Should I get an i5/i7?

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Eagle156

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I have an E6600 at stock clocks because it won't overclock for shit. Recent games aren't running as well as I'd like them to and I notice some slowness when doing lots of multitasking. Will I notice a difference if I upgrade to a quad core?
 
I have a Q6700 that wont overclock for nothig either. It on a d975xbx intel board, and the board itself is very limited to overclocking, was thinking about updating board so icould use pci-x 2.0 features or just going with the new I5 750. Sorry no help from me. Very limited on my knowledge on this stuff, hense the name.
 
Eagle156 said:
I have an E6600 at stock clocks because it won't overclock for shit. Recent games aren't running as well as I'd like them to and I notice some slowness when doing lots of multitasking. Will I notice a difference if I upgrade to a quad core?
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if you upgraded to an i7 920, you would definitely see an improvement, maybe twice the framerate. if your funds are limited, go with the 750/p55. but dont bothe with an 860, the price difference between that and a 920/x58 is negligiable.
 
Depends on you're budget. Either way, it'll be a big improvement to your current Conroe.
 
deff said:
Depends on you're budget. Either way, it'll be a big improvement to your current Conroe.
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Thanks. I'll probably go with the i5 then. Quick question: if I install a new mobo+CPU+RAM do I need to reinstall Windows?
 
yes you will have to reinstall windows. you always have to reinstall windows whenever changing the northbridge
 
but dont let that stop you. its only a clean install. i used to do them constantly, back when overclocking too high would corrupt your os.
 
If you can't get above stock 2.4ghz with that E6600, then jump for a i5/i7 and OC it!

FYI I'm still running a 3+ year old E6600 moderetly OCed. Serves me fine.
 
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