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From: biggy on 6 Jan 2007 18:57
Greetings!

I would like to upgrade my HTPC system lowest cost and get highest
performance and use as many components from my present system. Note I
am only look at upgrading my MB and CPU. Hopefully to tie me over for
total new system including Quad core blue ray etc. when the prices come
down in the future.

My present HTPC: Note: I am only using one CPU fan so my system is
nice and quiet and running cool. BTW. the MB and CPU combination is
max out.

CPU Type AMD Athlon XP,
2133 MHz (16 x 133) 2800+
Motherboard Name ECS 741(GX)-M
(3 PCI, 1 AGP, 1 CNR, 2 DDR DIMM, Audio, Video, LAN)
Motherboard Chipset SiS 741
System Memory 1024 MB
(PC3200 DDR SDRAM)

Duo Display:
Video Adapter ALL-IN-WONDER
9600 SERIES - Secondary (256 MB)
Video Adapter ALL-IN-WONDER
9600 SERIES (256 MB)
3D Accelerator ATI Radeon 9600
(RV350)

HDTV Wonder PCI

Here is the motherboard I was considering, ASRock 775Dual-Vsta Socket
775, VIA PT880 Pro/Ultra Chipset w/ PCI Express x16 & 8x AGP (ATX)

I selected this motherboard because it supports AGP, unfortunately this
board is not a real good OC. I would also like to use my PC3200 (400
Mhz.) Ram which would limit my OC potential.

What CPU would you select to get best performance at lowest overall
cost? I don't mind paying more money if I really can get the true
performance out of the 2 Duo core E6400 but something tell me that my
old components won't let it happen and it would be waste of $$?

2 Duo core
E4400 FSB 800MZ 9X mult, E6300 $215.
E6400 FSB1032 mult 8x $260
or E6600 $380

Pentium® 4 -524, 3.0-GHz @ 533Mhz w/ 1Mb EM64T (Socket 775) $99
Pentium® 4 -541, x64, 3.2-GHz @ 800Mhz w/ 1Mb (Socket 775) $125

Any other suggestions maybe there other options I overlooked?

Thanks!

From: Bob Fry on 6 Jan 2007 20:01
>>>>> "big" == biggy <jpoy(a)sympatico.ca> writes:

big> Greetings! I would like to upgrade my HTPC system lowest
big> cost and get highest performance and use as many components
big> from my present system.
.. . .

big> What CPU would you select to get best performance at lowest
big> overall cost? I don't mind paying more money if I really can
big> get the true performance out of the 2 Duo core E6400

Hmmm...I can't answer your direct question. But I am curious and have
a question for you: what Home Theater functionality do you want that
your current system is not giving you? Something deficient with the
audio or video?

--
To me, it's always a good idea to always carry two sacks of something
when you walk around. That way, if anybody says, "Hey, can you give me
a hand?," you can say, "Sorry, got these sacks."
- Jack Handey
From: nobody on 6 Jan 2007 20:21
On Sat, 06 Jan 2007 17:01:42 -0800, Bob Fry <bobfry(a)mailinator.com>
wrote:


>
>Hmmm...I can't answer your direct question. But I am curious and have
>a question for you: what Home Theater functionality do you want that
>your current system is not giving you? Something deficient with the
>audio or video?

You'll probably find what you want here:

www.avsforum.com


From: CJT on 6 Jan 2007 21:01
Bob Fry wrote:
>>>>>>"big" == biggy <jpoy(a)sympatico.ca> writes:
>
>
> big> Greetings! I would like to upgrade my HTPC system lowest
> big> cost and get highest performance and use as many components
> big> from my present system.
> . . .
>
> big> What CPU would you select to get best performance at lowest
> big> overall cost? I don't mind paying more money if I really can
> big> get the true performance out of the 2 Duo core E6400
>
> Hmmm...I can't answer your direct question. But I am curious and have
> a question for you: what Home Theater functionality do you want that
> your current system is not giving you? Something deficient with the
> audio or video?
>
In my experience, PC people tend not to think that way. It's more a
question of bragging rights -- "My PC will run an artificial benchmark
faster than yours ... "

--
The e-mail address in our reply-to line is reversed in an attempt to
minimize spam. Our true address is of the form che...(a)prodigy.net.
From: Bob Fry on 6 Jan 2007 22:23
>>>>> "CJT" == CJT <abujlehc(a)prodigy.net> writes:
>> Hmmm...I can't answer your direct question. But I am curious
>> and have a question for you: what Home Theater functionality do
>> you want that your current system is not giving you? Something
>> deficient with the audio or video?
>>
CJT> In my experience, PC people tend not to think that way. It's
CJT> more a question of bragging rights -- "My PC will run an
CJT> artificial benchmark faster than yours ... "

Good! You saw the implicit statement in my question, that I think the
OP just might be focused on a tree or two and not seeing the forest.
--
There's one thing I always wanted to do before I quit...retire!
Groucho Marx
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