Q6600 Upgrade

Downwardi

Downwardi

Downwardi

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Hi
Currently running an old system (Spec below)
Antec 1200 case
Asus Rampage Formula motherboard ATX PCI Express 2.0 x 16
Overclocked Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 - 3.6GHZ pc -
4Gb ram
Windows 11
680 watt power supply.
AMD Radeon R9 200 Series 4gb 400mhz 270x

Got the GPU last year as it was crawling. It's got to the stage now where its very unresponsive. The system is probably 10 years old now apart from the GPU and Windows it's still running all the original equipment.
It's used for WOW

I'm looking to upgrade but Can I keep the Case, Power Supply, HDD's and the GPU and just change Motherboard, Processor and Ram ?
Don't mind 2nd hand - Maybe better to just get a whole new 2nd hand system ?
Budget £200.
 
Spankme said:
New board, ram and processor is gonna cost more than 200 :(
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Not at all, if you know where to look for:

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £218.46 (includes shipping: £10.50)​
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4K8KW10 said:
Not at all, if you know where to look for:

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £218.46 (includes shipping: £10.50)
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wtf is this drivel!? :confused::confused::confused:
a lousy piledriver.
an ancient motherboard that has VRMs that barely runs a 6 core piledriver - and you want it to run an 8 core piledriver... :confused::confused::confused:
dead tech ddr3 ram...

dear OP, please ignore :)
sincerely,

everyone else on the forum who isn't an AMD shill
 
Hi and welcome to the forums. :)

As tamzzy quite rightly says, ignore our resident AMD fanboy who would have you buying ancient outdated tech that wasn't even very good when it launched.

Sadly £200 doesn't get you much for your money these days. AMD's Ryzen cpu's would be your best "bang for buck". They are massively superior to the rubbish specced above and I can get to within £10 of your budget although it's the lowest cpu in the lineup. It comes with quite a good cooler as well. I would really try and stretch to the 1600x at £139.99 if you can because I can see you wanting more performance sooner rather than later. The 1600x will require a cooler though.

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £209.47 (includes shipping: £10.50)


If you require onboard graphics then you would need either the Ryzen 2200G or 2400G.​
 
on a £200 budget this is the option

pastymuncher said:
Hi and welcome to the forums. :)

As tamzzy quite rightly says, ignore our resident AMD fanboy who would have you buying ancient outdated tech that wasn't even very good when it launched.

Sadly £200 doesn't get you much for your money these days. AMD's Ryzen cpu's would be your best "bang for buck". They are massively superior to the rubbish specced above and I can get to within £10 of your budget although it's the lowest cpu in the lineup. It comes with quite a good cooler as well. I would really try and stretch to the 1600x at £139.99 if you can because I can see you wanting more performance sooner rather than later. The 1600x will require a cooler though.

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £209.47 (includes shipping: £10.50)


If you require onboard graphics then you would need either the Ryzen 2200G or 2400G.​
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MaXxBoulton said:
Bgrage??

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £235.43 (includes shipping: £10.50)



i would think the i3 pull away a little over the 4 core ryzen's?​
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MagicBoy said:
Go used. Should find an i5-4670k, Z series board at least 8GB DDR3 for under £150.
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????????????????????? this is faster.... and as a future. plus the AMD ones too, your advice is possibly the worst yet
 
orbitalwalsh said:
My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £198.47 (includes shipping: £10.50)
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Can upgrade CPU in the near future
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Hate to pick sides but i prefer the build above, and pile driver is not the way forward.

As for future proofing as you say max in your post above mine, if you get an am4 motherboard you can upgrade the processor until 2020 because amd will support the am4 motherboard socket with new processors until 2020 but you need to flash the motherboard bios though if you were to put a new amd processor in that motherboard.

As for being faster yeah the ryzen 1200 for sure is faster then that pile driver same with the 4670k.

The 4670k is faster then the ryzen 1200 though from what i can tell.
 
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I3 8100 will have its way with ryzen 1200 any day of the weak, speed and IPC

And the. The i5 k 4 cores will smash this as they can hit 4.5k overclock.

The .ryzen 2600x beats this is most recent AAA titles because netcoding and world assets like threads and people getting coding sorted .

Normally can get better second hand, but comes with its own downsides .

Either way, you'll be a happy gamer which ever way :D
 
So.. how high is that FX chip clocked at and what's cooling it ? And can the VRM on that Asus board handle the overclock ...

Plenty of YouTube videos with ryzen 1300X and 1400 handing it to 8 core (4 core technically ) FX chips .

Plus, we all know Athlone 64 X2 is the king of chips :D
 
LOL @ the AMD FX suggestion. Only reason price/performance is good is that they're having to give the excess inventory of an 8 year old long dead architecture away in cereal packets. The single threaded performance is terrible.
 
MagicBoy said:
LOL @ the AMD FX suggestion. Only reason price/performance is good is that they're having to give the excess inventory of an 8 year old long dead architecture away in cereal packets. The single threaded performance is terrible.
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You want more threads. Forget the single thread. It was news 15 years ago.

 
4K8KW10 said:
You want more threads. Forget the single thread. It was news 15 years ago.
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That's a sweeping generalisation and a half.

Depends what you're using the machine for. The main use for my 7740X is a game that thrives on single threaded performance. The simulation engine can't be multi-threaded. You'll note the 7740X is right near the top of the single threaded charts...

I'd take the i3-8xxx, over an 8 year old relic that was badly architected in the first place. The only place it belongs now is in a console under your TV.
 
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Hi
Thanks all.
As i said it’s just for playing World of Warcraft.
Had a look at used stuff but not much about. Would stretching to £250 make a massive difference ?
 
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