I want to upgrade my d805, i have £120 max which is the best cpu to use? I was think of the Intel Pentium 4 945 Dual Core "LGA775 Presler" 3.4GHz or the Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz i have the Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler so a oem will be fine.
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which cpu for £120?
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Wow. Just put the new cpu e6300 in my motherboard and this baby flys standerd it was fast then a 4800 and a pentium 4-xe 3.2 it scored 31 super pi.Overclocked it to 2050mhz and it scored 27 with my old cpu a d805 running at 3.5 it scored 44 superpi.
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Socaddict said:
Socaddict - looking at your sig you just to so happen to have a spec which is very similar to what I'm thinking of upgrading too:
CPU Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz
Motherboard Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Memory GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400 800MHz
Case Lian-Li PC-7
PSU Enermax Liberty 500W ELT500AWT
Graphics Connect3D ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB
VGA Cooler Zalman VF900-CU Quiet Copper VGA Cooler (SY-008-ZA)
HDD Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 400GB
Are you using any special cooling to get your overclock speeds, or are you just using the stock coolers?
Also I'm thinking of replacing the VGA cooler with a quieter Zalman - do you think this is necessary?
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ShellShock said:
Any reson going for the DS3 over the DS4 ?
DS3 is cheaper, clocks just as well, and the only extras in the DS4 are completely unneccessary. And I like have 3 PCI closts as opposed to a second monitor slot, especially as the mobo doesn't supposrt Xfire/SLi.wizardmaxx said:
Shellshock, I'm using the Zalman 9500 LED cooler, and its more than quiet enough, but I picked it for looks first, as I have a side window on my Lian Li. If you aren't, then I would recommend going for something like the tuniq tower or titan vanessa instead.
Frankly, I'm more than pleased with my current OC, and I'm still tweaking it to get it even higher.
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As Socaddict pointed out, the DS3 is £15 cheaper, and other than that I couldn't see much difference in the spec.
Socaddict - do you have the Zalman 9500 cooler on your graphics card, and not the CPU? I'm thinking of replacing the cooler on the X1800 XT with a Zalman VF900-CU VGA cooler, to make it quieter.
Now I think about it, I've priced up for a Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 OEM. I assume OEM means no heat sink and fan? Is it worth paying an extra £9 for the Intel sink and fan or should I put it towards another brand like the titan vanessa? (I don't plan on having any windows in my case).
I currently have a Zalman cooler for a Pentium 4 socket 478. Is there any chance this would fit the Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 (socket 775)? I think the answer is no.
Socaddict - do you have the Zalman 9500 cooler on your graphics card, and not the CPU? I'm thinking of replacing the cooler on the X1800 XT with a Zalman VF900-CU VGA cooler, to make it quieter.
Now I think about it, I've priced up for a Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 OEM. I assume OEM means no heat sink and fan? Is it worth paying an extra £9 for the Intel sink and fan or should I put it towards another brand like the titan vanessa? (I don't plan on having any windows in my case).
I currently have a Zalman cooler for a Pentium 4 socket 478. Is there any chance this would fit the Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 (socket 775)? I think the answer is no.
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Cob said:
Ah yes, but I will probably upgrade before then anyway
