E6400 Should I retire it?

sonyaddict

sonyaddict

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Hi Guy's

Ive had my trusty e6400 ,4 Gig GeIL 6400 & Gigabyte DS3 V3.3 for 2 years.

I bought everything from OC and clocked it on day 7 after its initial burn in period.

Its never ever let me down running at 3.2 Gig ticking away.:p

My quandary is ive just bought a 4890, my 1st ATI purchase from OC and whilst its due to arrive on Monday (tomorrow) I'm already thinking about buying a CPU or even ditching the board and CPU and starting afresh.. :D

I'm into Astro photography so 200+ meg of Canon RAW files aligning stacking its important to have a swift rig.

I also like COD & ARMA II so games on cloudy nights is important especially now its become darker.

What do you recon? New CPU or new MOB/CPU & RAM? :) Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600???

If i go down the new kit road my budget at the mo is £350..

Cheers as always...
 
How about something like this? You should easily get the cpu to 3.4GHz+ on stock volts or up to 4GHz+ with extra volts.
EDIT: you could also save on RAM and use the ones you currently got

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 LGA775 'Yorkfield' 2.83GHz 12MB-cache (1333FSB) Processor - Retail + Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising Game £171.99
(£149.56) £171.99
(£149.56)
Asus P5Q Pro Turbo Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £89.99
(£78.25) £89.99
(£78.25)
Corsair XMS2 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C5 TwinX Dual Channel (TWIN2X4096-6400C5C) £46.99
(£40.86) £46.99
(£40.86)
Sub Total : £268.67
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £41.73
Total : £319.90
 
If you're going to spend £350, then it seems pointless spending it on old tech?

I would suggest a P55 board with the new core i5 750 and 4gb of DDR3 memory, something like this.

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If yu can add another £140 get the 860 which has Hyperthreading which should be of use for your astro photography usage e.g grapic handling.
The gd80 is a pricey motherboard but its receiving very good reviews and the OC genie feature will let you bump the 860 to 3.4-3.5ghz stable with 1 button push on the mobo.

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HybridX said:
If yu can add another £140 get the 860 which has Hyperthreading which should be of use for your astro photography usage e.g grapic handling.
The gd80 is a pricey motherboard but its receiving very good reviews and the OC genie feature will let you bump the 860 to 3.4-3.5ghz stable with 1 button push on the mobo.

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wouldnt the i7 920 DO be a better option if hes spending 500£?

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Deific said:
his budget is 350, not 500.


Why can nobody on this forum ever keep to the budget listed.
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People do within £20 normally, but considering his pc usage a chip with HT may be of more benefit for him hence the suggestion of a overbudget rig.

Besides wouldnt you wait a month for example and pool more cash and buy a more expensive rig that will suit your needs more or buy now and get something which may not meet your needs fully.

Its a suggestion, im not holding a gun to his head
 
You could probably opt for a cheaper 1366 mobo then the asus deluxe anyhow, easily drop that by £50 with a Gigabyte mobo.

Having an i7 would be fantastic for the photography aspect; I do feel that based off your £350 budget an i5 would be the best route, especially over the quad core range. Unfortunately I'm not an amd pro so I couldn't suggest anything in the amd range to go with.

+1 to i5
 
I think going for a C2Q is a dead end. Save your pennies and get into i7 for your next upgrade, even if you have to push it back a few months.
 
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