I was given an intel P4 531 3 gig 800 fsb 1mb L2 cache CPU . In my main computer i have a amd athlon 64 3200 512 L2 cache if i swap mobos and cpu's will i see a difference in speed the rest of the system is ,2 maxtor 120 gig sata hard drives in a raid, 1 gig of ram an ati all in wonder video card . So what i'm asking is it worth it to change the mobo and cpu
2006-11-10 12:52:58 · 5 answers · asked by djrnno1957 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
No, not worth the expense. The 3200 in the Athlon 64 name means that is its equivalent Intel speed. So basically you are looking at a performance decrease from 3.2Ghz to 3.0Ghz. The P4 does have hyperthreading, which might end up giving you a very slight advantage when all things are weighed, but certainly not enough to justify the time and expense of replacing the motherboard.
2006-11-10 13:00:51 · answer #1 · answered by mysticman44 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you wont see much difference trust me ... if you do heavy processor-intensive tasks like video converting u may see an edge with the P4 .... but my guess is it wont be much .. maybe the difference of a 2 hour convert verses an hour and 50 minuets ... and u could probably overclock the amd to match the P4 ...
2006-11-10 13:51:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say to benchmark them both and see. Heck the results might be unexpected and you might even learn something.
2006-11-10 13:27:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
AMD ALL THE WAY UNLESS YOU ARE SETTING UP A COMMERCIAL NETWORK
GET RID OF THE MAXTOR
2006-11-10 13:26:21 · answer #4 · answered by saveone12 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the two major brands are all GOOD... choose wisely.. ask some people about there feedback...advantage and disadvantage.
2006-11-10 13:01:35 · answer #5 · answered by ryan c 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