wich one have better perfomance.

[f50]

what have more performance a P4 1.8 mhz with 1024 of ram.
or a P4 2.5 with 128 ram.

i know the best thing is buy a faster procesor and then install a better ram.

i know is not a normal comparo but i just wanna figure out how much the ram improve the quality of the pc.(and if that improve the perfomance over the mhz.)

 

[Tom M]

The 2.5 is the better PC deal, but the lack of Ram is going to cause a serious bottleneck for the OS and whatever software you are running.
I wouldn't even install XP on a machine with less than 256.
But the real idea is that the cost of a 1.8 to 2.5 chip is greater than that of another 256 or so of Ram. (1024 won't do you any good unless you plan on doing video editing or other intensive process. Most games won't make use of more than 512.)

 

[B Campbell]

You also need to consider the front-side bus speed, and whether things like graphics are on-board or off-board for each computer. These will make a difference, depending on your applications.

 

[ALPHA]

I have a PIII 500mhz with 256 SDRAM PC133 I think and

It aint slows down heaps after moving files and having Photoshop + Flash + Dreamweaver open mind you that is a bit obvious.

 

[GilesGuthrie]

As Tom M says, the 2.5GHz system is the better initial buy, because you can upgrade the memory for less money than the processor. Also, Intel processors are discontinued quite quickly, and you may have trouble sourcing a processor in, say, three years' time. You will not have this difficulty with memory. If you can't find a replacement processor, you're looking at a new motherboard, and I for one don't really see the value in mobo/proc replacements - I think you're better off buying a new PC.

Therefore, your upgrade path offers better value for money with the 2.5GHz system.

However, that wasn't your question. Your question was "Which system is faster?".

Assuming all other things are equal, the 1.8GHz system will be faster in the real world than the 2.5GHz system, because it has more memory. Operating Systems like 2000 and XP are designed to cope with huge amounts of memory, and will make use of it in a sensible way. Given that modern apps are hugely memory-intensive (like Dreamweaver: 50MB, Photoshop: 50 - 100MB), and that once you've got messenger clients, firewalls, antivirus and the like installed, your OS could take 200MB, you really want the RAM.

Does that answer your question?!

 

[Shannon]

I have a P4 1.6ghz 256mb ram - runs all the apps I want fine.

 

[f50]

Does that answer your question?!

yes 300% answered.

thanks to all for you help.

and now a new qestion.

i need a new pc but i don't know what is the best deal.

make the pc by myself,or just buy a new system.

i was looking and when i choose all the components the price difference is not so big (compared with the benefics of the new system)

example dell give 3 years extended warranty ( incluiding warranty for accidents )

according to your (alls) experience what is the best deal.


thanks again for all your help

 

[Tom M]

If you are fairly experienced in building a PC, then I would do it on your own. If you've never done it before, I would get the Dell and use that as a learning platform. As it gets older, and you start to upgrade it a little, it will be good experience for building a PC from scratch.
Dell actually offers a fairly comparable deal to building your own PC. Obviously a do it yourself will yield the greatest results, but not as great a difference as some people would lead you to believe. (Mostly because when people build PC's they never account for the cost of a monitor and Printer which Dell practically gives away.)

 

[f50]

thanks for the help.