Hey everyone.
Been out of the loop for a bit.
I'm upgrading my rig (see sig.). Just changing the cpu and motherboard and keeping everything else the way it is.
Thing is I don't want to spend more than $350 CDN or $US310 in total on the upgrade.
Motherboard options are:
Gigabyte P45 UD3P or UD3R. or ud3-L
I also am considering the P5Q-pro.
For the cpu I have the following choices:
q8200, q8300
q9300, q9400 (9 series puts me over budget)
also considering the E8400 for a high 4.0+ GHZ o'clock.
Overclocking is a high priority. Want quad that is a 80% guarantee to hit 3.6ghz + or a dual thats 4.0Ghz+
My usage:
1. Gaming
2. Folding @ home
3. Some v.encoding (like twice or thrice a month)
4. Browsing email, listening to songs (here is where the audio of onboard should be taken into consideration)
5. Using tversity to stream to my PS3 (needs decoding I believe)
There you have it guys that pretty much what I do on my rig.
Also can you comment if the upgrade is even worth it?
Will I see a a marked difference between my present rig?
Should I wait for the Core i7 to go down in price?
Please keep in mind that I will have to change my RAM if that happens and at the moment X58 chipsets are really expensive.
I hope my upgrade choices are good ones. Please comment if they're not.
Been out of the loop for a bit.
I'm upgrading my rig (see sig.). Just changing the cpu and motherboard and keeping everything else the way it is.
Thing is I don't want to spend more than $350 CDN or $US310 in total on the upgrade.
Motherboard options are:
Gigabyte P45 UD3P or UD3R. or ud3-L
I also am considering the P5Q-pro.
For the cpu I have the following choices:
q8200, q8300
q9300, q9400 (9 series puts me over budget)
also considering the E8400 for a high 4.0+ GHZ o'clock.
Overclocking is a high priority. Want quad that is a 80% guarantee to hit 3.6ghz + or a dual thats 4.0Ghz+
My usage:
1. Gaming
2. Folding @ home
3. Some v.encoding (like twice or thrice a month)
4. Browsing email, listening to songs (here is where the audio of onboard should be taken into consideration)
5. Using tversity to stream to my PS3 (needs decoding I believe)
There you have it guys that pretty much what I do on my rig.
Also can you comment if the upgrade is even worth it?
Will I see a a marked difference between my present rig?
Should I wait for the Core i7 to go down in price?
Please keep in mind that I will have to change my RAM if that happens and at the moment X58 chipsets are really expensive.
I hope my upgrade choices are good ones. Please comment if they're not.
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