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Advice on a new CPU

Inorian

Inorian

Inorian

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First time posting here! \o/

*Ahem*

I'm shortly looking to upgrade my CPU, as after an series of unfortunate events my computer was knackered and the repairs ended up with my 2.2quad Phenom turning into a 2.0 dual Intel something-or-other, and more or less everything being downgraded.

I've slowly rebuilt it to it's former glory, except the CPU and motherboard.

In short, I have very little idea about Intel, and need advice on which socket-775 CPU would be a good upgrade choice. Ideally looking for cost between £100-£150.

The rest of my rig is as follows:

Vista Ultimate 32-bit, 1000w PSU, Sapphire HD4850 512mb, 2*2gb OCZ platinum 1033mhz RAM.

All help is appreciated!

Ino.
 
As of right now, no, but this upgrade project is a monthly thing using spare income, which is roughly £100 a month.

As extra info my current mobo is a P5N-MX(I think, will check when I get home from work) or something similar, the product specs are here.

I was looking at the Q6600 anyway, as it's a cheap quadcore, and I've heard good things all round about it.

Will look up mobos as well and see how it fits in with the upgrade schedule. ;)

Thanks for the quick reply.

Ino.
 
Depends what you want to do with it really. For gaming an E8500 is probably the better choice. If gaming isnt really your thing, then a Q6600.

And damn, your PSU is so overkill for that rig :D
 
fergie128 said:
Depends what you want to do with it really. For gaming an E8500 is probably the better choice. If gaming isnt really your thing, then a Q6600.

And damn, your PSU is so overkill for that rig :D
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It is for gaming, so I'll keep an eye on them as well.

As for the PSU, yesh, it is overkill, but the way I see it it's also future-proof, if I don't abuse it too much. I got it as part of a custom-built machine when a lump sum of money fell in my lap. Then that custom built machine died, and I'm slowly working my way back up to its level.

Plus the PSU's in a sexy black finish with ubersexy modular design for all-over PSU sexyness.

Ino.
 
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