Will I notice a difference game mostly

[okstatefan69]

As of right now I just order an E8400 upgradin' from a 6420, and a new 1TB WD harddrive
did I make the right choice, for gaming

 

[DSF]

Depends on what game and whether or not the 6420 was overclocked.

Personally I'd have saved myself the money on the E8400, it's definitely not a $200 upgrade from your other chip considering you could've taken the 6420 to around 3GHz.

 

[okstatefan69]

Nope I do not overclock.

 

[okstatefan69]

Originally posted by: DSF
Depends on what game and whether or not the 6420 was overclocked.

Personally I'd have saved myself the money on the E8400, it's definitely not a $200 upgrade from your other chip considering you could've taken the 6420 to around 3GHz.

Call of duty 4, and Company of Heroes

 

[okstatefan69]

Originally posted by: DSF
Depends on what game and whether or not the 6420 was overclocked.

Personally I'd have saved myself the money on the E8400, it's definitely not a $200 upgrade from your other chip considering you could've taken the 6420 to around 3GHz.

not with this memory I've got it sucks at overclockin but hey 8 gigs I ain't complainin'

 

[okstatefan69]

Originally posted by: okstatefan69

Originally posted by: DSF
Depends on what game and whether or not the 6420 was overclocked.

Personally I'd have saved myself the money on the E8400, it's definitely not a $200 upgrade from your other chip considering you could've taken the 6420 to around 3GHz.

not with this memory I've got it sucks at overclockin but hey 8 gigs I ain't complainin'

It was free, so I aint B******* the memory that is

 

[Emo]

Originally posted by: okstatefan69

Originally posted by: DSF
Depends on what game and whether or not the 6420 was overclocked.

Personally I'd have saved myself the money on the E8400, it's definitely not a $200 upgrade from your other chip considering you could've taken the 6420 to around 3GHz.

not with this memory I've got it sucks at overclockin but hey 8 gigs I ain't complainin'

It won't run at its rated speed? That will put your 6420 at 3.2Ghz!

 

[okstatefan69]

Originally posted by: Emo

Originally posted by: okstatefan69

Originally posted by: DSF
Depends on what game and whether or not the 6420 was overclocked.

Personally I'd have saved myself the money on the E8400, it's definitely not a $200 upgrade from your other chip considering you could've taken the 6420 to around 3GHz.

not with this memory I've got it sucks at overclockin but hey 8 gigs I ain't complainin'

It won't run at its rated speed? That will put your 6420 at 3.2Ghz!

Nope, not Orthos stable I even up the Vdimm to 2.1 but hey it was free and its rated Vdimm is 1.8. Not even at 1:1 ratio either. But like I said I don't overclock either more into stability I have tried it though

 

[Mars999]

COH will probably benefit from the CPU , but COD4 will be more GPU bound. Your 8800GTS is a bit dated by todays standards. Either get a Geforce 260 or Radeon 4870 and let that new CPU fly!

 

[angry hampster]

COH nor COD4 should need a better GPU or CPU to get noticeably different/better graphics. 1600x1050 with those games isn't particularly demanding.

 

[solog]

Originally posted by: DSF

Personally I'd have saved myself the money on the E8400, it's definitely not a $200 upgrade from your other chip considering you could've taken the 6420 to around 3GHz.

You can find that cpu for less. For example, its $150 at Microcenter. Add the resale value of the 6420 and its less than a $100 upgrade

 

[okstatefan69]

Originally posted by: solog

Originally posted by: DSF

Personally I'd have saved myself the money on the E8400, it's definitely not a $200 upgrade from your other chip considering you could've taken the 6420 to around 3GHz.

You can find that cpu for less. For example, its $150 at Microcenter. Add the resale value of the 6420 and its less than a $100 upgrade

Ok thanks, I just cancelled my order so I'll take your advice, and find one cheaper or try to anyway

 

[DSF]

I just noticed that you're running a P965 chipset motherboard. I would double-check that your motherboard supports E8400s before you buy one. At the very least I'd expect you need a BIOS update.

 

[Denithor]

Running a P965 motherboard? ... There's your overclock stability problem right there!

Instead of upgrading your cpu, upgrade your motherboard (P35/P43/P45 chipset) and you should easily get 3GHz out of that processor. Then you don't need the e8400 at all.

I had an e6400 on a P965-DS3 (rev1) that had to have a voltage boost to run 2.66GHz stable. Moved the chip/ram/etc onto an IP35-E and hit 3GHz on stock volts.

Then I got silly, bought an e8400 (while they were still $200) and honestly cannot see/feel any difference between the two in games or otherwise.

 

[mshan]

Is that 1 TB WD hard drive a 5400 rpm "Green Power" hard drive?

If so, I would guess that a WD6400AAKS or Raptor might get you fast load times (?)

 

[daveybrat]

With my 8800GTS i upgraded from a AMD X2 4600+ 2.4GHz to a X2 5600+ 2.9GHz and i see no improvement in COD4.

Benchmarks went up but real-world gaming didn't which i expected.

Next upgrade for me is a new video card.