Need to upgrade CPU... advice please

longers · 5 May 2011 at 14:03

My current system is as follows

AMD Phenom II 955 BE (overlocked to 3.8ghz)
Gigabyte MA790XT-UD4P
Radeon 69702gb
4GB Ram

I want to upgrade the CPU to an Intel chip as i mainly play Iracing and Arma 2 both of which run considerably better on Intel chips than they do AMD ones ! Also i want to ditch this stupid titan fenrir cooler i have which takes up my entire case space !

My problem is that im not sure what Intel chips my motherboard supports and if i do get a new CPU will i need to get a new motherboard as well... ideally i want to keep same motherboard to keep costs as low as possible.

Could someone recommend me a good cpu to go for, it doesn't need to be the best ever, just something which is a decent upgrade from what i currently have and is compatible with my motherboard... or if there is nothing compatible with the motherboard maybe someone could suggest a good motherboard/cpu combo !

longers · 5 May 2011 at 14:16

whats not going to happen ? getting advice ?

longers · 5 May 2011 at 14:20

ok, so whats a good intel motherboard/cpu combo to go for which doesn't cost crazy money but offers a good performance increase over what i currently have ?

longers · 5 May 2011 at 14:47

Cheers, will check them out

Budget : no idea, £300 maybe... ideally less !
My Ram : can't remember and don't have computer in front of me
CPU Cooler : Titan Fenrir and i hate it with a passion, its ridiculously huge and hardly fits in my case... it looks stupid as well lol.

I won't be overclocking anything as its all far too much hassle for my simple mind, plus i don't want to have to buy some big stupid cooler like my titan fenrir... id like to just be able to use a nice small stock cooler !

longers · 5 May 2011 at 16:11

One other thing, where is a good place to sell my old motherboard and cpu ? and how much am i likely to get for them second hand ?

i assume its ok to ask that here seeing as the money will go to overclockers when i buy a replacement !

longers · 5 May 2011 at 16:26

cheers for the responses. no idea if the titan comes with a s1156 mount but i definitely want to get rid of it !

would love to check out the OCUK members market but no chance of me getting 250 posts anytime soon !

i guess i'll check out the dreaded ebay !

longers · 5 May 2011 at 16:37

it does not ! i definitely want to ditch it though as i can't be bothered to buy a new case just to give it some extra space... plus it took me about 10 hours to attach the damn thing !

longers · 5 May 2011 at 16:41

i exaggerate but i had serious issues with it, the damn metal strap on thingys kept falling off as i was trying to attach it, plus i suffer from a savage case of butter fingers.

either way it left a bad impression and i hate the damn thing with a passion !