Mobo + CPU Upgrade

2007-05-07 10:47:59

#1

Microwave: _; +515|6667|Loughborough Uni / Leeds, UK

I won't try and make this interesting as I usually try and do so I'll cut to the chase!

I want a new processor.... my AMD Athlon 64 3500+ is getting slightly old

I'm looking at the Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 but I didn't know if it was worth saving a bit more for the cheapest quad core: Intel Core 2 Quad Core Q6600

£235 and £315 respectively.

My other question is, I'm 99% sure my motherboard will need upgrading in order to take a core 2 duo cpu: (Abit AV8)

So can you guys recommend a decent mobo that will work with most of the new hardware.

(Please don't just say Z0mg Asus Striker Extreme 680i 775 yeahh boii because I know it is 'the best' but I would like to know if a less good one would do the job because I can't afford the best sadly )

Any help greatly appreciated!

2007-05-07 11:43:02

#2

~{TPP}~richoxon: I Want a New Duck; +43|6579|Up a tree

http://xtreview.com/review157.htm lots of bar graphs with different cpu's

as for the mobo, depends on if you want to go sli, some boards run 1 card at 16x, but 2 cards at 8x !

Last edited by ~{TPP}~richoxon (2007-05-07 11:45:03)

2007-05-07 12:28:51

#3

Microwave: _; +515|6667|Loughborough Uni / Leeds, UK

MSI P6N 680i Socket 775

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Componen … ctId=25915

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2007-05-07 13:03:44

#4

Bell: Frosties > Cornflakes; +362|6561|UK

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showprodu … subcat=205

Sort of cut down, asus extreme, though I would be suprised if this didnt furfull most peoples needs from a motherboard

Martyn

2007-05-07 13:09:59

#5

Microwave: _; +515|6667|Loughborough Uni / Leeds, UK

Bell wrote:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-222-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=205

Sort of cut down, asus extreme, though I would be suprised if this didnt furfull most peoples needs from a motherboard

Martyn

Thanks alot!

That looks perfect!

And that website.....wooow! Saved me some money!

2007-05-07 13:11:32

#6

Bell: Frosties > Cornflakes; +362|6561|UK

Ur welcome Its the one im getting/got

Martyn

2007-05-07 14:13:10

#7

kylef: Gone; +1,352|6505|N. Ireland

If you are upgrading to C2D, you'll need DDR2 RAM, which the Athlon 3500 doesn't use.

2007-05-07 14:15:11

#8

Rosebudteg: Member; +6|6407|Washington State

Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't there not a lot of programs that take advantage of a dual core setup and even less programs that take advantage of a quad core setup?

2007-05-07 14:30:01

#9

Microwave: _; +515|6667|Loughborough Uni / Leeds, UK

leetkyle wrote:
If you are upgrading to C2D, you'll need DDR2 RAM, which the Athlon 3500 doesn't use.

Great, so I need new RAM aswell?!

2007-05-07 15:37:55

#10

MECtallica: Member; +73|6516|jalalabad

if you plan on buying that exact mb posted you will need

Memory Support - DDRII 533/667/800 SDRAM and up to 1200 MHz SLI ready memory - 4 DDRII DIMMs (240pin / 1.8V) - up to 8Gb

2007-05-07 15:49:09

#11

tehz: <3 Bosnia; +11|6512|gulf of oman

motherboard
cpu
ram

*edit*
if you don't want to spend that much, socket 939 dual core

Last edited by tehz (2007-05-07 15:55:06)

2007-05-08 10:45:11

#12

Microwave: _; +515|6667|Loughborough Uni / Leeds, UK

Motherboard Asus P5N32-E PLUS SLi nForce (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £118

CPU Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.67GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £207

RAM OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 £87

Is the plan, is that allowed in the computer world?!

2007-05-08 11:24:21

#13

san4: The Mas; +311|6700|NYC, a place to live

I would get the E6600 (actually I did) because it's very close to the E6700 and significantly cheaper. You can overclock it if necessary, but it probably won't be necessary. I would wait for the quad cores to come down in price. It's much too early to get one.

The motherboard I got is the Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 (rev 3.3). It was $122 (64 of your British funny-moneys) and it has everything except SLI (which I don't need). It is awesome for overclocking.

I got 2GB of Corsair pc6400 for $110 (55 pounds) and an eVGA 8800GTS 320MB ($259 = 130 pounds). This setup plays BF2 on max settings, so what more do you need?

2007-05-08 12:21:16

#14

ghettoperson: Member; +1,943|6661

You'll most likely need a new cooler as well, as it's a different socket. And you most likely have the stock cooler anyway, which isn't adaptable to the best of my knowledge. Something like this should do nicely.

2007-05-08 12:43:30

#15

Microwave: _; +515|6667|Loughborough Uni / Leeds, UK

Ahhh thanks for that ghetto, you babe

I wouldn't have thought of that!

2007-05-08 13:12:04

#16

ghettoperson: Member; +1,943|6661

*huggles*

2007-05-08 13:14:53

#17

Agent_Dung_Bomb: Member; +302|6748|Salt Lake City

Rosebudteg wrote:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't there not a lot of programs that take advantage of a dual core setup and even less programs that take advantage of a quad core setup?

It really depends. As far as games, not really much at all supporting SMP. However, there are a lot of video editing/encoding/graphic rendering programs that can and do support SMP. Even then, multi-tasking is sweet with multiple cores.

Just the other day I was simultaneously encoding an AVI to MPEG-2 in Pinnacle Studio, encoding an MPEG-2 to DVD in Nero, running a program that reassembles RAR files, playing music from my Rhapsody account, while browsing the web.

My system didn't even hiccup with all this running. Then again, I have a Q6600 @ 2.8GHz.

2007-05-09 02:22:26

#18

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|6728

I would get a gigabyte P35-DQ6 actually.

https://cache.www.gametracker.com/server_info/203.46.105.23:21300/b_350_20_692108_381007_FFFFFF_000000.png

2007-05-09 02:46:32

#19

Stormscythe: Aiming for the head; +88|6561|EUtopia | Austria

If you plan to OC, go with the Gigabyte DQ6.

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