Slowly upgrading my system....
I'm about to start upgrading my system from a P111 800Mhz to probably an AMD Sempron 2800 64bit processor. I'll obviously be starting with the motherboard, CPU and memory. My plan was to swap the hard drives / DVD / CD devices straight over, then sometime later upgrade the hard drives (bigger capacity) and graphics card. What effect will I see if I take the drives as they are and connect them straight to the new motherboard / processor? I want to avoid a new install at this stage - although later I'd like to go to 64 bit. Phil -- Phil Burness Linux User since 1991 - currently using SuSE 9.3 Warrington - United Kingdom
On Friday 23 December 2005 14:45, Phil Burness wrote:
I'm about to start upgrading my system from a P111 800Mhz to probably an AMD Sempron 2800 64bit processor.
I'll obviously be starting with the motherboard, CPU and memory. My plan was to swap the hard drives / DVD / CD devices straight over, then sometime later upgrade the hard drives (bigger capacity) and graphics card.
What effect will I see if I take the drives as they are and connect them straight to the new motherboard / processor? I want to avoid a new install at this stage - although later I'd like to go to 64 bit.
Phil
-- Phil Burness Linux User since 1991 - currently using SuSE 9.3 Warrington - United Kingdom ========= Phil, You do realize that the Sempron is the 32bit cpu for AMD now, right? I'm just assuming you made a typing error there? The 64bit AMD chips are now the FX or Athlon types.
If the budget will allow, your really should just go 64bit, but be sure the motherboard is fitted for a 939 socket, so that you may upgrade later to the dual core cpu! You can run either 32 or 64 bit software, your choice and get a lot more for the money. Transferring your present drives over should not be a problem, although the new 64bit motherboard will likely have SATA capability. They are pretty fast, but then IDE will still be there, so the drives will suffice until you are ready to update those too! Have fun and good upgrading! Lee
On Friday 23 December 2005 20:18, BandiPat wrote:
You do realize that the Sempron is the 32bit cpu for AMD now, right? I'm just assuming you made a typing error there? The 64bit AMD chips are now the FX or Athlon types.
Lee, no I didn't, this is the extract from the page I was looking at: AMD Sempron 2800 754 64bit The AMD 64bit Sempron processor is designed to meet the evolving day-to-day needs of home and business PC users. This full-featured processor is designed to deliver affordable performance for today’s value-conscious buyers of desktop PCs. The 64bit standard of this processor sets it apart from the rest of the Sempron range! Phil -- Phil Burness Linux User since 1991 - currently using SuSE 9.3 Warrington - United Kingdom
On Friday 23 December 2005 20:18, BandiPat wrote:
You do realize that the Sempron is the 32bit cpu for AMD now, right? I'm just assuming you made a typing error there? The 64bit AMD chips are now the FX or Athlon types.
Lee, no I didn't, this is the extract from the page I was looking at:
AMD Sempron 2800 754 64bit The AMD 64bit Sempron processor is designed to meet the evolving day-to-day needs of home and business PC users. This full-featured processor is designed to deliver affordable performance for today’s value-conscious buyers of desktop PCs.
The 64bit standard of this processor sets it apart from the rest of the Sempron range!
Phil
-- Phil Burness Linux User since 1991 - currently using SuSE 9.3 Warrington - United Kingdom ========== They have changed some things since I last investigated then, but you will notice this is the 754 pin cpu. I wasn't sure they were even doing those still. You don't want that, spring for the full 64bit 939
On Friday 23 December 2005 15:46, Phil Burness wrote: pin socket. As I mentioned previously, that will allow you to move to the dual core later, when the budget allows. Previously, when the 64 came out they dropped the Athlon name from the 32bit cpus and renamed them Sempron. It would appear they have carried that name over to the low cost 64bit chips now. Lee
Lee, Phil, On Friday 23 December 2005 15:08, BandiPat wrote:
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They have changed some things since I last investigated then, but you will notice this is the 754 pin cpu. I wasn't sure they were even doing those still. You don't want that, spring for the full 64bit 939 pin socket. As I mentioned previously, that will allow you to move to the dual core later, when the budget allows.
Previously, when the 64 came out they dropped the Athlon name from the 32bit cpus and renamed them Sempron. It would appear they have carried that name over to the low cost 64bit chips now.
Without knowing anything about these particular processors, it's worth checking out whether the external data paths (busses) are as wide as the primary machine word. I don't know if that's being done with 64 bit processors, but there was a time not all that long ago when external busses could be 16 bits even though the processor architecture was 32-bit. Since memory throughput is a huge factor in computer performance, you don't want to throttle your 64-bit CPU by making it communicate with primary storage in 32-bit slices.
Lee
Randall Schulz
On Friday 23 December 2005 23:23, Randall R Schulz wrote:
Lee, Phil,
On Friday 23 December 2005 15:08, BandiPat wrote:
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They have changed some things since I last investigated then, but you will notice this is the 754 pin cpu. I wasn't sure they were even doing those still. You don't want that, spring for the full 64bit 939 pin socket. As I mentioned previously, that will allow you to move to the dual core later, when the budget allows.
I'll go for the 939 and Athlon - although the price is a lot higher! I guess I'll benefit in the long term. Thanks for the advice. Phil -- Phil Burness Linux User since 1991 - currently using SuSE 9.3 Warrington - United Kingdom
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