new processor???!!!

[Rawedge]

thinking of a new processor. was talking to gaz and he said about the new i7

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/CPUs+%2F+Processors/Intel/Core+i7/Intel+Core+i7+860+2.80Ghz+(Socket+LGA1156)+Processor+-+Retail+?productId=37728&source=googleps

[W1LL3Y3]

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html

thats a link to the high end chart and its at number 17 which is really good

theres also

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/CPUs+%2F+Processors/Intel/Core+i7/Intel+Core+i7+930+2.80Ghz+%28Bloomfield%29+%28Socket+LGA1366%29+Processor+-+Retail+?productId=39630

rank 14 on the chart for an extra £20

or the same as above but the D0 stepping for "ultra overclockability lol

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Intel-i7-930-D0-SLBKP-S1366-Bloomfield-28-GHz-QPI-48GT-s-8MB-Cache-20x-Ratio-130W-Retail

[W1LL3Y3]

me personnaly wud pay the £230 for the D0 stepping 930

[Gazzer]

you will need new DDR3 ram and M/B
 and what willy said i7 930 is the way to go.
still need the ram and m/b though lol. £100 for each or there abouts 

try this one Raw
http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/CPUs+%2F+Processors/Intel/Core+2+Quad/Intel+Core+2+Quad+Q8300+LGA775+%28Yorkfield%29+2.50GHz+%281333FSB%29+Processor+-+Retail+?productId=38434

[Rawedge]

but paying the extra if im not over clocking it, is it worth it????

[Gazzer]

NO
over clock can save you £100's
lowwer chip out doing more expencive chip for nothing apart from a little playing in the Bios

[Rawedge]

i just upgraded mt M/B im not doing it again. lol i want the best i can get for the board i can with a max price of £200 ish.

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/8082-asrock-x48turbotwins-wifi-motherboard-review.html

[Sepulchre]

D0 930 all the way, and clock it man its rude not too

[Rawedge]

but will it fit my motherboard seppy?

http://www.here4it.co.uk/Inu_products/INU_ProdDetailsL2.asp?ref=27305152


looking at my mother board spec this will fit(i think) what ya think?

[W1LL3Y3]

if yeh mobo is a LGA775 then the Q9650 will fit if its a LGA1366 (socket B) then the 930 will fit, wot mobo u got m8

[Gazzer]

Raw you have a LGA775 socket so its core 2 and core2 quads only for you. You cant fit a any thing other than a LGA775 chip in there
and then its only what you M/B supports in its Bios.
i3 and i5 / some i7's are socket LG1156
The full fat i7's are on LG 1366 and triple channel DDR3, which makes it all a bit pricey lol but nothing is faster.

What chip you got in it at the momment RAW ?
The X48 was a high end chip set when it came out made for overclocking by the way.
If you have DDR3 ram an i5 750 & M/B upgrade would only cost you around £250 or less and this chip will run rings round any core chip.

[Rawedge]

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/8082-asrock-x48turbotwins-wifi-motherboard-review.html

this is my M/B

http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?WebProductID=1000964&source=froogle


this is my processor.

[W1LL3Y3]

as gazzer says:

Raw you have a LGA775 socket so its core 2 and core2 quads only for you. You cant fit a any thing other than a LGA775 chip in there
and then its only what you M/B supports in its Bios.

if u want anything like i3/i5 or i7 then u need  LG1156  or  LG 1366 mobo which is gunna cost

the best and cheapest ive seen for ur mobo would be this Q9650:
 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Intel-Core-2-Quad-Q9650-3-GHz-1333mhz-12mb-cache-boxed_W0QQitemZ270538334886QQcmdZViewItem?rvr_id=&rvr_id=&cguid=52158c8a1270a0e201e196b1fff6bebb

or this Q9550:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Intel-Core-2-Quad-Q9550-2.83GHz-CPU-Processor-1333MHz_W0QQitemZ320488777859QQcmdZViewItem?rvr_id=&rvr_id=&cguid=52158c8a1270a0e201e196b1fff6bebb

otherwise your looking at like £250 ish like gaz said for the i5 setup altho the 2 chips i just mentioned do come higher in the cpu benchmark table at stock speeds,  (http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html)   dunno bout overclocked :S ? tomayto - tomato lol

[Rawedge]

ok cheers willy if i was to get one then it would be the  Q9650. hell i'd to it once. now here the choice lol nice new monitor or processor?

[Gazzer]

At the end of the day you are not going to see a huge diffrence if you up grade on your current M/B.
not £200 worth any way more like £50 worth and that will take your £200 to get.
Unless you are doing video/ and stuff that needs 4 cores that is even then go for the cheapst quad.
you should be able to clock your E6300 to 3.5 Gig I would expect, if not nearly 4 with the right cooler / case  ect.
I would over clock what you have got and save your money towards an i5 or i7 set up which would be a much better
investment.
Hell even bin the monitor up grade and put it all in to this sort of set up.