Upgrade not what I had hoped for... am I missing something?

voovegas · 11-13-2008, 11:48 PM

I just built my 3rd computer today and was expecting a huge difference in speed and I am not really happy with the results...

I went from:

Athlon 64 3800+ to a Phenom x4 9550
Asus A8v Deluxe 939 pin Mobo to Asus M3N78 Pro AM2+ Mobo
1 gig ram to 4 gig PC6400 800 ram
ATI 800 pro 128mb AGP8 video card to ATI HD 4650 1gb ddr2 PCI-2.0 video card

I've flashed the bios, updated the video drivers, and updated windows and I'm just not getting a speed increase over my old setup. In some cases (like getting online) it's actually slower.

I thought I was getting pretty knowledgable by my 3rd build but this has me totally stumped...

am I missing something?
do I have a bottleneck I'm not seeing?
could this be a power issue? I'm only running a 420w ATX power supply.

Help!

Cabbs · 11-14-2008, 12:07 AM

Did you reformat Windows?

voovegas · 11-14-2008, 12:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cabbs

Did you reformat Windows?

No... I re-used my old HDD and just re-installed windows on it without formatting it first. I asked the question on another site and someone else mentioned formatting also. It looks like I'll be formatting tonight.

Cabbs · 11-14-2008, 12:53 PM

Yeah, that's something you need to do. Windows installations are hardware specific, mainly being motherboards.

voovegas · 11-14-2008, 10:34 PM

Big difference after formatting.

This is the first time I've re-used a HDD and didn't think it would make a difference but after starting from scratch everything is a ton quicker today.

Thanks for the advice.

11-13-2008, 11:48 PM	#1
voovegas Beta Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 3	Upgrade not what I had hoped for... am I missing something? I just built my 3rd computer today and was expecting a huge difference in speed and I am not really happy with the results... I went from: Athlon 64 3800+ to a Phenom x4 9550 Asus A8v Deluxe 939 pin Mobo to Asus M3N78 Pro AM2+ Mobo 1 gig ram to 4 gig PC6400 800 ram ATI 800 pro 128mb AGP8 video card to ATI HD 4650 1gb ddr2 PCI-2.0 video card I've flashed the bios, updated the video drivers, and updated windows and I'm just not getting a speed increase over my old setup. In some cases (like getting online) it's actually slower. I thought I was getting pretty knowledgable by my 3rd build but this has me totally stumped... am I missing something? do I have a bottleneck I'm not seeing? could this be a power issue? I'm only running a 420w ATX power supply. Help!

11-14-2008, 12:07 AM	#2
Cabbs Golden Master Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 7,933	Re: Upgrade not what I had hoped for... am I missing something? Did you reformat Windows? __________________ =Like anime? Come to AnimeAppeal.com!= \|\|DFI UT P35\|\|Q9550@3400 Mhz\|\|Geil 4GB RAM\|\|Radeon 5770\|\|

11-14-2008, 12:53 PM	#4
Cabbs Golden Master Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 7,933	Re: Upgrade not what I had hoped for... am I missing something? Yeah, that's something you need to do. Windows installations are hardware specific, mainly being motherboards. __________________ =Like anime? Come to AnimeAppeal.com!= \|\|DFI UT P35\|\|Q9550@3400 Mhz\|\|Geil 4GB RAM\|\|Radeon 5770\|\|

11-14-2008, 10:34 PM	#5
voovegas Beta Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 3	Re: Upgrade not what I had hoped for... am I missing something? Big difference after formatting. This is the first time I've re-used a HDD and didn't think it would make a difference but after starting from scratch everything is a ton quicker today. Thanks for the advice.

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