richba5tard Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 A friend wants to upgrade his old Athlon XP, and want to spend as little as possible. Budget is 100 euro (yeah I know), max 130 euro. What is the best combo? (or are there much better?) I can supply him with 2x 1GD DDR2 for free. - Intel E5300 + Gigabyte GA-EP41-UD3L (115 euro) - AMD Athlon II 250 + Gigabyte GA-MA770-UD3 (125 euro) => AMD slightly faster? What about sound level with stock cooler? Preferred shop: http://www.komplett.be/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenKiller Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 Had the stock cooler of AMD @ a Athlon II 240, its quite loud under load. I would recommend something like "Arctic Cooling Alpine 64 Pro PWM" for some €, they are much quieter. And a 240 is enough, wouldnt pay some more € just for 200mhz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richba5tard Posted January 5, 2010 Author Share Posted January 5, 2010 Okay, you prefer Athlon II 240 above E5300? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knopflerbruce Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 (edited) What about 140 + unlock? I've got that GB board, and one of those semprons... give me a couple of days and I'll test it. Going to Germany tomorrow morning, and that combo will be a christmas present to a friend of mine who burned his A64 3700+ rig:p Edit: nvm, realized I should test the parts before giving them away. First impression of the board was nice, my D9GMH PC5300 CAS5 worked at first boot, never seent hat happen with DFI or ASUS boards Unlocking worked, set ECC firmware to Hybrid instead of Normal, let it update - and set ACC to auto, and it shows up as a 4400e during POST. No OS atm, so cant test stability. Edited January 5, 2010 by knopflerbruce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenKiller Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 Thats the question: is it stable!?! but i would spend the 10 more euros for a rly stable dual-core. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richba5tard Posted January 5, 2010 Author Share Posted January 5, 2010 Indeed. For 10 euro he'll choose the safe option. : ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knopflerbruce Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 (edited) It made it through post at 3.5ghz and 1.5v, so it is definately stable at stock;) But ofc, 10 euro is nothing. The board can OC HTT, at least 280 was 24/7 stable when the previous owner had it. It was probably not maxed out, as he ran on air and just used the highest multi - so it should be able to kick it up a notch or two from stock. Edited January 5, 2010 by knopflerbruce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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