I'm looking at a few upgrade options and have settled on an Asus P5Q-E, but have also come across the P5Q3. I was just thinking ahead to when I'll move to Core i7 (way too expensive at the mo) and was wondering how getting a P5Q3 and dropping in two sticks from a 3-stick low voltage DDR3 set would cope. Any ideas/experiences?
DDR3 with a Core2
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I went from a Striker extreme (680i DDR2) to a striker II extreme (790i DDR3) with my Q6600 at 4GHz.
TBH there was little difference other than in benchmarks. Don't get me wrong it was quick but I'd either:
- keep what you have and carry on saving for i7
OR
- Stick a fat pile of some quick stuff like the Kingston on this week only for now./
Seriously mate, If all you are going to upgrade is your Mobo & RAM, it won't be an upgrade....more of a side step with just a smidgen more performance.
Flog the Corsair and stick this in would be your most cost effective/ performance upgrade ATM:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17980912
Or Put a quad core chip in it. (again, only major gains would be in benchmarks) Games wise, your X1800 card will be more of a bottleneck than your CPU at the moment anyway.
Hope this helps mate
TBH there was little difference other than in benchmarks. Don't get me wrong it was quick but I'd either:
- keep what you have and carry on saving for i7
OR
- Stick a fat pile of some quick stuff like the Kingston on this week only for now./
Seriously mate, If all you are going to upgrade is your Mobo & RAM, it won't be an upgrade....more of a side step with just a smidgen more performance.
Flog the Corsair and stick this in would be your most cost effective/ performance upgrade ATM:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17980912
Or Put a quad core chip in it. (again, only major gains would be in benchmarks) Games wise, your X1800 card will be more of a bottleneck than your CPU at the moment anyway.
Hope this helps mate
It does, ta. Must update the sig actually; it's a 4870 I'm using at the mo, not an X1800 and I am happy with the performance of my desktop at the mo. Yes, it would definitely be a sidestep, performance wise, but I knew that; it's a matter of spreading the cost of upgrading to Core i7 in a year or so rather than boosting performance right now.
Prolly best to explain myself; I'm upgrading my PVR box from an old Skt.7/Athlon-M setup to Core 2, and the plan is to get a new board for my gaming rig and cascade the BFG 680i from my gaming rig to the PVR box (already have spare DDR2 and a CPU for that). I was just trying to figure if I could get a DDR3 board for the desktop and use Core i7 compatible DDR3 with it's current E6600 and then when it comes to move up again, I wouldn't face the expense of new cpu, mobo, /and/ RAM all at the same time.
Prolly best to explain myself; I'm upgrading my PVR box from an old Skt.7/Athlon-M setup to Core 2, and the plan is to get a new board for my gaming rig and cascade the BFG 680i from my gaming rig to the PVR box (already have spare DDR2 and a CPU for that). I was just trying to figure if I could get a DDR3 board for the desktop and use Core i7 compatible DDR3 with it's current E6600 and then when it comes to move up again, I wouldn't face the expense of new cpu, mobo, /and/ RAM all at the same time.
Hmmmmmm. Core i7 reall needs 3 sticks though mate - and it must be the low (1.65V) voltage. DDR3 dual channel kit often run a lot higher voltage so it'd be no godd for core i7 anyway if you bought it
Agreed.
Agreed.
Desktop gets a new Asus P5Q-E and the PVR gets my annoying 680i.