Upgrading

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Hi all

I currently have the following:

Intel Core 2 Duo E6320 1.86ghz
Gigabyte P35C DS3R
4x1GB RAM


What kind of performance increase would I see if I were to upgrade to:

Gigabyte GA-P55-UD3
Intel Core i3 530 2.93GHz (Clarkdale) (Socket LGA1156) - OEM
OCZ Platinum 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C7 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit

Is it worthwhile?
 
CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
Upgrade you current computer!!

Your motherboard can take any current socket 775 quad core:

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/Motherboard/CPUSupport_Model.aspx?ProductID=2551#anchor_os

I would look to get a Q9400 or Q9550.

Both are much faster than a Core i3 530:

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/default.aspx?p=76&p2=118

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/default.aspx?p=50&p2=118
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I hate upgrading "old" tech... It's either a new PC or I stay as is :p Hence the upgrade lol
 
Xon said:
I hate upgrading "old" tech... It's either a new PC or I stay as is :p Hence the upgrade lol
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The Core i3 is slower. If a simple CPU upgrade is going to give me a massive performance boost over a "newer" setup then the new setup is pointless.

The Q9550 is under £180 whereas the Core i3 "upgrade" will be at least £240. Newer does not always mean better.

I would save up another £50 to £60 and get a Core i5 750 instead.

If you want new technology Intel is releasing Sandy Bridge next year and AMD is releasing Bulldozer next year too. These are completely new architectures.
 
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CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
The Core i3 is slower. If a simple CPU upgrade is going to give me a massive performance boost over a "newer" setup then the new setup is pointless.

The Q9550 is under £180 whereas the Core i3 "upgrade" will be at least £240. Newer does not always mean better.

I would save up another £50 to £60 and get a Core i5 750 instead.

If you want new technology Intel is releasing Sandy Bridge next year and AMD is releasing Bulldozer next year too. These are completely new architectures.
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The i3 is slower but from the links you gave me faster than mine...Thanks for the suggestion but I really am not interested in upgrading to a Q9550 - especially since selling an e6320 is much harder than selling a whole system or retiring it to a backup system
 
CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
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The difference between older 775 quads and the new core i3s is admitedly minimal, but at least with a newer P55/H55/H57 board the OP can upgrade to core i5 or even core i7 at a later date.

Besides which the skt 775 quad prices are extortionate nowadays!
 
coupe69 said:
The difference between older 775 quads and the new core i3s is admitedly minimal, but at least with a newer P55/H55/H57 board the OP can upgrade to core i5 or even core i7 at a later date.

Besides which the skt 775 quad prices are extortionate nowadays!
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That too :) Especially since I'm already running a second video card on a PCI-E riser to run it @ 1x

Getting a new mobo solves that!
 
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