Vista - more ram or bigger cpu?

Hi guys,

I have a amd 64 sempron 3000 mhz cpu
and 2 gb pc2700 ddr ram and it´s running okay in vista home
premium 32 bit.
If I want more or better performance overall (in games, moving files
opening programs and such) what part is better to focus on...
adding 1 gb more ram or I could upgrade the cpu to amd x2 4200 mhz!

I would love to do both, but my stack of money isn´t high enough...
so what should I choose??

regards

mike

Seeing you already have 2GB ram - the best thing to do would be to go for a
Dual Core CPU - the Sempron is one of AMD's lower end CPU's after all.

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Byron Hinson
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"amarok" <platinum@mail.dk> wrote in message
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> Hi guys,
>
> I have a amd 64 sempron 3000 mhz cpu
> and 2 gb pc2700 ddr ram and it´s running okay in vista home
> premium 32 bit.
> If I want more or better performance overall (in games, moving files
> opening programs and such) what part is better to focus on...
> adding 1 gb more ram or I could upgrade the cpu to amd x2 4200 mhz!
>
> I would love to do both, but my stack of money isn´t high enough...
> so what should I choose??
>
> regards
>
> mike

okey I´ll try then...thanks!



"Byron Hinson" <byron@activewin.com> skrev i meddelelsen
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> Seeing you already have 2GB ram - the best thing to do would be to go for
> a Dual Core CPU - the Sempron is one of AMD's lower end CPU's after all.
>
> --
> Byron Hinson
> ActiveWin Windows Site: http://www.activewin.com
> Photos: http://www.byronhinson.com
>
>
> "amarok" <platinum@mail.dk> wrote in message
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>> Hi guys,
>>
>> I have a amd 64 sempron 3000 mhz cpu
>> and 2 gb pc2700 ddr ram and it´s running okay in vista home
>> premium 32 bit.
>> If I want more or better performance overall (in games, moving files
>> opening programs and such) what part is better to focus on...
>> adding 1 gb more ram or I could upgrade the cpu to amd x2 4200 mhz!
>>
>> I would love to do both, but my stack of money isn´t high enough...
>> so what should I choose??
>>
>> regards
>>
>> mike
>

"amarok" <platinum@mail.dk> wrote in message
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> Hi guys,
>
> I have a amd 64 sempron 3000 mhz cpu
> and 2 gb pc2700 ddr ram and it´s running okay in vista home
> premium 32 bit.
> If I want more or better performance overall (in games, moving files
> opening programs and such) what part is better to focus on...
> adding 1 gb more ram or I could upgrade the cpu to amd x2 4200 mhz!
>
> I would love to do both, but my stack of money isn´t high enough...
> so what should I choose??
>
> regards
>
> mike
I agree with Byron. Going to a much better CPU is your current priority.
Next, as you mentioned gaming, you should probably take a look at your video
card. You didn't tell us what card you currently use, but that's probably
your next bottleneck.
With 2 gig memory, you should be fine for some time to come.

I just bought a new videocard a geforce 7300 LE pci express 16
with 256 mb and suppport for 512mb in hypermemory...I thought it was
enough but when I try to play something like need for speed carbon
it just sucks with high level detail on...
I´m gonna wait a while but I think my next card is geforce 8800 640 mb which
support directx 10.....
but it´s totally new here in Denmark and very expensive (need an
extra poweroutlet for 500 watt too)...so maybe a couple of months will lower
the price :-)

mike


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>
> "amarok" <platinum@mail.dk> wrote in message
> news:ekFYZZsUHHA.4844@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Hi guys,
>>
>> I have a amd 64 sempron 3000 mhz cpu
>> and 2 gb pc2700 ddr ram and it´s running okay in vista home
>> premium 32 bit.
>> If I want more or better performance overall (in games, moving files
>> opening programs and such) what part is better to focus on...
>> adding 1 gb more ram or I could upgrade the cpu to amd x2 4200 mhz!
>>
>> I would love to do both, but my stack of money isn´t high enough...
>> so what should I choose??
>>
>> regards
>>
>> mike
> I agree with Byron. Going to a much better CPU is your current priority.
> Next, as you mentioned gaming, you should probably take a look at your
> video card. You didn't tell us what card you currently use, but that's
> probably your next bottleneck.
> With 2 gig memory, you should be fine for some time to come.
>
>

With 2G upgrading the processor seems the right first move.

But PC2700 -- sounds like you have a 939 motherboard. You will find it
difficult to track down the faster processors -- AMD moved over to the
AM2 processors and the only very readily available 939 dual cores are
Opteron's.

NewEgg does have the OEM (no heat sink/fan) version of the 4600X2 in
stock at the moment at $219 -- a tad pricey but something you could
consider as a long term move. If you are budget constrained here, you
might look to the single core 3700 CPU -- those can be had for under
$75 and would make for a significant performance boost over the sempron
CPU (faster chip, larger L1 and L2 cache).

You might also look to replacing the PC2700 memory with PC3200 memory
-- 2G would be fine though.

What video adapter do you have?


--
Barry Schnur

One alternative if you can afford it would be a total rebuild with the
AM2 motherboard and processors and DDR2 memory. The deal here is not
only much faster processors (5200x2 costs about $215 and there are even
faster CPU's around), and the DDR2 memory is quite a bit faster than
the PC3200 top end you typically have with 939 boards.


--
Barry Schnur