[Sandmark]

I have a MSI K7N2G-L running an AMD Athlon 1400 cpu. I am considering an upgrade to Athlon XP3000+. Does this sound like a cost effective and worthwhile upgrade? I want to burn some DVD's, and I understand a faster cpu is required.

 

[mobo]

It will certainly change the landscape of your system and it will support the 3000 cpu http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_cpu_support_detail.php?UID=398.
If you are going to do an upgrade then yes it would consider it a cost effective way to achieve it since you have a good board already..

 

[Triple6]

You would also need to upgrade your RAM, the 1.4 only requires PC1600 or PC2100 RAM, 200 or 266Mhz frequency. The 3000+ needs PC2700 or 333Mhz RAM. While you may be able to set the RAM frequency to a lower speed then the CPU Front Side Bus it will heavily affect performance. You should also have about 512MB of RAM.

Also the 2500+ is less then half the price of the 3000+ and would be a much more cost effective purchase; the performace difference would be minimal.

 

[Sandmark]

Thanks much for the comments. They will be included in my plans to upgrade.