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E6700 CPU Upgrade Advice

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Hello,

I have an E6700 system on an Intel D975XBX with 4Gb of DDR2 RAM (Kingston Value Ram). I just upgraded my video card to an EVGA 280 GTX. I use the system mostly to play games but also to do mpeg4 HD video editing and photo edititing with Photoshop Elements.

I have not upgraded anything in my system beyond the video card now for nearly 2 years. I was thinking about moving to Q9450 and Intel DX48BT2 with 4Gb of DDR3 RAM and I wanted to check the boards here to see if I would see a good performance boost in games.

Right now, the games I playing are: Bioshock, Crysis, Lord of the Rings Online and Age of Conan. Crysis and Age of Conan look to need the most help.

I monitor my temps using Everest on my G15 and I noticed that in areas where I hit my minimum fame rates, my CPU temp rise and my GPU temps fall quite a bit. In areas where I get my max frame rates, my GPU temp rises and my CPU temp falls. This leads me to believe that in the areas of low frame rates, my GPU is waiting on my CPU. So, I figure an upgrade may be in order.

Now I will also add that I don't overclock. I have always run my systems at stock speeds on Intel motherboards and I have enjoyed quiet, cool running and highly stable systems so I am going to continue to go with what I know despite the fact that I know that the OCers are getting some great performance.

Having said all of that, what are your feelings on this upgrade? I am assuming quad core is best for the next year or so before another upgrade, but also it seems that the higher freq E8500 might be better for gaming.

Any advice here?
 
It would be a waste of money at this point.. the E6700 is a strong chip.. without overclocking, no other chip will give you a valuable gain for your money..

At this point in the game, spend the money on a large, quiet cooler, overclock to 3ghz .. overclocking your chip 333Mhz will be a breeze.
 
Overclock your e6700 first. Its a good chip already.
An e8500 would be a waste unless you're going to do some overclocking.

Maybe try changing a few BIOS settings
like to 9x multiplier and 333FSB = 3Ghz. (will probably work on stock cooler, stock voltage)
IF that works maybe try 10x333 for 3.33Ghz. (will probably need better cooler and possibly a little extra voltage)
 
completely agree with the posters above that e8500 would be a waste if not OC'd. that e6700 you got there is also not being utilized to its full potential if not OC'd. these chips were made to be pushed and they respond exceptionally well when given the opportunity, ehem, the voltage to do so.

i have both the e6600 and the e8400 so i can tell you from experience that these were intentionally created by intel with large headroom for overclocking.

you should be able to OC the e6700 to 3.2ghz and the e8500 to 3.8ghz easily (both can go higher without issues) and still be within the prescribe voltage range that intel recommends.

that x48 board you're looking at should serve you well if you decide to OC since they are built for enthusiasts.
 
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