Question for the Technicrati here on the STEAM: CPU Q6700 : LGA 750 , what is the best upgrade possible to replace it or is it even worth it?

[Buzzerker]

That's my question: MOBO is an EVGA 780SLI , been trying to decide between upgrading CPU or buying into a new system. Based on AMD architecture. eyeing the Vishera 4 ghz as a possible replacement with an MSI Z97 AC mobo.

[rotNdude]

You can't get many LGA 750 CPUs anymore. Also, you can't put an AMD CPU in an Intel motherboard.

What's your budget and what country do you live in.

[Buzzerker]

Цитата допису rotNdude:

You can't get many LGA 750 CPUs anymore. Also, you can't put an AMD CPU in an Intel motherboard.

What's your budget and what country do you live in.

MSI Z97 AC is an Intel board then? Ok no Vishera then....Intel cpu's last longer anyway. In the United States you can get LGA 750 CPU's from Amazon and Newegg. but they don't seem to go higher than 3.0 ghz which is not far from 2.67ghz. I'm buying it one component at a time. starting with the Mobo. I don't want to go over 1200 bucks. In the meantime while it will take a while to buy all the parts , I have this older computer , I had a 550 ti gpu and just replaced it wth a 750 ti and I have 8 gb of corsair ram DDR2 . to tide me over until I can put this new system together , that is why I was wondering if replacing the CPU would be advisable because many of the new games , ( It's not exactly new but I am including Rome 2 Total war for example) , need a faster CPU otherwise you have to sit and wait through half of the game most of the game you have long loading times where you do nothing . Then there is Farcry 4 and Dragon Age Inquisition. the latter is why I replaced my GPU , it said the minimum required was a 660 and I had a 550 ti. I'm in no hurry , I feel it will take me about a year to get all I need. I want to do it right and I want it to last. At least 5 years or more. The Z97 AC is a one nice Mobo and with 16 to 32 gb of DDR3 memory I think it will last a long time. It's actually got military grade construciton features.

[tigerxs1]

lga 775 socket? i typed your cpu says 775 socket 'if ive found the correct one',theres a quad core for around £100,, socket lga775/Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 - 3GHz -1333mhz,its basicly the extreme cores come down in price as there getting old now. just search ebay or simular you find simular ones to the one above,personaly you gota start somewhere so id say start again rather than upgrade as your wasteing money on something thats nearly rached its limit,least if its all new it should last 3years+

[Andrius227]

Цитата допису Buzzerker:

Цитата допису rotNdude:

You can't get many LGA 750 CPUs anymore. Also, you can't put an AMD CPU in an Intel motherboard.

What's your budget and what country do you live in.

MSI Z97 AC is an Intel board then? Ok no Vishera then....Intel cpu's last longer anyway. In the United States you can get LGA 750 CPU's from Amazon and Newegg. but they don't seem to go higher than 3.0 ghz which is not far from 2.67ghz. I'm buying it one component at a time. starting with the Mobo. I don't want to go over 1200 bucks. In the meantime while it will take a while to buy all the parts , I have this older computer , I had a 550 ti gpu and just replaced it wth a 750 ti and I have 8 gb of corsair ram DDR2 . to tide me over until I can put this new system together , that is why I was wondering if replacing the CPU would be advisable because many of the new games , ( It's not exactly new but I am including Rome 2 Total war for example) , need a faster CPU otherwise you have to sit and wait through half of the game most of the game you have long loading times where you do nothing . Then there is Farcry 4 and Dragon Age Inquisition. the latter is why I replaced my GPU , it said the minimum required was a 660 and I had a 550 ti. I'm in no hurry , I feel it will take me about a year to get all I need. I want to do it right and I want it to last. At least 5 years or more. The Z97 AC is a one nice Mobo and with 16 to 32 gb of DDR3 memory I think it will last a long time. It's actually got military grade construciton features.

Actually, for Dragon age inquisition, gtx 660 is recommended, but the minimum is 8800gt. Your old 550ti is like 2 times more powerfull than the 8800gt. It would have been fine, at least on low-medium settings. Also you thought that the minimum was gtx660 but you bought a 750 ti anyway, which is a weaker card than the 660. I mean you will be fine anyway. But maybe you could have used your 550ti for a bit longer and saved up for a better card. 750 ti is only like 33% faster than the 550 ti. But i guess if you got a better gpu you would get bottlenecked by your cpu i guess... Thats probably why you are here in the first place...

On topic: You could probably get a QX6800 or something like that. But i'm not 100% sure if it's compatible so you should check if your motherboard is compatible.

http://ark.intel.com/products/30790/Intel-Core2-Quad-Processor-Q6700-8M-Cache-2_66-GHz-1066-MHz-FSB
http://ark.intel.com/products/30720/Intel-Core2-Extreme-Processor-QX6800-8M-Cache-2_93-GHz-1066-MHz-FSB
They look very similar so i guess they should be compatible.

[Rove]

You will need to replace CPU, motherboard and RAM at the same time.

New CPU will need a new socket, thus a new motherboard, also it will only support newer DDR3 or maybe DDR4 and I believe your old RAM is DDR2. New motherboard will need new RAM either DDR3 or DDR4 depending on the motherboard & CPU since I think you have DDR2.

So anyways due to compatibility issues all 3 are linked and will need replacing together.

You need a AM3+ motherboard for a AMD FX 8xxx CPU.

What's your budget?

For example this would be a really reasonable upgrade:

AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor
Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard
Kingston Fury Black Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/HxCNyc
Base Total: $374.97
Combo Discounts: -$25.00
Mail-in Rebates: -$10.00
Total: $339.97

If you later want to turn it into a new system under $1200 then here is a example of something like what it could end up turning into:

AMD FX 8350 & R9 290X
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Rove/saved/Fwjp99
Base Total: $1137.52
Promo Discounts: -$6.00
Combo Discounts: -$25.00
Mail-in Rebates: -$40.00
Shipping: $5.92
Total: $1072.44

The FX 8320 is basically the same CPU as the FX 8350 except with a different default clockspeed and Amp to Volt ratio. Both of them are unlocked for overclocking. Of course if it matters much to you then you can always get the FX 8350 instead. I did that for myself.

[Buzzerker]

Hey Rove , thank you for that link to PC parts picker! it's cool.

[_I_]

for the price of the 8000 builds you can get an i5 4460+
which will outperform them in most games

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-review-overclock,3106-3.html

for gaming, the q6700 to 8350 is a lateral move
http://www.cpu-world.com/Compare/564/AMD_FX-Series_FX-8350_vs_Intel_Core_2_Quad_Q6700.html
games like core performance over core count
ignore ram intensive (8350 has twice as much at a higher speed)
multithread is pointless, most games do not need more than 4 cores