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What's a good CPU upgrade

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Wag

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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:
 
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...
 
Why? I just purchased the motherboard this past summer (last one died), and the socket 775 chips still have a decent lifespan left.
 
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.
 
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:
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Isn't 2.4ghz stock? Your processor can't get above stock? That doesn't sound right -_-.
 
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.
 
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...
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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:
 
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.

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