TRUE 120 Replacement

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Ok, ive started putting some money aside and was thinking of making a new build or upgrade come christmas/january time.

current cpu:

Q6600 @ 3.76ghz - TRUE 120 Push/Pull Config

i was thinking of upgrading to a Q95500 and overclock to maybe 4ghz-4.2ghz

im not sure how cooler these chips run, and whether i could hit that overclock stable on air, if i can i basically need to know if their is a better air heatsink alternative, similar to the TRUE but better?

Cheers
 
never installed a water cooling system, not sure how easy it would be?

the Prolimatech Megahalems looks very similiar to a true, cheaper then water cooling aswell.

all depends on:

1) is air cooling the right move for a 4ghz-4.2ghz overclock
2) is water cooling easy to install

the plus side to air cooling is i can fit them myself no bother, and they are over half the price of water cooling.
 
Is this Q9550 going to be used with P35 Motherboard, or something better? Only ask as even 470x8.5 is going to be pushing it on P35, and TRUE is more than enough :)
 
If the Prolimatech Megahalems was any better at all it would only be 1 or 2 degrees.

Probably the only way to gain much over a TRUE is water cooling.

I went from TRUE to custom water and back to TRUE.
 
The TRUE will be more than enough on a q9550, i used one on a q6600 @ 3.8ghz, now on a q9550 @ 3.8ghz, temps never go much higher than mid 50's, 45nm quads run a lot cooler than the 65nm parts.
 
my current board is a abit ip35 pro xe, come upgrade time im thinking of upgrading to a ddr3 asus sli board, with either the q95500 or i7 to go in.

i have 2 very good 12cm fans on my true, the problem is whilst they are not too loud, water cooling would be silent i imagine.

im still trying to work out the best option, air is cheaper and im confident at fitting them, havnt lapped a cpu before and am a bit wary regarding it.
water cooler would be good not only for cpu, but my gtx 260 which gets hot unless i set rivatuner fans, again though a more expensive option and never fitted it.

im thinking, a new case maybe antec 1200 or something to give the inside extra cooling, i could get away with using air heatsink.

glad to hear the Q95500 should be fine on air, i know newer chips tend to be a lot more better, will also require less voltage to overclock im thinking too.

cheers everyone
 
toon_mad said:
overclock to maybe 4ghz-4.2ghz
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You are probably aware already but would mention , just in case , that you should look to get an EO stepping chip.

Not saying that this is unattainable with a C1 stepping BUT could prove difficult - much better chance of success if you get an EO stepping.
 
q95500 or i7
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I had assumed that when you write q95500 you did in fact mean Q9550 - if you do not then please ignore my last post & advise what cpu you are refering to as I'm:confused:

If you are talking Q9550 then this is skt 775 whereas the i7 is skt 1366 .

If you buy a skt 1366 board then you cannot run a skt 775 cpu in it or if you buy a skt 775 board this will not run an i7 chip.
 
typo i think, i meant Q9550 :)

is there much difference between the 2 cpu's in the Q9500 and i7, apart from the socket type? i notice the i7 is considerably more
 
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Sean_UK said:
Is this Q9550 going to be used with P35 Motherboard, or something better? Only ask as even 470x8.5 is going to be pushing it on P35, and TRUE is more than enough :)
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I'm not sure where you got the information about the P35 boards, but they are actually better for high FSBs than many newer chipsets.

For the increase in performance the OP is going to get by swapping CPUs, I wouldn't bother. If you're a gamer, spend the money on a better graphics card.
 
the reason behind the mobo upgrade was that this abit board is only crossfire, do you think with a sli board and another gtx 260 this would be better then a cpu/mobo upgrade?

im confused now:

cpu/mobo combo
gpu/mobo combo

4ghz-4.2ghz overclock, this q6600 im using have only pushed to 3.7ghz, thats because it takes a fair bit of voltage (could be vdroop on the abit though)
 
toon_mad said:
the reason behind the mobo upgrade was that this abit board is only crossfire, do you think with a sli board and another gtx 260 this would be better then a cpu/mobo upgrade?

im confused now:

cpu/mobo combo
gpu/mobo combo

4ghz-4.2ghz overclock, this q6600 im using have only pushed to 3.7ghz, thats because it takes a fair bit of voltage (could be vdroop on the abit though)
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To me, to save mucking about, you'll get £100-ish if you sell the GTX260 and two new X4890's will be £260 at current prices (cheaper by Christmas) and that will give you a decent speed-boost in most games and you don't need to seriously mess with the rest of the system.
 
Just a quick note - I believe that your existing motherboard runs crossfire with 1x16 and 2nd x4.
If I've read the spec correctly then from what I've read it would not be a good idea to run 2 cards as the x4 will slow crossfire down badly.
You could go for a 4870x2 though.
Would like to help but before I can do so properly
a) What is your main reason for upgrading? Gaming? Multitasking? or ??
b) If gaming is a big part ; what res do you game at /intend to game at in future?
c) What PSU you got?
 
WJA96 said:
I'm not sure where you got the information about the P35 boards, but they are actually better for high FSBs than many newer chipsets.
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Ok perhaps I was a bit vague, was actually getting at P45 motherboards been the better option and seem a to fair a lot better when overclocking Yorkfield 45nm than P35's, well that's if the results from xtremesystems forum anything to go by...
 
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I've read the above, but am a bit lost in it so will answer the op q.

Replace it with water or not at all. If you lap it, there's a good chance it'll be better than anything else you can buy. I wish review sites would start including a lapped true, but none seem to. 1 or 2 degrees worse than the megalahems + my true improving by about 5 degrees when lapped suggests to me that a lapped true is the way to go.
 
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