Axlegear
05-17-2007, 11:58 AM
Okay, been a long time gone and i'm falling behind on hardware knowledge.
So, here's my current rig:
CPU: 1.8 GHz AMD Athlon 64 Venice 3000+
Mobo: ASRock 939DualSATAII
RAM: 2 GB PC3200 Dual-Channel 2.0-3-2-6 timings
Video: 128 MB ATI Radeon X550
HDD0/1: (2) RAID0 Raptor 36.7GB
HDD2: 40 GB 7k Maxtor
DVD: DVD-RW/DVD-RAM DD+DL, 8x DVD-ROM, 52x CD-ROM Plextor
Now, your mission, should you choose to accept, is to help me upgrade.
My primary bottleneck is my CPU currently. It could stand to be a lot faster, for what I do and play.
So, what I need is a new CPU (Or CPU+Mobo, since 939 is a bit antiquated now) with the following objectives. Primary is requires, secondary is mostly requires, tertiary isn't but highly preferred, and TOOPs are just nice things that'd make me choose one over the other.
FOR CPU
PRIMARY: Dual Core, and each core must be individually faster than my current CPU.
SECONDARY: Produces less heat output.
TERTIARY: Equal or less wattage consumption.
TOOPS: AMD
Budget: $400 (MB+CPU+RAM)
FOR VIDEO
PRIMARY: Must put out equal or less heat.
SECONDARY: Equal or less wattage consumption.
TOOPS: Faster than current.
TOOPS2: Cheap!
Budget: $100
FOR HARDDRIVE
PRIMARY: Must be 200 GB+
SECONDARY: Must be comparable to a raptor in STR
TERTIARY: Must be 8.9ms or better seek time.
TOOPS: SATA-2
Budget: $150
ADDITIONAL STORAGE
PRIMARY: Solid-State Drive (SSD)
SECONDARY: Extreme reliability, no moving parts, longer life than hard-drive
TERTIARY: Faster access time than 15k Atlas drive (<3.3ms)
TOOPS: Affordable (<$500)
TOOPS2: 1+ GB, anything past 32 GB is overkill.
TOOPS3: High STR
Budget: $500
Anyone want to give it a shot for me? My biggest concern is the CPU. it can't cut it anymore. Dwarf Fortress, which is 100% CPU reliant, is cutting at ~30 DPS when i'm up to ~100 dwarves.
So, here's my current rig:
CPU: 1.8 GHz AMD Athlon 64 Venice 3000+
Mobo: ASRock 939DualSATAII
RAM: 2 GB PC3200 Dual-Channel 2.0-3-2-6 timings
Video: 128 MB ATI Radeon X550
HDD0/1: (2) RAID0 Raptor 36.7GB
HDD2: 40 GB 7k Maxtor
DVD: DVD-RW/DVD-RAM DD+DL, 8x DVD-ROM, 52x CD-ROM Plextor
Now, your mission, should you choose to accept, is to help me upgrade.
My primary bottleneck is my CPU currently. It could stand to be a lot faster, for what I do and play.
So, what I need is a new CPU (Or CPU+Mobo, since 939 is a bit antiquated now) with the following objectives. Primary is requires, secondary is mostly requires, tertiary isn't but highly preferred, and TOOPs are just nice things that'd make me choose one over the other.
FOR CPU
PRIMARY: Dual Core, and each core must be individually faster than my current CPU.
SECONDARY: Produces less heat output.
TERTIARY: Equal or less wattage consumption.
TOOPS: AMD
Budget: $400 (MB+CPU+RAM)
FOR VIDEO
PRIMARY: Must put out equal or less heat.
SECONDARY: Equal or less wattage consumption.
TOOPS: Faster than current.
TOOPS2: Cheap!
Budget: $100
FOR HARDDRIVE
PRIMARY: Must be 200 GB+
SECONDARY: Must be comparable to a raptor in STR
TERTIARY: Must be 8.9ms or better seek time.
TOOPS: SATA-2
Budget: $150
ADDITIONAL STORAGE
PRIMARY: Solid-State Drive (SSD)
SECONDARY: Extreme reliability, no moving parts, longer life than hard-drive
TERTIARY: Faster access time than 15k Atlas drive (<3.3ms)
TOOPS: Affordable (<$500)
TOOPS2: 1+ GB, anything past 32 GB is overkill.
TOOPS3: High STR
Budget: $500
Anyone want to give it a shot for me? My biggest concern is the CPU. it can't cut it anymore. Dwarf Fortress, which is 100% CPU reliant, is cutting at ~30 DPS when i'm up to ~100 dwarves.