Your wallet hurts more than your head ever will with stress testing, benching
I am with Ace on this one, I do it just because I love new stuff even if it isnt that much of an upgrade, I like to actively be able to give information toward new topics and give perspective when possible on discussions about new stuff
I'm also a member of the Orthos 1000h club.
Bought a lot of PC hardware over the years that I really didn't needed, but the last year I've cooled down and no longer do I want to do stupid/unworthy upgrades.
I know this is a hobby for You and many other Xtreme Sys Forums members and it's fun reading about new hardware. My hobby is reading.
I guess a Q6600 will load the reviews twice as fast as a C2D E6600 will.
Ha Ha I'm trying hard to justify this upgrade.
Anyway I think I'll get first a Q6600 then a better mobo ( if needed ). That order.
s754 PCIe; EPoX EP-8NPAJ // Claw 3700+ // 7800GTX // Cors BH-5 1GB // OCZ 520W // WinXP
Dont get a Q6600 now, wait till January and get a Q9450 (penryn) will be around 300-350$ cant go wrong with thatOriginally Posted by OnLine
I'm also a member of the Orthos 1000h club.
Bought a lot of PC hardware over the years that I really didn't needed, but the last year I've cooled down and no longer do I want to do stupid/unworthy upgrades.
I know this is a hobby for You and many other Xtreme Sys Forums members and it's fun reading about new hardware. My hobby is reading.
I guess a Q6600 will load the reviews twice as fast as a C2D E6600 will.
Ha Ha I'm trying hard to justify this upgrade.
Anyway I think I'll get first a Q6600 then a better mobo ( if needed ). That order.
You're right Q9450 it is. My E6600 @ 3.5GHz will hold me over. Definitely.Dont get a Q6600 now, wait till January and get a Q9450 (penryn) will be around 300-350$ cant go wrong with that
Then I need to get a new mobo too, but I've got some time to save up. Will keep my 2GB DDRII mem.
s754 PCIe; EPoX EP-8NPAJ // Claw 3700+ // 7800GTX // Cors BH-5 1GB // OCZ 520W // WinXP
What board are you using now? From what I have seen alot of BIOS's have added support for 45nm even as old as P5B Deluxe.You're right Q9450 it is. My E6600 @ 3.5GHz will hold me over. Definitely.
Then I need to get a new mobo too, but I've got some time to save up. Will keep my 2GB DDRII mem.
Gigabyte GA-965P-S3 (rev. 1.0) doesn't support 1333 FSB CPU's and Gigabyte will never add this support.
So I def need a new mobo, but I don't mind buying a new one as long as the purchase can be justified.
This E6600 & GA-965P-S3 couple has treated me well, I think they deserve to die togheter, don't You think?!
s754 PCIe; EPoX EP-8NPAJ // Claw 3700+ // 7800GTX // Cors BH-5 1GB // OCZ 520W // WinXP
Two of my least favorite components right now are my Asus P5E (X38), and my Corsair Dominator 8500Ds. Well, just this evening, after fighting the system for two days, I set the strap to 333, CPU vcore 1.300, mem to 2.34 and pushed the fsb to 410 and was greeted with this:
Edit: Everything else was set to auto
Edit: I know, my chip rocks!I think its still quite early, at least let's wait till bioses mature. I'm beginning to revere my board now.
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