I am running my E2200 right now a 3.0Ghz on about 1.4v or so. Would it be worth upgrading to an E6300 for 84$ or the E7500 for 120$? The E6300 has twice the cache, while the 7500 has 3x the cache. At this point i don't think I would want to spend more than that on a dual core processor. Or am I better off saving up that money to upgrade my video card next? I do mostly gaming, with some Autocad/matlab stuff thrown in.
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Upgrade to E6300 or E7500 worth it?
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My e2200 was pretty disappointing as far as overclocking it, so I figured either one could out clock it pretty easily if I get a decent chip. I was hoping either one would hold me over until I can upgrade to i7, but I still can't help but think I might be better off spending it on a GTX260 or something that i could transfer over.
Why not E8400 (from either MC or even Newegg)? You can OC to the same 3 GHz your E2200 is and still get a major boost from the additional FSB alone (1333 MHz FSB vs.. 1066 MHz FSB for the two CPUs you named).
What are you running for a graphics card?
I have an E1200 overclocked to a solid 2.6 GHz with a 1333 MHz FSB; if I upgrade at all, I'll be going with a CPU with the same 1333 MHz FSB, but with VT (E8400/Q9400 or even Q9550). CrossFireX? Non-starter. It's more likely I'll do a GPU upgrade first and not upgrade the CPU unless I also go i7.
gwarren007
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The E8400 at this point in the life of the LGA775 chipset is not a wise one. You can get a Q6600 for 125.00 and be ahead of the game, but in all reality the costs for i7 parts are coming down, spend the money on i7. Get a 920 from Fry's or microcenter (200ish) grab an i7 Matx from geeks (130) and DDR3 -1600 ram. Basic componets that will move to the next socket.
The geeks mobo's dont overclock, but it give the 1366 mobo time to mature.
Save your money for a quad core and a new GPU. Buying dual core for a gaming machine now isn't wise.
I don't want to go with an E8400 because I know I don't want to put that much money into a dual-core chip on a dieing socket. I am runing a 9600gt right now thats slightly OCd (clocks in sig).
I don't have the money to move to i7 right now, but that will be the next big step. I am just looking for something to more or less hold me over. I don't know if moving to something like a GTX260 would be too held back by my e2200.
What resolution do you play at? Regardless, your overclocked E2200 is move than sufficient for 99% of games to not bottleneck a GTX260.
1680x1050. A GTX260 is about as high as I can go without upgrading my power supply (corsair vx450), and should be able to handle everything pretty well at that res and cover me if I decided to get a slightly bigger monitor. If my processor won't hold it back much then that may be the way to go since i could easily use that on an i7 machine.
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get a Q9550 for $169 at microcenter and be done with it ! last cpu upgrade on lga775
agreed. your motherboard is a great candidate for a q9550. if you are sticking with dual core, I'd say dont upgrade at all, but I went from an e7200 to a q9550 on my second rig and man was it noticeable. If you have a microcenter nearby, do that.