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Life left in 775 ?

I'll mirror the above.

Q6600 is still good for nearly all tasks once past 3.0ghz including modern gaming.

Mine is still going strong on my MSI P35 Neo2 FR and until something dies I will just continue on with it.
 
I think I'm gonna try to grab a used E8400 and OC the t!ts off of it.

I was thinking about selling my rig and getting a new one when sandy bridge arrives, but I still have a decent system. I just think my E6750 is possibly a sligh bottleneck for my two OC'd GTX260s.

Am I right in thinking that even with a BIOS update, the 680i mobo can only support dual core 45nm CPUs, and not quad cores?
 
Amraam said:
I think I'm gonna try to grab a used E8400 and OC the t!ts off of it.

I was thinking about selling my rig and getting a new one when sandy bridge arrives, but I still have a decent system. I just think my E6750 is possibly a sligh bottleneck for my two OC'd GTX260s.

Am I right in thinking that even with a BIOS update, the 680i mobo can only support dual core 45nm CPUs, and not quad cores?
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A quad is gonna use a lot more power, so it could be that your motherboard is not up to the job, especially if you plan on overclocking.

An E5400 hits 4ghz pretty easily I've found with it's 14x multi, and they're dirt cheap too...
 
ManCuBuS said:
Well according to this it supports a Q6700 & Q9650 so its a fair shout that it will work with a q6600 or Q9x50.
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They're not 45nm though are they? I'm rusty on specs.

Reading back my post was unclear sorry. I meant that the 680i supports 45nm Dual Cores, but not 45nm Quad cores. It will however support 65nm (or is it 55nm?) quads such as the Q6600 etc.
 
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Should be fine. I've "only" got a q8200 @ 3.2 but there's nothing it doesn't handle well. The newest gen are always potentially that bit better, but if you don't feel the need to lead the pack, save your pennies and stick with 775 for a year or two longer.
 
Q9650/9550 are 45 nm cpu's, and fussy on what chipset to overclock on tbh. P45 boards tend to get the best results, asus p5q's being one example from my experience, they tend to be FSB limited on X48 chipset boards
 
Michaeljcox24 said:
The Golden Rules:

Have I got the most I can get out of my current hardware?

Is my current hardware giving me low fps, which is ruining my enjoyment of games?

If your machine is performing well, there is no need to upgrade. Resist the urge.
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Hit the nail on the head there.
I love old tech, its a bargain usually. Its like buying a car, let someone else take the hit on depreciation, and enjoy whats still a good thing for half the price. Most of my main hardware is second hand yet its still doing everything I want. A clocked Q6600 will still go another year I reckon, mine's at 4ghz when gaming and I also have a 4870x2 and for the games I do play I can pretty much max out the detail settings with no ill effects.
 
sorry to hijack the thread but i found a game (bad company 2) which is really stressing my e6400, so im thinking about getting one of the q8300 cpu's and overclocking it 3ghz+ I cant afford a whole new mobo/cpu/ram combo so i think i might do this, would it be a good improvement, if an i5 and a q8300 were paired with the same graphics card and ram how much faster would an i5 be?
 
Amraam said:
I think I'm gonna try to grab a used E8400 and OC the t!ts off of it.

I was thinking about selling my rig and getting a new one when sandy bridge arrives, but I still have a decent system. I just think my E6750 is possibly a sligh bottleneck for my two OC'd GTX260s.

Am I right in thinking that even with a BIOS update, the 680i mobo can only support dual core 45nm CPUs, and not quad cores?
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If you can get an E8400 upto 4ghz then there's not much better value for money. I've had mine since they were quite new and have yet to see any reason to upgrade it.
 
Absolutely. I got an 8500 more than a year ago now, with the intent to clock it's backside off for a few months before switching to an i7 setup. Been pumping over 1.4v through it @ 4.5GHz the entire time and it's still going strong.

Amazing chips and unless you're doing some serious supercomputing, there's really not much point in the i7's imo.
 
I've been with my e6300 for 4 years now. I feel no need to upgrade. She's stayed steady at a nice 3.15ghz overclock all that time and I don't feel it's holding me back in games at all.

I might be tempted to upgrade it in a year or two but the main reason for that will probably be because I have to upgrade my motherboard for other components.
 
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