Thread: Upgrade CPU

Originally Posted by danped

I want to upgrade my pc. I run a lot of databases so I want more processing power and want it to run faster. I currently have the following ( I got this information from CPU-Z program):

Intel core 2 duo E6600 Socket 775 2.4GHz
Mainboard Chipset P965/G965
2048Mb DDR2, PC2-6400 (DRAM Freq 400Mhz)

I am thinking of putting a nice new CPU in maybe one of these:

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450, Yorkfield Core, S775, 2.66 GHz, 1333MHz, 12MB L2 Cache, OEM


Would that result in noticeable improvements in things like starting up my pc, and running queries in databases?

Thanks,

Your not multitasking are you??? if not then it's not worth to get a quad core just overclock your E6600 to 3.6Ghz easily.

Originally Posted by danped

Multitasking runs to poker software plus an analysis database.

I'll look into the overclocking thanks.

It's better to overclock your E6600 than get a Quad Core i honestly don't think there will be significant advantage, the new Intel chips Nehalem aka Core i7 will be a great choice but they are pricey and you have to buy a few other stuff with it.

Originally Posted by gazaway

i7 is going to be tricky to overclock. There is no FSB for the proc and memory control is on the processor now. The i7 is also going to fry EXTREMELY easily if any additional voltage is applied to the cpu. It's horrible, but we will have to learn how to overclock all over again.

yeah that's why i wondered why the FSB is so high on the X58 mobo it's 6400MHz or something like that