvryboy 5,000+ posts]

i wouldnt use AMD.
I used to be an amd fan until they fell back in technology and Intel surpassed them...

Intel's dual and quad core line all use the same socket. Find a board that can support both dual and quad core core 2 duo and you'd be set for a while upgrade-wise in the future.

not really. I am pretty sure the 45nm chips are the last for the socket 775.