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OK, sick of waiting for my mobo to die and having it not boot properly every other day, so I decided to sort it out.
So, the question is, just get another LGA775 mobo and keep running my E2180 (which I had at a stable 3GHz before my mobo problems started), or go the whole shebang and jump to another platform? System is mostly used for office work, gaming and the occasional light video editing, so don't need a monster, but it would be nice to move to a platform that'll give me a better upgrade path in the future, as, currently, the only viable CPU upgrade I could get on my current system is to go quad, which won't necessarily help for the kind of games I play (no CPU-hogs like Supreme Commander, no graphical beasts like Crysis, I mostly play RPGs and console ports).
So, if I choose to upgrade, which socket should I go for? Is Intel still the most overclocker-friendly, bang-for-the-buck platform, or should I move back to AMD? How little could I get away with spending if I'm to get a CPU with at least the same or slightly better performance than a C2D@3GHz on a motherboard that'll give me a better range of CPU options to upgrade to in the future?
OTOH, if I choose to just get another mobo, which should I go for? Heard good things about the Asus P5Q, people seem to be getting good OC's out of it - is there a better one about?
So, the question is, just get another LGA775 mobo and keep running my E2180 (which I had at a stable 3GHz before my mobo problems started), or go the whole shebang and jump to another platform? System is mostly used for office work, gaming and the occasional light video editing, so don't need a monster, but it would be nice to move to a platform that'll give me a better upgrade path in the future, as, currently, the only viable CPU upgrade I could get on my current system is to go quad, which won't necessarily help for the kind of games I play (no CPU-hogs like Supreme Commander, no graphical beasts like Crysis, I mostly play RPGs and console ports).
So, if I choose to upgrade, which socket should I go for? Is Intel still the most overclocker-friendly, bang-for-the-buck platform, or should I move back to AMD? How little could I get away with spending if I'm to get a CPU with at least the same or slightly better performance than a C2D@3GHz on a motherboard that'll give me a better range of CPU options to upgrade to in the future?
OTOH, if I choose to just get another mobo, which should I go for? Heard good things about the Asus P5Q, people seem to be getting good OC's out of it - is there a better one about?
). They're not releasing any new CPUs for the socket, so when I do eventually need an upgrade I'll probably need to buy one second hand and at a premium. Same thing happened with my Socket A gear, which I replaced with my current kit 3 years ago - a quick glance on ebay revealed I could've sold them all for about the same price I had bought it originally!