What's a good CPU upgrade

[Wag]

I have had my trusty E6600 for almost 3yrs on 3motherboards if you can believe it, and I'm wondering if it's time for an upgrade? It's topped out @ 2.4GHz, and I've never been able to get it any faster. Any ideas?

I'm thinking it's time for me to go Quad. I have a GTX 295, 4GB PC2-8500, Vista64 so I'm all set for it. I'm sorry I missed the Dell $209 Q9650 deal by a few hours. I would have been all over that.:frown:

 

[F1N3ST]

I have had my E6300 for like 3 years on 3 motherboards as well lol. If you do FS/FT like I do, maybe get a Phenom II and sell your current setup?

It's a lot cheaper than Intel right now...

 

[Wag]

Why? I just purchased the motherboard this past summer (last one died), and the socket 775 chips still have a decent lifespan left.

 

[cusideabelincoln]

Quad should be your next upgrade. Something along the lines of a Q9400 or Q9550 would do nicely. You could probably get another good (up to) 3 years out of your machine with a Q9550, although this time it wouldn't make sense to upgrade motherboards needlessly since the Q9550 is basically the fastest processor you can stick in socket 775.

 

[Hacp]

Originally posted by: Wag
I have had my trusty E6600 for almost 3yrs on 3motherboards if you can believe it, and I'm wondering if it's time for an upgrade? It's topped out @ 2.4GHz, and I've never been able to get it any faster. Any ideas?

I'm thinking it's time for me to go Quad. I have a GTX 295, 4GB PC2-8500, Vista64 so I'm all set for it. I'm sorry I missed the Dell $209 Q9650 deal by a few hours. I would have been all over that.:frown:

Isn't 2.4ghz stock? Your processor can't get above stock? That doesn't sound right -_-.

 

[Wag]

Oops. You're right. I meant 3.27GHz. I was looking at the wrong place. I'll wait for a deal to come around again and I'll jump on it.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

see sig, with that motherboard you are in good hands with a quad

 

[OCGuy]

Originally posted by: F1N3ST
I have had my E6300 for like 3 years on 3 motherboards as well lol. If you do FS/FT like I do, maybe get a Phenom II and sell your current setup?

It's a lot cheaper than Intel right now...

Uh...what?



If you cant overclock, just drop in a quad. Make sure your board can handle the 45nm quads, and you are good to go. 9550/9650 would be nice. :thumbsup:

 

[TurtleCrusher]

Really your best bet is to find a hot deal on almost any intel quad. I was pissed when i saw the same CPU @ microcenter i have for half the price. ($199 vs $99) Dell had random good deals and FRYS has some awesome combo deals (like the ECS G31T that came with my cpu) so you can have a backup motherboard.

 

[Tempered81]

Q9650, Q9550, E8500, Q6600

 

[vj8usa]

Originally posted by: jaredpace
Q9650, Q9550, E8500, Q6600

Personally, I wouldn't bother going from an E6600 to an E8500. If a game's running slow on a 3.27GHz E6600, odds are it'll benefit more from a quad than a higher clocked dual.

 

[jandlecack]

Agreed. No point going anything but Quad.

No point at all.

Don't do it.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Dog is to fire hydrant as Quad is to = ....... - take a guess

 

[Fox5]

Your processor is already plenty fast. Wait for the i5s or the i7 to price drop.

 

[Gikaseixas]

Originally posted by: Fox5
Your processor is already plenty fast. Wait for the i5s or the i7 to price drop.

do that

or if you don't want to wait get a Q9550 or Q9650.

 

[DanK414]

2.4ghz is pretty low. You should be able to OC that sucker little more than that. I was running mind e4300 at 3.1 until it crapped out on me. I say, mess with the timings once more and if you still can't get better performance go quad core. Q6600 are getting really cheap in the FS section.