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Adam_B
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29th Jun 05 at 10:57   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I hava a gigabyte P4 titan GA-8SIMLH-P motherboard with a celeron 2.4 processor, can do a straight swap for a P4 2.8?

Im not to big on PCs so be gentile please
Adam_B
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http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=99079

yay or nay? or is it a job for the pros?

[Edited on 29-06-2005 by Adam_B]
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29th Jun 05 at 11:06   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Should work, but i wouldn't bother.
Corsa E-Tec
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That should be fine.
Adam_B
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quote:
Originally posted by Rebrabuk
Should work, but i wouldn't bother.


because....???

[Edited on 29-06-2005 by Adam_B]
Bart
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29th Jun 05 at 11:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
it wont make a huge amount of difference. but celeron do suck
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29th Jun 05 at 11:17   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Because despite not knowing your reasons for wanting to upgrade, i doubt it's worth it.

[Edited on 29-06-2005 by Rebrabuk]
Jake
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i agree with rebecca
Rebrabuk
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Adam_B
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29th Jun 05 at 14:03   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
so what should i upgrade to?
Rebrabuk
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Why are you upgrading?
Cybermonkey
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Adam, do it. will be a pretty good jump in performance, as long as you have plenty of RAM too. P4 prescotts are a lot faster than the Celerons, thanks to a huge chunk of level 2.
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700 odd ish mb of ram, bit was thinking of adding another 512

[Edited on 29-06-2005 by Adam_B]
Adam_B
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quote:
Originally posted by Rebrabuk
Why are you upgrading?


at the moment it just about runs HL2, Farcry, Counterstrike and battlefeild 2, but as soon as theres a bit of action it slows right down. GFX card is 128mb Radeon 9800 pro
Ren
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Get it. Dont bother about the RAM, because your motherboard has set limit. Mine is 1GHz, so i say check what the highest ammount of ram yours supports
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quote:
Originally posted by Adam_B
quote:
Originally posted by Rebrabuk
Why are you upgrading?


at the moment it just about runs HL2, Farcry, Counterstrike and battlefeild 2, but as soon as theres a bit of action it slows right down. GFX card is 128mb Radeon 9800 pro


Go for it then.
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quote:
Originally posted by Ren
Get it. Dont bother about the RAM, because your motherboard has set limit. Mine is 1GHz, so i say check what the highest ammount of ram yours supports


P4 Titan motherboard will be able to support up to 2GB of RAM, so the more the merrier. XP wont have trouble with it either.
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29th Jun 05 at 14:45   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
But make sure it's decent DDR ram - not some old style slow crap.
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Yeah look for Kingston, i swear by it
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http://linitx.com/product_info.php?name=Kingston%20512MB%20PC3200%20400Mhz%20DDR%20RAM&products_id=713

This one? Is it a problem having different speeds of ram?
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Adam, you need to keep memory types the same, so check what yours are first. at a stab in dark, probably PC2100.
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might just flog all of mine and get a pair of the 512mb kingstons, there cheap enough
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quote:
Originally posted by Adam_B
I hava a gigabyte P4 titan GA-8SIMLH-P motherboard with a celeron 2.4 processor, can do a straight swap for a P4 2.8?

Im not to big on PCs so be gentile please



YES make sure pin types are same lol check out www.savastore.com for all your upgrade needs, !!! memory is at lowest prices in uk!!!
scott d
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Go for a matched pair of ram, providing your mobo supports dual channel mode you'll get better performance as bandwidth peak is double that of single channel.

About 60ish for Corsair 2x 512mb PC3200 sticks from Scan

 
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