- Jul 9, 2006
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Hello TeAm,
I have been out of the hardware upgrading game for quite some time, except for a corei7 laptop my fleet consists of Q6600, Q9450 and Rudy Toody's old Phenom X4 9850 which have all reached a rather advanced age (about 6 years, which is impressive for 24/7 use!)
Since some of my hardware starts to fail I would like to upgrade, however the last time I looked into motherboards and cpu combos was around 2007/2008. I guess a lot has changed. Luckily it seems that I can reuse my DDR3 RAM from my Q9450 setup if I want to save a few $.
What motherboard socket/chipset combo would you recommend, what cpu currently gives me the best bang for the buck?
I absolutely love the cpu coolers/heatsinks that I am using on socket775, can I still use them or has the design changed? The heat produced by the cpus doesn't seem to have changed.
Edit: Projects: I mostly do boinc projects (especially WCG), f@h only intermittently
I have been out of the hardware upgrading game for quite some time, except for a corei7 laptop my fleet consists of Q6600, Q9450 and Rudy Toody's old Phenom X4 9850 which have all reached a rather advanced age (about 6 years, which is impressive for 24/7 use!)
Since some of my hardware starts to fail I would like to upgrade, however the last time I looked into motherboards and cpu combos was around 2007/2008. I guess a lot has changed. Luckily it seems that I can reuse my DDR3 RAM from my Q9450 setup if I want to save a few $.
What motherboard socket/chipset combo would you recommend, what cpu currently gives me the best bang for the buck?
I absolutely love the cpu coolers/heatsinks that I am using on socket775, can I still use them or has the design changed? The heat produced by the cpus doesn't seem to have changed.
Edit: Projects: I mostly do boinc projects (especially WCG), f@h only intermittently
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