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11-04-2010, 03:32 PM
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Upgrade Assistance please
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I currently have the following system: Gigabyte 965P-DS3P MOBO Intel E6600 CPU Palit 9800GT GPU 3.5gb ram Win XP Pro SP3 I am looking to upgrade but not looking for a full rebuild i guess. Most use is for photography / photoshop and general net surfing. Am I able to upgrade CPU keeping the MOBO and if so what would be the best i could get ? Cheers for the help. |
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11-04-2010, 03:48 PM
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GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY Socket 775 - Intel P965
You will need to know whether your motherboard is hardware revision 2.0 or 3.3. That's what "PCB" stands for - "printed circuit board". "Non-official support" means that you will be overclocking the chipset to get it to 1333 FSB speed, and I wouldn't try it unless you have DDR2-800 or faster ram. "N/A" means no support at all. Also note that you may have to update the bios. Upgrading the CPU may not be particularly cost-effective. You may want to look at a motherboard/CPU/ram upgrade. |
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11-04-2010, 03:55 PM
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Ok,
Im 95% sure its 3.3 but I will confirm tonight when i get home. so provided that is the case what would the reco be then ? |
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11-04-2010, 06:21 PM
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Did you click on my link?
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11-04-2010, 06:50 PM
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Yes i did. Just tryign to get my head around things i guess. So the best processor i could install would be the Core™ 2 Extreme QX9650 would this be correct. I did a check and it appears that this might be discontinued now. I will keep looking though. CHeers |
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11-04-2010, 07:40 PM
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Most of those processors ARE discontinued. You can still find them in the secondary market, and they tend to be a bit expensive depending on supply and demand. Any of the Extremes are going to be ridiculous.
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11-04-2010, 08:05 PM
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Hmmm OK then,
SO what do you think my best option would be then, ? Am I looking to have to replace MOBO CPU and everything ? |
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11-04-2010, 08:08 PM
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What country are you located in?
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11-04-2010, 08:10 PM
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11-04-2010, 09:15 PM
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Online Vendors - OCAU Wiki
Start checking vendors. A Q9550 or Q9650 is probably going to be as strong as you can get without spending more than a whole new motherboard/CPU/ram combo with current technology would cost. I checked a couple of vendors and only found incompatible or weaker quads. |
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