E5200 struggling. Need a upgrade.

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Hi basically iv found my little stock E5200 to struggle more and more latley so in need of a upgrade. My budget is £100 and the CPU will be running at stock. It will be run at stock due to power and heat restrictions.

Spec is:

2x2GB DDR2 800Mhz
Zotac ITX nvidia 775

Im thinking maybe:

E8400/E8500
Q6600
Q9450/Q9550

What you guys think?

 

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Sorry i should have said i will be buying 2nd hand.

 

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It will be run stock mate so not sure the speed will be fast enough but looking at Q9500 prices i cant really afford one of those. Iv worked in brecon abit

 

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Nah will buy on the members market here probably. Iv got a noctua cooler and everything else i just need a cpu with more power

Was working there for 6 months on a barn conversion. Also went to college there.

 

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Thanks for the advice but im not looking to OC at all. The bios is very limited and im not looking to add any stress to anything. My PSU is only 150w and I already think im pushing it with my current set up.

I downgraded from a OCed i7 gaming rig so just looking for a cheap performace upgrade as i feel the CPU is the system bottleneck at the moment.

Anyway it looks like iv picked up a Q6600 off the MM which should do ok for a year or so

 

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Well i hope it will manage, if not will have to have a re think.

 

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I'm finding in Lightroom its struggling and playing back 1080p video also but its only got onboard graphics so maybe that's why. I'm running a noctua cooler so alittle extra heat won't be too bad.

Total spec is:

Q6600 @ stock
Zotac itx nvidia mobo
2x2GB 800mhz DDR2
Samsung F3 1TB
Samsung F3 2TB Eco
Asus xonar D2X
150w pico psu
Win7 ultimate

Will report back once I get it installed on if it will run it.

 

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Iv already got a Q6600 G0 so can't sorry.

 

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If you have read the thread you would see im not clocking due to power limitations.

 

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Thats fine but I think a E8400 is alittle over priced for what it is and not really a decent upgrade that i plan to keep for a few years.

 

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Well alittle bit of a update for all that gave advice.

I bought and sold a Q6600 G0 as I was worried it not been energy efficient enough and ended up with a lapped Q9450. Installed it today and the little 150w PSU seems to be handling it all fine which im surprised about.

Heres a screenie of alittle test.

All in all pretty happy with the upgrade. Cheers everyone.