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Any reason to upgrade? E4300 @ 3.15

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elwoodh

Junior Member
With all the chips flying around now with the 4MB cache and higher FSB, I've been itching to upgrade my system's CPU. Is this a dumb time to do it? I was thinking of maybe grabbing a 6550, but I wasn't sure if the CPU bump would really be noticeable.

E4300 @ 3.15ghz
8800GTS 320MB
2GB PC 6400 4-4-4-12
GIGABYTE P965-DS3
 
Sometimes I wonder really how many folks 'upgrade' because their machines are too slow. 😀
 
I should go ahead and admit that I'm just getting an itch to tinker and am looking for any excuse possible 🙂
 
If you're going to upgrade, get a Q6600. No point getting another dual core especially since yours is clocked at 3+ GHz.
 
Originally posted by: 996GT2
If you're going to upgrade, get a Q6600. No point getting another dual core especially since yours is clocked at 3+ GHz.
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He's not going to need a quad core unless he does multimedia encoding. A dual core will be fine for games and everything else.
 
Originally posted by: elwoodh
E4300 @ 3.15ghz
8800GTS 320MB
2GB PC 6400 4-4-4-12
GIGABYTE P965-DS3
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From what I've gathered, 3.15GHz is very good for a P965 chipset. The current OCing wonder is the P35 chipset.

I've always suspected that most OCing is because its a challenge, not that there is any real need. Have fun.

 
Hey, he's got an upgrade fever and in need of fellow AT'ers support. 😛 I'd say go ahead and get a new toy if you can afford. I mean, people collect stamps for nothing's sake. Playing with computer hardware is one of the least expensive hobbies, IMO.
 
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