Is the difference worth the additional cost?

gibbon565 · Aug 23, 2004, 12:59 PM

Ok I'm about to purchase a new Athlon 64 and mobo with HL2 on the horizon and below average performance from Doom 3 due to my bottleneck CPU. Now I was wondering is the upgrade from 3000 64 - 3200 worth the addition Â£25 - 30 (roughly $40) in price ?

thx
Andy

germanjulian · Aug 23, 2004, 01:06 PM

well thats up to you lol. what a question? 3000 or 3200

if you have the Â£30 why not spend it a little bit faster.. not that you will notice anyway... (you wont)

The_Neon_Cowboy · Aug 23, 2004, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by gibbon565

Ok I'm about to purchase a new Athlon 64 and mobo with HL2 on the horizon and below average performance from Doom 3 due to my bottleneck CPU. Now I was wondering is the upgrade from 3000 64 - 3200 worth the addition Â£25 - 30 (roughly $40) in price ?

thx
Andy

well the 3000's are about $119 and I can get a 3200+ for $113 USD...

it's cheaper just to o/c it....

Vampyromaniac · Aug 23, 2004, 06:04 PM

where did you find those prices Neon?

GutterPunk · Aug 23, 2004, 06:11 PM

yah man thats cheap for a64... but i say its just easy enuff to oc it to 3200 speeds and save urself a few bucks or go 3200 and oc to 3400 speeds

gibbon565 · Aug 24, 2004, 02:47 AM

Thanks a lot for your replys guys

... I think I'll just go with the 3000 (and clock it up). Which leads me to the qustion what is the best mobo to go for if I want to do some clocking? I like the look of the nforce 3 range.

Yeah I'm also interested where you got those prices neon

Aug 23, 2004, 12:59 PM	#1
gibbon565 Bouncy BOUNCY! Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Posts: 316 Rep Power: 0	Is the difference worth the additional cost? Ok I'm about to purchase a new Athlon 64 and mobo with HL2 on the horizon and below average performance from Doom 3 due to my bottleneck CPU. Now I was wondering is the upgrade from 3000 64 - 3200 worth the addition Â£25 - 30 (roughly $40) in price ? thx Andy __________________ 3500 x64 ASRock Dual Sata 2 7900 GTO 512 1 gig OCUK HANNS-H HW13D

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germanjulian Back in London Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: London Posts: 1,797 Rep Power: 0	well thats up to you lol. what a question? 3000 or 3200 if you have the Â£30 why not spend it a little bit faster.. not that you will notice anyway... (you wont) __________________ /\|\ Asus P5W DH Deluxe, Intel C2D E6600, 2GB Corsair XMS2-6400C4 DDR2, E-VGA GeForce 7800 GT, Creative X-Fi Extreme Music, 500GB Seagate 7200.10 SATA, Lian Li PC-V1100 Aluminum Case Black, etc. http://germanjulian.com /\|\

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Aug 24, 2004, 02:47 AM	Thread Starter #6
gibbon565 Bouncy BOUNCY! Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Posts: 316 Rep Power: 0	Thanks a lot for your replys guys ... I think I'll just go with the 3000 (and clock it up). Which leads me to the qustion what is the best mobo to go for if I want to do some clocking? I like the look of the nforce 3 range. Yeah I'm also interested where you got those prices neon __________________ 3500 x64 ASRock Dual Sata 2 7900 GTO 512 1 gig OCUK HANNS-H HW13D