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Upgrade to Quad Core?

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Considering upgrading to a quad core, got an E8600 at the moment which does 4.3GHz 24/7.

Is there much point in upgrading? PC is used for gaming. I'd want a quad that I could put in my current setup and run at 4.2Ghz+ ideally? (dont want to loose much speed if any if possible due to some games not using quad core?)
 
pastymuncher said:
I have just done it myself and gone from a E8500 to the Q9550. Seems to be a tad snappier but X38/48 is hopeless at clocking 45nm quads. Unfortunately i did'nt know this until after i had bought the quad. The boards are terribly fsb limited for some reason with the quads. Real pity as the Q9550 i got does at least 3.6Ghz on stock volts.
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Ahhh yes I remember now when I built the PC (can't believe it's been over a year!) that quads were FSB limited on this chipset. This still an issue then? I'm running at 453FSB at the moment, would like to stay as close as possible as this is also optimal for my RAM at 4:5 (or 5:6, can't remember off the top of my head!)
 
Yeah it runs everything fine at the moment, could probably get a decent price for my E8600 and upgrade on the cheap which is why I was considering it, think I'll just leave it as it is for now, probably be a while before everything starts to take full advantage of quads, probably be time for a complete system overhaul by then.

Also, if anyone can help, would I be able to add another 2 2Gb sticks of the same RAM and likely run at the same FSB and Mem speeds?
 
1087mhz on the memory (453FSB with 5:6 divider).

Anyone got any experience running 4x2GB sticks on a P5E?
 
Thanks for advice, I'll stick with my current CPU - would have only really been worth it if I could have got very close to my current speeds in terms of FSB aswell as clock speed.
 
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