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Which CPU?

plant-fanatic

plant-fanatic

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Hi Guys,

Just got admitted to the forum and looking for a little help here...

Rig:

P5N32 SLi Premium MoBo
Asus EN8800GT 512MB GPU
GeiL DDR2 667 Mhz 2GB RAM
Pentium D830 CPU

I'm ready to buy an E6600 or E6700,. Opinions?

Thanx P-F
 
Deluxe1 said:
E6600 & E6700 whilst good cpu`s are old tech,go for a E8200 or E8400.
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The P5N32-E SLI supports Wolfdale cpu but not his P5N32-SLI :(

A used E6600 does seem the best bet, also an E6420 would be pretty trick.

Will give you a nice boost over current cpu :)
 
If I had the choice Id go for an E6600, but if you can grab an E6420 for less (often get overlooked because they were a sly and quiet release by Intel) I would go for that.
 
My MoBo has the nVidia nForce 590 SLi chipset. I took a look at the Nvidia website and found a lot more CPU's suitable for the chipset, including the QX and Q series CPu's.

Being a 'newbie', would any of these series CPU's be OK? Does the CPU have to be compatible with the MoBo, Chipset or both?

Thanks again guys

P-F
 
Unfortunately buddy it doesn’t work like that, the chipset may well support those processors but the motherboard itself may not. It all depends on BIOS support, I’m familiar with your board and I’m pretty sure it doesn’t support Core 2 quad's (Q and QX series processors), Asus have not released a BIOS update for it.

tbh if your an average computer enthusiast who only plays games and do the odd media editing stuff you’re not really missing anything. But in the near future it could well support a quad, and when apps/games fully support them you could switch out your dual core for a quad. That would be pretty trick! And make your mb pretty damn future proof.

In the mean time IMO an E6600 mildly overclocked is pretty much the sweet spot!
 
Being a 'newbie', would any of these series CPU's be OK? Does the CPU have to be compatible with the MoBo, Chipset or both?
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Chipset support is secondary, if you have it then it is a good sign but like the above poster said while the chipset might have support the motherboard may not (whether it is an electrical, design or BIOS issue it doesn't matter, it still won't work).

When in doubt rely on the (motherboard) manufacturer support website, if the CPU isn't there then chances are it won't work (you can check enthusiast forums to see if anyone has tried it but manufacturer website is the first place to go and the most reliable).
 
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