cORE 2 QUAD....Q9300

[Nithi]

hey

 

 

guys im looking for build budget pc.....i think to q9300 in to the case...is tht sync with R9 2XX card out there....or it too old to use tht prossesor

 

pls coomment

 

[thekeemo]

Its still a decent CPU and won't bottleneck too much (it still will though)

[i_build_nanosuits]

hey

 

 

guys im looking for build budget pc.....i think to q9300 in to the case...is tht sync with R9 2XX card out there....or it too old to use tht prossesor

 

pls coomment

Q9300 and R9 270 GPU is a good match and should play modern games on medium settings just fine.

[Ahaber]

you will most likely bottle neck but what R9 200 series graphics card are you planning to use?

[i_build_nanosuits]

you will most likely bottle neck but what R9 200 series graphics card are you planning to use?

The Q9300 is still a stronger CPU than your FX4100 mate ...just saying.

[Nithi]

you will most likely bottle neck but what R9 200 series graphics card are you planning to use?

like r9 280 or 290

[QueenDemetria]

The Q9300 is still a stronger CPU than your FX4100 mate ...just saying.

Doesn't mean that it still won't be a bottleneck. Just look at the scrapyard wars PC, the bottlenecks with the Q6600 were obvious.

[NeverNotExhausted]

Mix a 9300 with something like a 270/270x or a 660ti/760/960, it will be a more balanced match and be a pretty competent 1080p machine if you have 8gb of ram and all that good stuff

[i_build_nanosuits]

like r9 280 or 290

R9 280 is pushing it...R9 290 is complete overkill...R9 270 is where you want to be to be honest...you won't turn a Q9300 rig into an high end gaming machine.

 

Doesn't mean that it still won't be a bottleneck. Just look at the scrapyard wars PC, the bottlenecks with the Q6600 were obvious.

i know, that's not at all what i said...i used to run a 3.6GHZ Q6600 with an HD7950 GPU (same as R9 280) and the bottleneck was also obvious.

[Nithi]

guys what about mother board.....intel or some other brands....755 socket there is no sli rite

[i_build_nanosuits]

guys what about mother board.....intel or some other brands....755 socket there is no sli rite

it's socket 775, not 755...and yes some of them support SLi but it's useless to you since you are not going to run dual GPU's on such an old platform isnt it?

[Nithi]

R9 280 is pushing it...R9 290 is complete overkill...R9 270 is whe

re you want to be to be honest...you won't turn a Q9300 rig into an high end gaming machine.

 

i know, that's not at all what i said...i used to run a 3.6GHZ Q6600 with an HD7950 GPU (same as R9 280) and the bottleneck was also obvious.

if i need to overclock.....what kind of hardware i needed ?

[i_build_nanosuits]

if i need to overclock.....what kind of hardware i needed ?

aftermarket CPU heatsink (hyper 212 from cooler master, 30$) and a motherboard with some heatsink on it that support overclocking (idealy you're going to want a 650i (or newer) 775 socket board.)

[GamerDude]

Bah, I have a C2Q X9650 which I'd OC'ed to 3.7ghz, and I have an R9 290X and it handles games just fine. I don't really bother about matching CPU with GPU. The way I look at it, as long as the CPU can handle AI and physics well enough to pump out playable framerate, beefier GPU would allow for better ingame setting plus more eye candy. Just look at the rig I'm using now, it has an AMD Phenom II X6 1100T with 8GB RAM + 2x HD7950 and there's not a single game I've played on it that it doesn't handle well enough. I can't say about online or MMO's, but all the SP games I play on my rig run just fine. My 2nd rig, the FX8350 rig, is out of commission for now,,,,,

[Nithi]

aftermarket CPU heatsink (hyper 212 from cooler master, 30$) and a motherboard with some heatsink on it that support overclocking (idealy you're going to want a 650i (or newer) 775 socket board.)

wht about crosair h55 hydro cooling

[i_build_nanosuits]

wht about crosair h55 hydro cooling

about same performance as hyper 212...more expensive, less reliable and noisier.

[NumLock21]

For SLI on socket 775, I believe only the P45 can support it. Unless you go with X38/48 then it will run a dual x16.