775 CPU upgrade

[Efour]

Probably the last "upgrade" to this system

What is best option, if any?? Cant afford to do the whole lot this time round.

currently have a E6750 @ 3.37ghz

Prices are a bit nasty - i fear i might have done this a bit late.

 

[jaket]

Prob the best bet is Q6600 which is a very nice quad core and easily overclockable. Mine has been at stock however.

I'm going to be selling mine but haven't quite got 250 posts yet

 

[Rroff]

If your board will take it a Q9550... I "upgraded" from a Q6600 to a Q9550 so I could give the Q6600 to my dad - and wasn't expecting that much of a change but infact its a decent bit faster in many cases.

 

[Darkmatters]

Read and appreciated

 

[Th3D0n]

Q9400

 

[Big.Wayne]

E6750 @ 3.37ghz

That's not to shabby, fast enough for most tasks still but if you owned it for several months then I can see how maybe your a bit bored and fancy something new to play with!

I wouldn't recommend any new LGA775 CPU apart from maybe a new Intel® Pentium® E6300 Dual-Core 2.8GHz (10.5x266) as they overclock like a yeti with no FSB limitation and not to much problem reaching 4GHz!

Other than that if your wanting to stick with LGA775 then keep your eyes peeled in the OcUK Members Market where you should be able to snag yourself a nice used Wolfdale E8400/E8500 dual-core or perhaps a Kensfield/Yorkfield Quad!

£80.00 should get you something nice to play with, I personally wouldn't be spending more on anything LGA775, instead look at some of the budget offerings from AMD or perhaps an Intel® Core™ i5 . . . . yeah you may not need a king long powerhouse but if you gonna upgrade you should consider going the whole hog or not at all heh!