New Cpu to finish off build

[UltraDad]

Hello there

Its been a while, upgraded my grahics card to a xfx 4850, got 4 gigs of memory and 64 bit Vista but my e2140 @ 3 ghz is getting a bit long in the tooth and was looking at upgrading my cpu

My motherboard is a P35 DS4 r1.1 and running on bios 14c so it can run all the new CPU's. Not sure if its the motherboard or the CPU but 400 fsb is what i am looking around getting out of it.

I got about 120-150 to work with, i mainly use it for games and encoding. I dont need a quad as i encode films with CCE and it only uses 2 cores

Would i be better with a e7500 with its x11 mutli and see how much i can get out of it or a e8400 with a x9 multi and 6mg cache. As its a older board i havent got all the goodies in my bios like the newer boards and might effect how much i can get out of the CPU for a 24/7 clock

Thanks for any advice and tips

 

[95thrifles]

Youd be better with the E8400, as you alluded to the extra cache will make quite a difference, and being a higher binned chip you should be able to get a higher FSB with it

 

[pastymuncher]

Have a look at my comparison thread here to see what would be best for you. There are no E7000 series cpu's but it does have E2000/4000/5000/6000/8000 series cpu's at stock and various overcloked speeds. The E7000 will fit between the E6000 and E8000 series although the E6600 may beat it where the extra cache is used.

 

[UltraDad]

Have a look at my comparison thread here to see what would be best for you. There are no E7000 series cpu's but it does have E2000/4000/5000/6000/8000 series cpu's at stock and various overcloked speeds. The E7000 will fit between the E6000 and E8000 series although the E6600 may beat it where the extra cache is used.

Thank you pastymuncher , i have read the thread and like everyone else said its excellent . All the new p45 boards look great and got better bios settings for 45nm wolfdales so realy scratching my head whats best thing to do , drop 120-150 on a new cpu on a oldish board or put my old kit in a new board and save up for a better cpu

Ah the joys of upgrading lol, i must admit this looks dam tasty but it just went outta stock http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-152-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1155. Oh noes i am so confused

 

[pastymuncher]

To be honest you are'nt going to see much of a difference, if any at all, by changing the motherboard. Biggest bang for buck would be a new cpu. What about a second hand E6600 off the bay? 4x the cache of the E2140 and would be a decent boost for around £65.

 

[linktoinsanity]

I'd go with an E8400 cpu. It's a brilliant cpu at stock speeds and most overclock quite well too.

 

[zeppelin`]

e8400 +1

 

[UltraDad]

Hello there

Thanks a lot everyone for your feedback , i will stick to the cpu upgrade, just gonna hold off and see what i can get on TWO