CPU help

[hibeesmad]

Looking to upgrade my E6700. I do not overclock. I would like to see a noticable real time upgrade. I do a lot of web design and like to game at 1080p. Thanks,

Johnny.

 

[PhoenixUK]

What do you mean you don't overclock ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

No point upgrading, you won't see any diff.
Web design doesnt use anything tbh.

You could get new 4850/4870 for gaming and thats all.

 

[Wayne~]

E8500 would be an improvement but wether or not it would make a huge difference I couldn't tell you

 

[hibeesmad]

I don't know how to overclock. How about a Q9550?

 

[Delvis]

...Nout wrong with not overclocking, I don't overclock either really...Had a few bashes at it, and couldn't be bothered with the hassle.

A Quad-core equivalent would be a decent improvement in some cases.

Or as stated maybe one of the E8xxx series chips.

 

[lopkinfop]

if your not bothered about the big overclocks some people have, you could just up the FSB by 20-50

 

[Corasik]

IMHO the E6700 is still a great chip. Few games currently make use of Quad core, so the upgrade to a Quad really wont get you that far. 4GB ram, E6700.. Your system can easily handle any of the latest graphics cards, and thats the easiest upgrade that will be noticable when gaming. Or you could wait until the end of the year, or early 2009, and pick up a Nehelam system. The Nehalem CPU is looking quite promising.

I think an ATI 4870 would be a good choice, and likely the best bang/buck upgrade you could make at this time.

At the moment for gaming Quad's mostly offer futureproofing, but with the better implmentation of Quad + Hyperthreading on Nehalem, I wouldnt bother building a "future proofed" rig right now.

Plus, if you were to get the graphics card, and then found your CPU was holding back the system, you could clock the cpu anyway.

 

[hibeesmad]

IMHO the E6700 is still a great chip. Few games currently make use of Quad core, so the upgrade to a Quad really wont get you that far. 4GB ram, E6700.. Your system can easily handle any of the latest graphics cards, and thats the easiest upgrade that will be noticable when gaming. Or you could wait until the end of the year, or early 2009, and pick up a Nehelam system. The Nehalem CPU is looking quite promising.

I think an ATI 4870 would be a good choice, and likely the best bang/buck upgrade you could make at this time.

At the moment for gaming Quad's mostly offer futureproofing, but with the better implmentation of Quad + Hyperthreading on Nehalem, I wouldnt bother building a "future proofed" rig right now.

Plus, if you were to get the graphics card, and then found your CPU was holding back the system, you could clock the cpu anyway.

Thanks for the advice. How much are Nehalems likely to cost?

 

[platinum87]

, I wouldnt bother building a "future proofed" rig right now.

thats impossible, and those who try waste a lot of money