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jime1

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My current Rig has Intel DG41RQ mobo + C2D E7500.
Is there any way I can upgrade my CPU with a better 1 ?

I was thinking may be I should upgrade it with a new Pentium G CPU

what are your suggestions ?
 
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Blain

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jime1 said:
My current Rig has Intel DG41RQ mobo + C2D E7500.
Is there any way I can upgrade my CPU with a better 1 ?

I was thinking may be I should upgrade it with a new Pentium G CPU

what are your suggestions ?
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I'd suggest sticking with your E7500.
That's plenty fast enough for surfing the internet, checking email and running office apps.
 
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What is you need to upgrade,as mention by Blain for surfing the net keep the one you have.but if you want to do some gaming, then as mention by larry from the list get a quad. and what are all the system spec. Just to make sure
 
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jime1

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Blain said:
I'd suggest sticking with your E7500.
That's plenty fast enough for surfing the internet, checking email and running office apps.
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haha !
Bro, you are making a c2d CPU sound like an Atom CPU of nowadays :p
But, frankly speaking, it feels so dam slow now really, having it for about 6 years now, yes, you are right, IT IS OUTDATED !:colbert:
I was so unfortunate at the time when I bought it, because the i series of the processors launched just after a few month of my purchase:(
I missed DDR3 and i series just by a few months :'(, but whats done is done.
 
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jime1

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VirtualLarry said:
Here's a list of compatible CPUs for that board:

http://processormatch.intel.com/Processors/CompatibleProcessors?componentName=DG41RQ

Edit: Pentium G-series CPUs are too new for that board. Your board is Socket LGA 775. Pentium G-series CPUs are 1155 or 1150. (There might have been some on 1156 too.)
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omg , tysm for the list bro ! its so long, and all of them are old, even the Xeons !
would you like to recommend any 1 from the list ?

aw cwap ! I'm doomed , damed sockets !
 
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jime1

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denis280 said:
What is you need to upgrade,as mention by Blain for surfing the net keep the one you have.but if you want to do some gaming, then as mention by larry from the list get a quad. and what are all the system spec. Just to make sure
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I do a lot more stuff than that on my PC, and I'm stating to feel outdated and out of sync now a days, with all the hype threading around and the i series CPUs ruling like a King, my E7500 just doesn't stand a chance :\
So I thought of a CPU upgrade, but after having a look at the comparisons of my cpu vs the quad cores and xeons supported by my DG41RQ, I came to know that my CPU is best amongst them all :| , what a nightmare !

here is My Rig : (build approx in 2009)

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E7500 (Wolfdale-M, R0)
2933 MHz (11.00x266.7) @ 1599 MHz (6.00x266.6)

Motherboard: Intel DG41RQ
Chipset: Intel G41 (Eaglelake) + ICH7
Memory: 4096 MBytes @ 333 MHz, 5.0-5-5-15
- 2048 MB PC5300 DDR2-SDRAM
- 2048 MB PC5300 DDR2-SDRAM
Graphics: Sapphire Radeon HD 5450
1024 MB DDR3 SDRAM
Drive: Hitachi HDP725050GLA360, 488.4 GB, Serial ATA 3Gb/s
Drive: MOSER BAER DH-20A6S, DVD+R DL
Sound: Intel 82801GB ICH7 - High Definition Audio [A1]
Sound: ATI/AMD Cedar/Park/Robson - High Definition Audio Controller
Network: RealTek Semiconductor RTL8168D/8111D PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate (x64) Build 7601
 
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If you have a good amount of RAM and a SSD, your system shouldn't seem that slow overall. So it is really a decision of wanting to upgrade what you have (which is not an inherently bad idea) or just an overall upgrade (board, cpu, etc), but upgrading the CPU on its own is not going to be a noticeable difference IMO.
 
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ketchup79 said:
If you have a good amount of RAM and a SSD, your system shouldn't seem that slow overall. So it is really a decision of wanting to upgrade what you have (which is not an inherently bad idea) or just an overall upgrade (board, cpu, etc), but upgrading the CPU on its own is not going to be a noticeable difference IMO.
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Its a DDR2 RAM: sucks
c2d which is now outperformed by a Pentium G: sucks
SSD !! LOL o_O : I'm on a very tight budgets, for now an SSD is like moons and stars to me, will have to be very happy with a 1TB SATA drive !:ninja:

I'll have to go with Blain's advice : and be happy with it:colbert:
 
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You can get a 120Gb SSD for around $50 and install the OS on it, and keep your other drive for storage. That will make such a difference, you won't believe it's the same machine..
 
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jime1

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Burpo said:
You can get a 120Gb SSD for around $50 and install the OS on it, and keep your other drive for storage. That will make such a difference, you won't believe it's the same machine..
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wow ! :eek:
Alright bro, I'll try to get a small SSD then :):thumbsup:
 
VirtualLarry

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jime1 said:
Fine Guys, I'll buy an SSD.
But will my Rig support it ?
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Any board with SATAII or SATA6G (SATAIII) should work with an SSD. NV chipsets may not support AHCI, but most Intel chipsets newer than ICH7 should. Otherwise, you have to use IDE mode, and you won't get full performance.
Just wanted to know, Will it some what Improve Gaming ?
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Not really, although you will "zone" faster in multi-player FPS (CPU performance permitting).
 
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I'd go with an E8400 CPU and as others have said, a 120 - 256GB SSD for O/S and apps and use your current drive for storage. The difference will be immediately noticeable and should be able to be done for not much money depending on where you buy.
 
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dbcooper1 said:
I'd go with an E8400 CPU and as others have said, a 120 - 256GB SSD for O/S and apps and use your current drive for storage. The difference will be immediately noticeable and should be able to be done for not much money depending on where you buy.
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I'll just get a 120GB SSD, tight budget :\
 
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jime1

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I'll buy a 120GB SSD real soon now..
Your latest recommendations will be most welcome, budget : 70$
PS: I have windows 8.1 currently installed on my PC, so will I have to just clone the system partition from my HDD to the new SSD or should I just make a new clean install ?
 
VirtualLarry

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jime1 said:
I'll buy a 120GB SSD real soon now..
Your latest recommendations will be most welcome, budget : 70$
PS: I have windows 8.1 currently installed on my PC, so will I have to just clone the system partition from my HDD to the new SSD or should I just make a new clean install ?
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Cloning should be fine, some SSDs come with cloning software, or you can use something like Macrium Reflect Free.
 
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jime1

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VirtualLarry said:
Cloning should be fine, some SSDs come with cloning software, or you can use something like Macrium Reflect Free.
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should I look for the read speed or the write speed when buying an SSD ?
I lurked on userbench and found these SSDs too good to be true
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but are they ? then ofcourse there were also transend and adata SSDs (had very low write speeds ie below 200 MBps) but have similar price tags :|

I'm confused, should I believe this site ?
 
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Blain

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I always scope out write speeds, since anyone can pull off great read speeds.
 
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