AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Socket 939 with 4GB RAM Vista Boot

[TheBigwill87]

I have an old HP bisiness desktop running Windows 7 64. I just recently upgraded my CPU from a single-core AMD Athlon 64 3200+ to a dual-core 4400+ on Socket 939, the highest my MB supports. I ordered it on eBay for a great deal and was delivered surprisingly fast. I immediately installed it and the boot-up took half the time! My WEI went from 3.9 to 4.9 and RAM went from 4.5 to 4.9, running 2GB! Great improvement! That was only my first step; next more RAM and a new graphics card.

[kwazhimself]

time to get a new monitor actually

[ragfaggalaxy]

pretty good computer just needs a better video card. ^_^ take a look at mine.

[robertkrosl]

I have the am2 4000+ 2.1 ghz on win 7 home edition 32 bit and it boots in like 30 seconds max.

[ragfaggalaxy]

i got a socket 939 dual core 3800+ @ 2Ghz on ebay for 47 dollars!! check out my video. ^_^ I wish i could get a 4200+...

[JiggaJagga]

@ragfaggalaxy lol Those dual-core 939's are like gold-dust. I gave up looking due to the absurd prices.

You shouldn't have much problem overlocking the actual CPU. The x2 3800+ (2.0GHz) is practically the same part as the x2 4200+ (2.2GHz). It should be able to both match and exceed the x2 4200+ stock speed.

If your M/B lacks decent O/C features you may still be able to use Windows-based software, such as 'Clockgen' and 'CrystalCPUID'. All depends on your M/B in particular its chipset.

[nelizmastr]

my windows 7 ratings r:

CPU 6.1 (Athlon 5000+ @ 3.0Ghz)

RAM 5.5 (PC2-5300 667Mhz ddr2)

Aero 6.7

Gaming 6.7 (HIS Radeon HD 4670 1GB)

HDD 5.8 (7200 RPM Seagate)

[mybetamax1]

that is a verrt fast boot up

[Tpavra]

It is a quick boot, ive always had Vista/7 boot and run quickly for me. Never understood why people say its slow.

[marauda777]

@Tpavra its because their comps are slow

[Metalozedex]

you got 4gig ram lol

[shivanthing]

@Tpavra

Always liked these old 939 processors, they even overclock to an extent, got 4200+ 939 to 2.6 ghz rather easily. WEI went up to 5.6 :D

[UK012]

i think my motherboard is amd athlon 64 it currently has 98SE on it it says 1.7in dxdiag but 1.1ghz on bootup so dunno which to believe xD

Although i am thinking buying a bigger Hard disk to test it out :D

[xboxfanaticgabriel]

why do you use your TV for your PC ?! Just kidding, buy a LCD monitor, dude !

[BigBoiler50]

Thanks for posting this. I am in the process of doing exactly this!

[raydenPGD111]

mine ram 5.5

4 is capacity not speed...

2 gb ddr 2 800mhz faster than 4gb ram ddr2 667mhz

[fatboy1stupe]

lol. awesome thats so pro and classic.

[stunnaman19999]

mines a

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4800+

NVIDIA Ge Force 6150 256mb

958mb ram

Vista home basic sp1

[nelizmastr]

@stunnaman19999

the 6150 is an integrated chip, its useless unless you dont play games

[SolidSnakeVI]

one more thing put ur ram as a dual channel ull get 5.9

[SolidSnakeVI]

Nice computer as long as u have dual core ur fine i was runn a p4 3.0ghz its was fine till my motherboard gave up now my specs are DUAL BOOT Microsoft Vista Ultimate SP1 Microsoft XP Professional SP3 AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4800+ Gigabyte Technology GA M56S S3 4GB Dual Channel NVIDIA Ge Force 8800GT 512 MB (I Had A NNVDIA Ge Force 6800 256mb) Western Digital 750 GBytes ATA SATA-II Toshiba External HDD 160 Gbytes (Backup Only) EXCEL JH-600 TV Tuner HDTV

[SolidSnakeVI]

i know got a AMD Phenom X3 triple core 8750+

and windows 7

[ebya7]

did you upgrade your CPU to dual core? If so, please tell me where you bought it, I can't find anywhere on the internet where I can buy an AMD Athlon dual core upgrade for 939 socket for under $150

[Tpavra]

On that PC, I did upgrade the processor, I got it from Newegg, back in early 2006. On eBay, there are occasionally dual cores for Socket 939 going for under $100

[briguy1971]

My computer has an Athlon 64 X2 4200+ too, and I just upgraded from 2GB PC2-4200 to 4GB PC2-5300. I'm running XP SP3. I got a free Vista upgrade, but I've never used it. What kind of index rating do you get with this processor? Is it time to go to Vista yet? My PC works fine with XP and I'm hesitant to change it. (Graphics card is a 1GB 9800GT.)

[briguy1971]

P.S. My computer is two years old and it's socket AM2.

[Tpavra]

Your processor should get a 4.9 on Windows Vista. Considering you have 4GB of RAM and a 9800GT, Id upgrade to Vista x64, so then you could take use of all of the hardware.

[YeeMafia]

@Tpavra which is best AMD x2 3800 or 4200?

[Tpavra]

@YeeMafia The 4200+ is better than the 3800+, but both are very old now however :)

[ThatFlipKidxD]

Pretty fast.. Fast as my 5000+ 940socket 2gb DDR2 Windows MCE 32bit boot.. But that's vista.. I just got pwned?

[TriangleSquare52]

sucks that they quit making 939, geuss its time to upgrade :/

[Tpavra]

Indeed, its a good thing they did in a way, as DDR RAM is so expensive.

[TriangleSquare52]

yeah tell me about it lol