Cpu advice please

etzi · #1 04-05-2011, 09:35 AM

I can recommend only the i5-2500K. 4.9 GHz Primestable with air cooling.

Best bang for the buck!

Sully_pa · #2 04-05-2011, 11:42 AM

I'm using the Phenom II X4 955 BE overclocked to 4.0 on air.

MD_Wild_Weasel · #3 04-05-2011, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Sully_pa

I'm using the Phenom II X4 955 BE overclocked to 4.0 on air.

sweet thats the cpu i have.. what cooling you using, my setup is..

Windows 7 ultimate 64bit
ie8
msi geforce gtx 460 hawk"talon attack"1024mb
asus m4n82 deluxe nforce980a sli
Amd phenom II quad core 955 black edition @3.2 ghz(not overclocked, YET!!!!)
corsair XMS2 4gb ddr2 pc2-8500c5
Akasa venom cpu cooler
Inwin Ironclad full tower case
WD 500gb hdd

sod16 · #4 04-05-2011, 12:04 PM

Q6600 is a masterpiece. It is one of THE best processors ever released. Intel released it on a 775 set as they didn't have so much power over the market. Now they there planning to release 3 NEW LGA's and the year after they'l probably do 6... Its a joke... 775 lasted from Pentium 4 too the Q series. 1156 hasn't even lasted a year.

etzi · #5 04-05-2011, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by sod16

Q6600 is a masterpiece. It is one of THE best processors ever released.

Nice dream on!

danjama · #6 04-05-2011, 12:30 PM

Thanks for the table, it really simplifies things. On oc UK there's a i3 system for 350. There's an i5 2500 for double at 706 - is it really worth that much more, when the i3 is easily OCd to 4ghz?

Thanks for responses so far.

Rattlehead · #7 04-05-2011, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by danjama

there's a i3 system for 350. There's an i5 2500 for double at 706 - is it really worth that much more, when the i3 is easily OCd to 4ghz?

Probably not. The difference can go towards a video card, or more Ram.

danjama · #8 04-05-2011, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Rattlehead

Probably not. The difference can go towards a video card, or more Ram.

That's my logic too.

Sully_pa · #9 04-05-2011, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by MD_Wild_Weasel

sweet thats the cpu i have.. what cooling you using,

http://www.kingwin.com/products/cate...rs/xt_1264.asp

klem · #10 04-05-2011, 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by etzi

I can recommend only the i5-2500K. 4.9 GHz Primestable with air cooling.

Best bang for the buck!

I hope you guys are using something like Coretemp to check your core temperatures

My i7 950 on twin fan Megahalems cooler is o/c to 4GHz and CoD is loading Core 1 to about 70% and around 85C (Max recommended by Intel is 73 but I won't worry below 90). I did have it at 4.2GHz but a 100% load Prime test rocketed it over 100C where I chickened out

I don't know what the cores will be loaded like once CoD multicore has been optimised.