Would a new CPU give me a good increase?

Drake5 · 20 Apr 2012 at 14:13

I did as suggested today and I cleaned out the CPU Fan and applied some new thermal.

It's made a massive difference. I only stepped it up to 2.8GHz but when I did that yesterday using IBT my temps hit 70c within the space of minutes, now my temps settle around 55C... Not to bad for a stock cooler.

Going to up it to 3.00GHz now and see what it's like.

Cheers

Drake5 · 20 Apr 2012 at 15:06

Got it stable at 3.1GHz now with decent temps. Think I'll stay put.

I left my RAM settings all on Auto, will that be ok?

beejjacobs · 20 Apr 2012 at 15:12

Tom_D said:
Got it stable at 3.1GHz now with decent temps. Think I'll stay put.

I left my RAM settings all on Auto, will that be ok?

As I said before, I don't know much about this platform but 3.1Ghz stable sounds good to me and should give you a nice improvement

Someone else will know for sure, but on auto your RAM should be perfectly fine - especially if you've checked and the system is stable. If you wanted you could double check in CPU-Z that the RAM is running at the settings you'd except

farlow2012 · 20 Apr 2012 at 15:14

i know with mine if you go above 3.1 you will have to set the multiplyer to x 9 and increase the voltage just a little bit and you could push more out of it if you needed to.

Drake5 · 20 Apr 2012 at 15:16

farlow2012 said:
i know with mine if you go above 3.1 you will have to set the multiplyer to x 9 and increase the voltage just a little bit and you could push more out of it if you needed to.

Don't want to go to far though with it only being on a stock intel cooler. I think I'll see how it's like for now, I really am thinking about buying an i3 bundle anyway to be honest.

farlow2012 · 20 Apr 2012 at 15:19

it always upto yourself have you noticed a slight improvment? and have you run prime95 or probeII etc to see if stable?

Drake5 · 20 Apr 2012 at 15:25

I ran IBT, is that enough? Should I leave Prime95 overnight?

farlow2012 · 20 Apr 2012 at 15:29

did you runs 10 x test through ibt? its always a good idea to run prime 95 for few hour so you can keep and eye on your temps. also try core temps get more of accurate temp between 2 or 3 programs i find that helps

Drake5 · 20 Apr 2012 at 15:36

I ran it through 5x IBT I think... Will give Prime95 a run for a few hours as suggested later on.

farlow2012 · 20 Apr 2012 at 16:00

let us know how you get on .

meanwhile take a look at this i know it for E6600 but might give you an idea of what you can do with yours

http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=2097&page=4

Drake5 · 20 Apr 2012 at 16:32

CPU-z is showing the overclock as 3.1GHz but system information is showing the stock speeds.

Is that normal?

Cheers

beejjacobs · 20 Apr 2012 at 17:20

Tom_D said:
CPU-z is showing the overclock as 3.1GHz but system information is showing the stock speeds.

Is that normal?

Cheers

Yeah, windows can't seem to read OC speeds. Don't worry

Drake5 · 20 Apr 2012 at 18:20

Thanks a lot.

I have another semi-unrelated question.

I'm thinking about buying an i3, new mobo and 8GB DDR3.

Would that be a worthwhile improvement over the E6750?

Many thanks

beejjacobs · 20 Apr 2012 at 18:46

No problem.

This website is great for comparing CPUs/GPUs etc...

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/60?vs=289

I think with your E6750 at 3Ghz and with your GPU, you should be okay running games? How you tested it much yet?

If you fancy an upgrade, the i3 is a solid CPU choice

Drake5 · 20 Apr 2012 at 18:57

I haven't give it a proper test yet mate, it's just I feel really behind with my hardware and I haven't properly upgraded for ages.

Looking at those benchmarks the i3 seems quite infront of the E6750. Would it be worth it?

Hmm...

Drake5 · 20 Apr 2012 at 21:31

Ok guys,

I'm getting an i3 for free as my brother is upgrading to an i5 2500.

As always my budget is tight. For 8GB DDR3 and an i3, will this mobo do me fine? http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-206-MS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=

Cheers

scrlk · 20 Apr 2012 at 21:56

Tom_D said:
Ok guys,

I'm getting an i3 for free as my brother is upgrading to an i5 2500.

As always my budget is tight. For 8GB DDR3 and an i3, will this mobo do me fine? http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-206-MS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=

Cheers

Christ, that board looked like a mini-ITX one when I saw it.

What i3 is it?

jamesfreddie · 20 Apr 2012 at 22:23

Does your brother have a P67 or Z68 motherboard?

Drake5 · 20 Apr 2012 at 22:24

It's an i3 2120 guys. And nope all's I get is the i3 so I'll have to get a mobo and RAM. Mobo to crappy then?

Really is the furthest I can stretch my budget...

Cheers

jamesfreddie · 20 Apr 2012 at 22:47

Tom_D said:
It's an i3 2120 guys. And nope all's I get is the i3 so I'll have to get a mobo and RAM. Mobo to crappy then? Really is the furthest I can stretch my budget...

Cheers

The motherboard is about the same level as the G31M-ES2L is but for 1155.