Considering upgrading from....

Guru · 18 Mar 2010 at 18:47

My Trusty Q6600, P5K and 6GB RAM (DDR2)

If I could sell this on here and then put £100-50 ish to the cause would it be worth upgrading this lot if I only had about £300-£350 quid? Or should I just keep what I've got?

Thanks,

G

cmndr_andi · 18 Mar 2010 at 18:51

What do you do with your system and do you feel it isn't cutting the mustard?

Also, what cpu cooler, PSU, Graphics card, Case, OS and monitor are you currently using?

Guru · 18 Mar 2010 at 19:00

cmndr_andi said:
What do you do with your system and do you feel it isn't cutting the mustard?

Also, what cpu cooler, PSU, Graphics card, Case, OS and monitor are you currently using?

Just games tbh. COD4, MW2, L4D.

I also pre-ordered BFBC2 but because the P5K broke about 2 weeks ago and I'm still waiting for a new one from RMA I've not played the full game yet.

CPU Cooler: Arctic Freezer Pro
PSU: 700w Fsp700-80gln
GFX: GTX285
Case: Some Silverstone job that came with the PSU
OS: Vista Ultimate 64
Monitor: Samsung 226BW

I think it deals with the mustard I'm just greedy and getting really bored of having no PC whilst I wait for this mobo.

Cheers,

G

cmndr_andi · 18 Mar 2010 at 19:14

TBH, I would stick with what you have. The minimum upgrade to see some real performance difference is an i5 750 system, this is reasonably costly and in games the difference will not be worth it.

Is your CPU overclocked?

Arcimbaldo · 18 Mar 2010 at 19:20

cmndr_andi said:
TBH, I would stick with what you have. The minimum upgrade to see some real performance difference is an i5 750 system, this is reasonably costly and in games the difference will not be worth it.

Is your CPU overclocked?

+1 on this,
Keep what you have but if you are desperate for an upgrade any time soon as previousl stated take a look at he i5 series as they same to be the best bang for buck atm.

Guru · 18 Mar 2010 at 19:37

cmndr_andi said:
TBH, I would stick with what you have. The minimum upgrade to see some real performance difference is an i5 750 system, this is reasonably costly and in games the difference will not be worth it.

Is your CPU overclocked?

Think it's at stock tbh. Might spend the £100-£150 on sound proofing if it's not worth upgrading yet.

cmndr_andi · 19 Mar 2010 at 01:29

Sound proofing is a good plan.

However, I would give overclocking a shot too. Getting an Q6600 to 3GHz is usually hilariously easy.

Before you do overclock, would you be able to check the CPU stepping using CPU-Z. It will either say B3 or G0.

Also, the ACF7 is a good cooler. Would you be able to put the CPU under stress for 10 minutes using OCCT to see what maximum temperatures you hit at stock speed? This will inform how much overclocking headroom you have with your current cooling.

Your motherboard uses the P35 chipset which is a bit legendary for overclocking these chips, so I would be rather confident of a nice cheeky overclock.