I currently have an E6850 and 8GB DDR3 RAM on an Asus Rampage Extreme. I'll probably be getting an AMD HD 5850 or 7850 next week to replace my old graphics card, and I'm aware that I'll be dealing with a CPU bottleneck, so I plan to get a new one (Quad Core).
I'm not looking to switch to the newer platforms yet (socket 1155/1156/2012 or AMD stuff), because my budget is limited and I'd rather keep my Rampage Extreme and OC the heck out of the Quad Core.
What's the best Core 2 Quad choice for LGA775 at the moment? Core 2 Extreme is fine, too, all I need is some opinions on this matter.
Core 2 Extreme is outdated, if you have the money, get an i5 3570k, else get an i3 3220.
You'd be spending about the same on a top of the line Core 2 Quad or Extreme as you would in getting a good new Z77 board and 3570k. Just let it go man, we all have to get rid of our old expensive parts sooner or later.
I don't think you're gonna find someone here giving a positive opinion on upgrading an outdated CPU to another outdated CPU.
If you insist on doing it anyway, I'd look for refurbished parts. buying Old CPU's new is extremely expensive plus they probably don't sell anything you want anymore.
Upgrading an old CPU is a false economy, you'l get fed up with it and end up spending even more relatively soon when it get slow.
Just hang in there for a bit and go for an i5.
[editline]19th January 2013[/editline]
I made the mistake of upgrading my 2.2 C2D to a Q6600 @ 3.0 C2Q, was a nice increase, but cost me £80 for the CPU and £40 for the mobo, 8 months down the line I ended up getting an i5 3470 and mobo for £190, and I really regret just not hanging on till I could afford it then making a bigger jump.
[QUOTE=Zircon_;39278936]and I'm aware that I'll be dealing with a CPU bottleneck, so I plan to get a new one (Quad Core).[/QUOTE]
What makes you think a Core 2 Quad won't have equally as bad or worse bottlenecks? The C2Q still has a FSB, and most C2Qs still have the same 1333 MHz FSB as Core 2 Duos.
The quad puts two more cores on an already bandwidth constrained FSB, doubling the amount of bus contention when all four cores are under heavy load. In some cases, you're going to be getting worse performance than a C2D solely because of bus contention.
Not to mention the other downsides, like most C2Qs still fetching prices of $300+ in backwater retail channels (the only place you can still get them), often have little or no warranty and the fact that most of them are used parts that you have no history of. They could have been heavily abused and die right outside of the anemic warranty period they may or may not offer you, or be dead outright.
If you really want to stay lga775, grab a q6600 off ebay for ~$40.
rhx123
[QUOTE=loophole;39298241][B][I]If you [U]really [/U]want to stay[/I][/B] lga775, grab a q6600 off ebay for ~$40.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Killervalon;39303432]rhx123[/QUOTE]
There is really no reason at all for him to stay, if he did he would be wasting his money.
[QUOTE=rhx123;39313727]There is really no reason at all for him to stay, if he did he would be wasting his money.[/QUOTE]
This has been mentioned many times. But sometimes you can't convince a customer. You should probaly have learned this by now.
[QUOTE=Killervalon;39315570]This has been mentioned many times. But sometimes you can't convince a customer. You should probaly have learned this by now.[/QUOTE]
I'd never try an convince a customer, but alas he is not a customer but someone on an internet forum who I can be straight with.
Keeping on LGA755 is a waste of his time and money, end of.
If he wants to waste his money it's his call.
[editline]22nd January 2013[/editline]
Feel free to give me constructive criticism, but please don't call me incompetent.
Thanks for the help, I'll get a new platform.
I'm on a Rampage Formula bro with my q6600 at 3.4ghz and I'm ready to jump the gun to a Rampage Extreme IV and a 3820.
Not worth staying on LGA775, My 7870 is bottlenecked to shit. And 16gb of ram for 70 bucks fuck yeah. Moving this rig aside just to run other programs and shit.
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