upgrade from lga 775

[djsoggy1234]

so, yeah i would like to upgrade my system.

 

is this a good idea?

 

should i hold onto 775 for a wee bit longer (like 6 months)?

 

what kind of performance increase will I see?

 

current rig:

• core 2 quad q6600 (b3 stepping) @ 2.4 ghz
• asus P5Q Deluxe motherboard
• Cooler Master hyper 212 evo
• 4GB DDR2 800mhz
• R9 270x saphirre dual x
• generic optical drive
• Western Digital caviar blue 1tb
• Corsair CX500m 
• Corsair spec 03 (windowed)
• MSX

upgrade plans:

 

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/wCCZbv

[007agentHP]

only upgrade if you think yo need if. if your not happy with your pc experience. go for it. we cant decide that for you

 

if you upgrade, go haswell cause its a lot cheaper

[zyntaxable]

You should see quite a big performance increase. Now you just need a better GPU

[djsoggy1234]

You should see quite a big performance increase. Now you just need a better GPU

ok, thanks. To get a better idea of what gpu i should get, these are the games i mostly play:

• spin tires
• nfs: the run
• gta 5
• grid auto sport
• alien isolation
• sims 4
• trine 2
• dirt: rally
• tdu2
• nfs: mw(2005)
• bf3
• project cars
• mad max

i'm thinking about somthing along the lines of a r9 390 saphirre nitro or a zotac gtx 970 amp! omega.

[knibbs1325]

With that game list the 970 amp would work, around high settings depending on what monitor you are running. You could also look at z97 platform to save some money, it doesnt have that much tangible benefits over the 4th gen

[harrynowl]

Well you could just do the 771 mod overclock it (X5450/X5460) to ~4ghz (easy) and get near i5-2500k performance. That's like £25 of upgrade or less.

 

But we wont see any new Intel platform or AMD platform for a little while so if you are wanting to upgrade I'd do it now

[don_svetlio]

get a new PSU before the CX fries your new toys

[don_svetlio]

ok, thanks. To get a better idea of what gpu i should get, these are the games i mostly play:

• spin tires
• nfs: the run
• gta 5
• grid auto sport
• alien isolation
• sims 4
• trine 2
• dirt: rally
• tdu2
• nfs: mw(2005)
• bf3
• project cars
• mad max

i'm thinking about somthing along the lines of a r9 390 saphirre nitro or a zotac gtx 970 amp! omega.

R9 390 is waaaay overkill for any of those - the R9 380 will probably run them high-max @ 60 fps

EDIT your current 270X should actually handle any of those games fine at medium 60fps - your CPU is a bottleneck currently probably.

[djsoggy1234]

Well you could just do the 771 mod overclock it (X5450/X5460) to ~4ghz (easy) and get near i5-2500k performance. That's like £25 of upgrade or less.

 

But we wont see any new Intel platform or AMD platform for a little while so if you are wanting to upgrade I'd do it now

What stepping is the better one,  SLANQ or SLBBM? 

 

EDIT: I'm on about the E5450

[harrynowl]

What stepping is the better one,  SLANQ or SLBBM? 

 

EDIT: I'm on about the E5450

SLBBM I believe without looking. If you check CPU world you want the one that matches the E0 stepping (And not C0/C1).

[djsoggy1234]

SLBBM I believe without looking. If you check CPU world you want the one that matches the E0 stepping (And not C0/C1).

and the SLBBE is the better x5460 right?