DescentBB

I just upgraded my motherboard from an MSI 655 board with 533 fsb to a Gigabyte 8IK1100 with 800 fsb. I had a lot of instability issues with that old mobo, and rather than try to RMA it I decided to just replace it with a better mobo. From all the bad things I've been reading about the SiS 655 chipset compared to the 865/875 it was hard for me to want to work real hard to hold onto this 655 mobo even tho it's only just a little over a year old.

anyway, so now I have this 800 mhz fsb staring me in the face, and I'm getting a tug to upgrade to a processor that will more fully utilize my new mobo. I can get a 3.0C processor at newegg for $224 I think, so the price doesn't seem all that bad.

I'm already using corsair pc3200 memory. Would this upgrade be worth it? Am I only going to see a marginal performance increase or will it be fairly significant? I won't spend $224 for marginal, but if it's much more than just marginal I think it's probably worth it.

Or should I just wait and see how the Prescott CPU's do? I've read some really mixed reviews on those.

well matching the cpu bus and mb buss is allways better cause your running at full speed, i got a giga byte 7NNXP and i payed a little more to get a 333mhz bus cpu and there was a big increast of speed from the little 200mhz XP1700

yes i know hes talking about a Intell cpu but im just makeing a point

btw, I'm using two sticks of 512mb PC3200 corsaire in DDR mode.

Unless you either just want it for the hell of it, or have an actual need for it like heavy rendering or video editing...I wouldn't.

yeah, it depends on what you are doing. i've got a 2.4c at 800, also with 512mb x2 pc3200 corsair, and there is nothing out right now that i cant handle and then some. i would say you're good to go unless you're into really heavy stuff.