Processor or Ram

[evilmankey]

I am currently in the process of upgrading my comp. As of yesterday, I purchased a 9800 GTX. <<<FAST. Now the question I have is, should I upgrade my 2gb of 533mhz ram to 4gb of 800mhz or1066mhz, or should I upgrade my pen4 3ghz to a quad core 2.66ghz. I will eventually buy both parts but I was wondering which you guys think I should replace first??

Thanks

-Evilmankey

 

[Justin]

processor first.

 

[G25r8cer]

Upgrade CPU if you have the money to do so.

 

[Justin]

you'll see a better increase in performance when you upgrade the processor first over the ram.

 

[cohen]

+ 1 for the CPU.

 

[bragr]

IMHO, the processor sits idle during most of the time, but RAM is always in demand.

 

[compt121]

definatly the processor, you have enough memory in your computer, unless ur running vista

 

[jdbennet]

or should I upgrade my pen4 3ghz to a quad core 2.66ghz

cpu first. Does your mobo support core2?

most p4 era boards will only support the P4, or sometimes the Pentium D. Its rare to find boards that play nice with core2s?

May need to update bios / replace board

 

[Fritzjavel]

Quad... Processor.. Wins...

 

[cohen]

Quad... Processor.. Wins...

+ 1 for that, i agree, quad core would be excellent , but depends if the motherboard will support it.

 

[Justin]

you think the mobo he has supports even core2duo's?

 

[cohen]

you think the mobo he has supports even core2duo's?

probably not,

 

[JlCollins005]

and who ever suggest memory k that isnt gunna stop his p4 from bottlenecking the shit outta that gpu.. personally id get the quad or even a nice core2 if ur mobo can support it

 

[oscaryu1]

Q6600 = $200
G31 Mobo = $40
XMS2 2GB = $34

 

[Droogie]

CPU most definitely, but the RAM shouldn't be very expensive I just picked up 4GB of DDRII 800 myself for 35 bucks. lol your rig is turning out to be a lot like mine.

 

[2048Megabytes]

Q6600 = $200
G31 Motherboard = $40
XMS2 2GB = $34

Or if they are on a real limiting budget they can look at a Core 2 Duo E7200 Wolfdale for $130 instead of the Q6600 processor.

 

[spikebuck77]

You will probably see more performance gains with the RAM. The quad processors start to shine in rare multi-tasking jobs like web-serving.

 

[funkysnair]

quad core 1st
then more ram and faster speeds-some xms2 800mhz (good cheep ram)