Upgrade Advice

silentbob150

silentbob150

silentbob150

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Hi everyone,

I'm just looking for some quick upgrade advice. My current specs are as follows:

Intel Core 2 E8400 @ 3.00Ghz (stock speed with stock Intel CPU HSF)
Asus P5k-e Wi-fi
Asus GTX 260 TOP
4GB Kingston DDR2 8500 (currently running 2GB Corsair DDR2 6400 due to RMA)
500GB Seagate Barracuda
520W Corsair Modular Power Supply
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

Both the memory and GPU are recent upgrades, although I haven't even tested the memory yet due to it being returned so I have no idea what kind of performance boost it would have given me.

What I'm really wanting to do is upgrade my processor. I think it's time I went quad core. However I can't decide how to go about doing this. I could just buy another Core 2 but I quad one this time (something like a Q9550) as this would mean I could stick with the same motherboard. Or I was thinking of spending a little bit more and buying an i5-750, new mobo and new DDR3, but I don't know if it would be worth it! Which option would be best? Or would there be an even better alternative that I haven't thought of?

Just in case the info's necessary, the main use of my comp is gaming.

Thanks
 
silentbob150 said:
Hi everyone,

I'm just looking for some quick upgrade advice. My current specs are as follows:

Intel Core 2 E8400 @ 3.00Ghz (stock speed with stock Intel CPU HSF)
Asus P5k-e Wi-fi
Asus GTX 260 TOP
4GB Kingston DDR2 8500 (currently running 2GB Corsair DDR2 6400 due to RMA)
500GB Seagate Barracuda
520W Corsair Modular Power Supply
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

Both the memory and GPU are recent upgrades, although I haven't even tested the memory yet due to it being returned so I have no idea what kind of performance boost it would have given me.

What I'm really wanting to do is upgrade my processor. I think it's time I went quad core. However I can't decide how to go about doing this. I could just buy another Core 2 but I quad one this time (something like a Q9550) as this would mean I could stick with the same motherboard. Or I was thinking of spending a little bit more and buying an i5-750, new mobo and new DDR3, but I don't know if it would be worth it! Which option would be best? Or would there be an even better alternative that I haven't thought of?

Just in case the info's necessary, the main use of my comp is gaming.

Thanks
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For just gaming i'd overclock what you've got to 4Ghz+ and then upgrade your gpu. Depending on what games you play you may benefit from a quad, but i'd hold out with your E8400@ 4Ghz, it will still do a great job in most games now! and then maybe go i5/i7 when you really need to. Of course if you're thinking of going crossfire/sli in the near future i would be considering a quad then.
 
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