So a schoolmate gave me a Acer Aspire M1610, and I like to upgrade some bits and pieces.
I currently have it set up as a FTP / local storage server, and I also will be using it for lengthy Hammer compiles and to run a few game servers (Minecraft mods such as Feed The Beast, and Garry's mod), to take the stress of our own PCs.
I was advised however to upgrade the CPU as this one is fairly weak. Therefore I like to ask, what's a decent CPU for cheap that can run my tasks decently, and the board can support?
Here are the current system specifications:
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[B][I][U]Note:[/U][/I][/B] I've got 4 GB of RAM in the mail, as the main disk is crippling by the hard faults per second.
Thank you for your time for reading.
I'm reading around a bit, your mobo's socket is the LGA 775. Not many options for it as it's fairly old.
I've seen the Intel Core2 series mentioned fairly often, namely the Q6660 (quad core) and the E8500 (dual core) , which will fit just fine on the socket. I didn't really check the price for them, altough I've read they go for around 100$
I sincerely doubt this rig will do you any good as an Hammer compile stress reliever. I am not exactly sure about how HLDS and Minecraft's dedicated server files dump their workload on the CPU, so you've got to do some research on that (altough Minecraft could really use some more RAM)
I am in no way a qualified IT technician so take all of this with a pinch of salt
They're far cheaper than $100. You'll have to check out some compatibility with that mobo though. The E8500 may be your best bet as putting much more may not be entirely worth it for what you want to do.
According to the interwebs, the SiS 672 chipset supports up to an E7600. But strangely it also supports some Q8xxx and Q9xxx quads.
The cheapest upgrade that you'd be gambling on working is an E8400. The most expensive upgrade would be a Q9650.
Here's a few choices:
Pentium Dual-Core E6800 (3.3 GHz, 2M cache, 1066 MHz FSB)
[url]http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Pentium-E6800-3-33-GHz-Dual-Core-CPU-Processor-SLGUE-LGA-775-/261539745649?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3ce4fbcf71[/url]
E7600 (3.06 GHz, 3M cache, 1066 MHz FSB)
[url]http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Core-2-Duo-E7600-3-06GHZ-OEM-CPU-SLGTD-AT80571PH0833ML-Processor-/281414148823?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item41859722d7[/url]
E8400 (3 GHz, 6M cache, 1333 MHz FSB)
[url]http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Core-2-Duo-E8400-3-GHz-6MB-LGA-775-SLB9J-CPU-/151454667248?pt=CPUs&hash=item234366d1f0[/url]
And of course the Q9650 (3 GHz, 12M cache, 1333 FSB)
[url]http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Core-2-Quad-3-0Ghz-12M-1333-Q9650-SLB8W-Processor-/191413460020?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c91219c34[/url]
The E6800 and E7600 would be about equal, with the E6800 pulling ahead in applications that didn't use heavy amounts of cache and vice versa for the E7600. The E8400 would best both of them in everything except core speed.
The Q9650 is obviously the fastest, but it's also uses more power (95W vs 65W for others) and may require a new heatsink.
My brother has been running a server for the past few years with an E8400 and just 4GB of ram. Has worked well enough for gmod, modded minecraft, teamspeak, several websites, and some other misc programs.
[QUOTE=GiGaBiTe;46492772]According to the interwebs, the SiS 672 chipset supports up to an E7600. But strangely it also supports some Q8xxx and Q9xxx quads.
The cheapest upgrade that you'd be gambling on working is an E8400. The most expensive upgrade would be a Q9650.
Here's a few choices:
Pentium Dual-Core E6800 (3.3 GHz, 2M cache, 1066 MHz FSB)
[url]http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Pentium-E6800-3-33-GHz-Dual-Core-CPU-Processor-SLGUE-LGA-775-/261539745649?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3ce4fbcf71[/url]
E7600 (3.06 GHz, 3M cache, 1066 MHz FSB)
[url]http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Core-2-Duo-E7600-3-06GHZ-OEM-CPU-SLGTD-AT80571PH0833ML-Processor-/281414148823?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item41859722d7[/url]
E8400 (3 GHz, 6M cache, 1333 MHz FSB)
[url]http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Core-2-Duo-E8400-3-GHz-6MB-LGA-775-SLB9J-CPU-/151454667248?pt=CPUs&hash=item234366d1f0[/url]
And of course the Q9650 (3 GHz, 12M cache, 1333 FSB)
[url]http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Core-2-Quad-3-0Ghz-12M-1333-Q9650-SLB8W-Processor-/191413460020?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c91219c34[/url]
The E6800 and E7600 would be about equal, with the E6800 pulling ahead in applications that didn't use heavy amounts of cache and vice versa for the E7600. The E8400 would best both of them in everything except core speed.
