Motherboard CPU Memory Question

[smaurer69]

I have an AMD AM2 x2 4600 on a nforce4 chipset with 2g ddr2 value ram with an nvidia 8800 gts video card. I was thinking of upgrading to an Intel core 2 duo e6750 on a p35 chipset with 2g Crucial ballistix ram. I think the upgrade is a better match for my video card. But I was wondering, will I see that much improvement in performance? And would the cost be justified?

 

[Tmagic650]

I think you will see a big improvement over your present setup

 

[smaurer69]

thank you for the reply. just not sure it would justify the money spent. I just might wait a while for the prices to drop on the components.

 

[Fragrant Coit]

The C2D would be heaps quicker.

You could always use the RAM from your AMD setup & get the expensive stuff later.

 

[smaurer69]

Thats true. Didn't think of that. Too bad its least expensive component. How much difference would it make using the value ram with the new parts? Wouldn't it make a bottleneck or something or would I still see a noticeable performance increase?

 

[Fragrant Coit]

is it 667 or 800MHz?

Even if it's 667 you'll notice a big increase in performance.

Don't forget, most C2D's will overclock nicely, you could go for a cheaper CPU, and clock it easily.

With my Q6600, {in a P35}, I just locked the PCIe bus at 100, dropped the Ram Divider to 2.5 {667MHz} then upped the FSB until the RAM was at 800 {it's speed}. Nice stable overclock! {though I've gone much further now!}

 

[smaurer69]

Very nice solution! Thanks for the options and info.