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CPU Upgrade

stokecity_m

stokecity_m

stokecity_m

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Using mother board, i'm allowed

* Socket: 775
* Supports the following processors:
o Pentium D 900 series Dual Core (Presler)
o Pentium D 820 (Smithfield, 90nm)
o Pentium 4 631, 641, 651, 661 (Cedar Mill, 65nm)
o Pentium 4 630, 640, 650 (Prescott, 90nm)
o Pentium 4 520J/521, 530J/531, 540J/541, 550J/551 (Prescott, 90nm)
o Celeron D 352, 356 (Cedar Mill, 65nm)
o Celeron D 325J/326, 330J/331, 335J/336, 340J/341, 345J/346, 351, 355 (Prescott, 90nm)
CPUs.

Can anyone recommend a good one, or would it be best buying a new cpu/motherboard bundle?

Cheers
 
if your using the PC for gaming, can you post the Graphics card and type (AGP, PCI or PCI-E) it will be coupled with along with the ram type you have.

also what have you already got in terms of a CPU?

personally i would get a cheap C2D compatible MB and CPU as it will blow most if not all those cpus out of the water and give you a pc that will give relatively good performance for some time
 
The only chip worth bothering to get over your 346 would probably be a 661 if your not overclocking or a 631 if you are.

Personally I would just pick up a cheap motherboard, and slap in a E2200, or E5200, would be a lot faster than the 631 in games, and in applications that can make use of the second core, a whole lot faster.

Your already on a winner with mb/cpu, as your ram is DDR2, and your GPU is PCI Express, so no need to change them to make the upgrade :)

If you do get a motherboard, try and get one with the features you want built in, and avoid asrock, they are only ok for absolute rock bottom "emergency" :)
 
stokecity_m said:
as my current motherboard has a 775 socket, can't i already use core 2 CPUs?
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You answered that in your first post :D. I would certainly go with that P43 board and then a E2200/E5200 which will give you a nice boost in performance for not a huge price tag.
 
stokecity_m said:
as my current motherboard has a 775 socket, can't i already use core 2 CPUs?
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You didnt actually specifiy what motherboard you had, simply that it was 775, and you listed a bunch of CPU's none of which were Core 2 parts.

If you can find out the exact board, it "may" be possible to use Core 2's, possibly with a bios update, but early 775 have different power management, Core 2 processors have power saving modes which require ~1v, and their standard power ranges from ~1.2v to ~1.3v. Not all 775 boards support the low voltages. P4's basically all used 1.3v and didnt need support for less (although some boards supported less, and those boards were often flashable to accept Core 2 processors).

List your board, including brand, model, and if possible hardware revision and bios version, and someone here can probably tell you if you can use a Core 2 Processor. If you can, then you can just slot in whichever chip you want.
 
stokecity_m said:
cheers for the info - will start looking for a good moterboard/cpu bundle :)

you saw with features built in, like what?
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Onboard sound, number of SATA & IDE ports, floppy connector, number of USB ports etc etc, and of course picking a board with DDR2 and Pci-E (although thats pretty much everything except for a few random Asrock boards, the basic asrock has 4 memory slots, but only 2 are DDR2, the other 2 are DDR, and you cant mix/match.. so a bad choise).

The abit board that Jak listed would be good at the price, its clearance line because Abit stopped motherboard production, but its a good little board at a bargain price. (infact no current boards are even close to that value).
 
Cheers for the help guys, decided to pick up a new motherboard in a few weeks now either way.

any one recommend one and a processor that can take 4x2gb (that way i can use my old ram )ram for around £150
 
virtually all 775 boards will take 4 sticks of DDR2 (except the random asrocks), Considering that "longer term" i7 and i5 systems will be the best ones, I really would look at taking the cheap route, pick up that Abit board linked a few posts above, and the put in a mid range core 2 processor. Should easily get 150 inc vat and delivery.

If your not planning on overclocking, then you can spend more on the CPU because the board is so cheap. If you want to have a play and overclock buy a more expensive board, and a cheaper processor.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-293-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1344

A bit more expensive than the discontinued Abit, but should clock pretty well, and give a good performance at a reasonable price.

All depends what you want, slap together, best performance with no overclock.. then get a cheap board and a faster cpu.

Of course you could look down the AMD route, that will also be able to use your ram, and graphics card, but im not the right person to recommend AMD gear, as I dont have any :) Its cheaper, and pretty darn quick at stock speeds though.
 
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