The Q9650 is obviously the fastest, but it's also uses more power (95W vs 65W for others) and may require a new heatsink.[/QUOTE]
I have read reports of an E8500 doing just fine
Try get hold of a Xeon e5450, they can be had for £25 on ebay. They're pretty much a higher binned q9650.
Sounds good.
Right now I'm facing a other problem though.
The RAM I ordered came in today, and turns out it's faulty.
The computer itself was VERY unstable, like sometimes it would not even POST, or I'd get artifacting in the splash screen and it would stop responding.
I managed to keep it working long enough to boot a USB drive with Memtest86, which found 52 errors.
So yeah, this RAM is dead. I even tried putting it in my dad's PC, which did not POST at all, just the CPU fan was on 100% at all times.
I'm gonna have to contact this guy [url]http://www.ebay.com/itm/4GB-2X2GB-DDR2-667MHz-DESKTOP-RAM-UNBUFFERED-NON-ECC-/251702829495?pt=US_Memory_RAM_&hash=item3a9aa861b7[/url]
and hope I can get a refund or maybe a replacement set.
It doesn't make sense to ship it all the way back to Hokkaido for a replacement. Just file an RMA with Kingston since their RAM has a lifetime warranty. You may have to lie about where you bought it from because they don't like doing RMAs on Ebay memory.
For future reference, just assume all memory you buy from Ebay is going to be bad. I've bought dozens of sticks of memory from various sellers and not one stick was good. Make sure it's a reputable brand of memory that offers lifetime warranties so you don't have to rely on the seller in the inevitable case you get bad RAM.
I got a good stick of Crucial SODIMM DDR3 from ebay. Surprised me.
[QUOTE=GiGaBiTe;46499897]It doesn't make sense to ship it all the way back to Hokkaido for a replacement. Just file an RMA with Kingston since their RAM has a lifetime warranty. You may have to lie about where you bought it from because they don't like doing RMAs on Ebay memory.
For future reference, just assume all memory you buy from Ebay is going to be bad. I've bought dozens of sticks of memory from various sellers and not one stick was good. Make sure it's a reputable brand of memory that offers lifetime warranties so you don't have to rely on the seller in the inevitable case you get bad RAM.[/QUOTE]
Funny that, most of the sticks i got on ebay were absolutely fine. Out of something like 30 only 2 were bad, each quickly exchanged for a good one.
[QUOTE=GiGaBiTe;46499897]It doesn't make sense to ship it all the way back to Hokkaido for a replacement. Just file an RMA with Kingston since their RAM has a lifetime warranty. You may have to lie about where you bought it from because they don't like doing RMAs on Ebay memory.
For future reference, just assume all memory you buy from Ebay is going to be bad. I've bought dozens of sticks of memory from various sellers and not one stick was good. Make sure it's a reputable brand of memory that offers lifetime warranties so you don't have to rely on the seller in the inevitable case you get bad RAM.[/QUOTE]
Currently I'm making up a story for Kingston, but one problem is however, wouldn't it be fishy if I tell them both went out simultaneously after years of usage?
[editline]17th November 2014[/editline]
Okay just wrote this down.
I'm very poor at writing formal letters yet, so I hope this would be decent.
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[QUOTE=Merijnwitje;46510606]Currently I'm making up a story for Kingston, but one problem is however, wouldn't it be fishy if I tell them both went out simultaneously after years of usage?
[editline]17th November 2014[/editline]
Okay just wrote this down.
I'm very poor at writing formal letters yet, so I hope this would be decent.
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I've had 2, 4 and even 6 sticks all go bad at the same time in the same machine. You aren't going to have an issue.
I had a really bad time one year where 4 machines decided to have all of their memory go bad at the same time, that was a big RMA. If I recall, it was like 12-16 sticks of RAM total to two different manufacturers.
Anyway, within two days my RMA request has been authorized.
I think I've chosen what manufacturer I will buy from now. Their RMA handling is really good.
Anyway, back to the CPU part as the RAM problem is solved now, I think I take my pick with a E8400 if the mainboard will support it.
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