Just ordered a new processor is it as good as they say it is? - Hardware & Software

Ok i just bought this processor: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115130[/url] Its supposedly the fastest quad core u can buy im upgrading from a 3.4ghz pentium D LGA 775. How will the new one run hl2 and stuff compared to my old one? PS: my video card is a 1GB 9800gt ECS with 6gb ddr2 ram. On windows 7 ultimate 64-bit.

I have the same processor, at 3.87GHz. It's very good, in games such as GTA IV.

im guessing its my cpu because bioshock lags a bit and my vid card is more than capable.

It's not the fastest quad core you can get, I believe the i7 975 XE is the fastest right now

[QUOTE=thf;20329917]It's not the fastest quad core you can get, I believe the i7 975 XE is the fastest right now[/QUOTE] Fastest for his socket.

God. Please tell me you checked chipsets before you bought that.. That quad core is probably not supported by the motherboard.

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$10 it's not supported by his mobo

This is the fastest CPU u can Buy [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115212&cm_re=975-_-19-115-212-_-Product[/url]

[QUOTE=FHamster;20331368]This is the fastest CPU u can Buy [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115212&cm_re=975-_-19-115-212-_-Product[/url][/QUOTE] i think not [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117176&cm_re=xeon-_-19-117-176-_-Product[/url]

[QUOTE=rampageturke;20331597]i think not [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117176&cm_re=xeon-_-19-117-176-_-Product[/url][/QUOTE] 6 core, core 2 architecture? no the i7 gets close to two Q9775s on a skull trail board, why would that beat an i7?

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[QUOTE=FHamster;20331368]This is the fastest CPU u can Buy [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115212&cm_re=975-_-19-115-212-_-Product[/url][/QUOTE] A challenge pretty much the same thing only xeon and more expensive. :3: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117214[/url]

Maybe you should have made this thread [b]before[/b] ordering the processor. Ya know, just in case ...

Yeah, even if we say "no" it's too late. Opinion is useless at this stage.

Wow u do know. i buy computer parts that are upgradable my mother board supports Pentium D and all the way up to quad core its LGA 775 for the people posting for the fastest processor.

[QUOTE=thf;20329917]It's not the fastest quad core you can get, I believe the i7 975 XE is the fastest right now[/QUOTE] if you buy that because it's "the best processor" you are dumb

[QUOTE=apierce1289;20355333]Wow u do know. i buy computer parts that are upgradable my mother board supports Pentium D and all the way up to quad core its LGA 775 for the people posting for the fastest processor.[/QUOTE] Yeah, the Q9650 is one of the fastest processors for the LGA775 socket, so as long as there aren't other limiting factors on your motherboard it should work flawlessly, although with some bottllenecking if your other components aren't up to scratch.

Haha, you waste $330 on an outdated CPU for a dead socket when you could have been more than half way to purchasing a new i5 system that would be much better and have future upgradeability. Hopefully you don't have a prebuilt with some old i925 chipset that only supports netburst processors and wasted $330.

[QUOTE=GiGaBiTe;20359975]Haha, you waste $330 on an outdated CPU for a dead socket when you could have been more than half way to purchasing a new i5 system that would be much better and have future upgrade-ability. Hopefully you don't have a prebuilt with some old i925 chip set that only supports net-burst processors and wasted $330.[/QUOTE] I have a nvidia 730i chip set u fagot. So unlike u people building a brand new computer every year. Which is stupid i might add i tend to like to use my old parts with a new computer but also be able to upgrade to new parts as well. Example i had a Pentium d and ddr2 ram and it was perfectly good to waste so i bought a mother board that supported all that and supported quad core so i could upgrade later. My next system build wont be for a few years so and when ever that is ill shell out the $$$ for the best parts available. My computer can play hl2 and such fine and thats all i really play along with bioshock and stuff so when something strikes my interest that my computer fails to run at MAXIMUM settings ill do something about it.

Its getting heated in here

[QUOTE=apierce1289;20364149]I have a nvidia 730i chip set u fagot. So unlike u people building a brand new computer every year. Which is stupid i might add i tend to like to use my old parts with a new computer but also be able to upgrade to new parts as well. Example i had a Pentium d and ddr2 ram and it was perfectly good to waste so i bought a mother board that supported all that and supported quad core so i could upgrade later. My next system build wont be for a few years so and when ever that is ill shell out the $$$ for the best parts available. My computer can play hl2 and such fine and thats all i really play along with bioshock and stuff so when something strikes my interest that my computer fails to run at MAXIMUM settings ill do something about it.[/QUOTE] :psyduck:

[QUOTE=apierce1289;20364149]I have a nvidia 730i chip set u fagot. So unlike u people building a brand new computer every year. Which is stupid i might add i tend to like to use my old parts with a new computer but also be able to upgrade to new parts as well. Example i had a Pentium d and ddr2 ram and it was perfectly good to waste so i bought a mother board that supported all that and supported quad core so i could upgrade later. My next system build wont be for a few years so and when ever that is ill shell out the $$$ for the best parts available. My computer can play hl2 and such fine and thats all i really play along with bioshock and stuff so when something strikes my interest that my computer fails to run at MAXIMUM settings ill do something about it.[/QUOTE] calm the fuck down

Pentium 5.

fucking intel fanboys in here. should have goten an amd 3ghz for like 90 dollers

[QUOTE=Armotekma;20365462]fucking intel fanboys in here. should have goten an amd 3ghz for like 90 dollers[/QUOTE] Yeah he should've gotten an AMD for 90 [i]dollers[/i] to put in his Intel LGA 775 board. Unless you're trying (key word there) to be funny like everyone else in here.

He has a point though, AMD's Phenom IIs are hella fast for dirt-cheap. He could probably build a kick-ass AMD rig for the same price he bought the Intel processor for.

[QUOTE=Pixel Heart;20365959]He has a point though, AMD's Phenom IIs are hella fast for dirt-cheap. He could probably build a kick-ass AMD rig for the same price he bought the Intel processor for.[/QUOTE] He could just as easily shell out for an i5 that's similarly priced that outperforms even the highest-rated PII on the market. I'm an AMD fan by all means, but numbers really don't lie. It takes only a marginally high end i5 to beat the best Phenom II.

I still plan on building an i7 920 rig. The price is right for the performance.

[QUOTE=apierce1289;20364149]I have a nvidia 730i chip set u fagot. So unlike u people building a brand new computer every year. Which is stupid i might add i tend to like to use my old parts with a new computer but also be able to upgrade to new parts as well. Example i had a Pentium d and ddr2 ram and it was perfectly good to waste so i bought a mother board that supported all that and supported quad core so i could upgrade later. My next system build wont be for a few years so and when ever that is ill shell out the $$$ for the best parts available. My computer can play hl2 and such fine and thats all i really play along with bioshock and stuff so when something strikes my interest that my computer fails to run at MAXIMUM settings ill do something about it.[/QUOTE] If you weren't too busy throwing a tantrum and crying like a 5 year old about someone saying you made a bad choice, you would have figured out that you did. You wasted $330 on an EOL CPU for a dead socket that could have otherwise been put toward a much better i5-750 system, or even an i7-920. Upgrading old hardware isn't "smart", it's "stupid". As processors get older, they generally get more expensive because manufacturers don't want you to buy old technology and because they get scarce on the market. You spend far more money upgrading an old system than it would cost to buy a new one. And if you were smart, you would have sold your old parts on ebay or elsewhere and have had plenty of cash to get a new i5 or i7 system that would be fathoms better and have future expandability on multiple fronts. You more or less backed yourself into a corner in terms of the price it will cost to do an upgrade to your system again.