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I'm looking to upgrade my shitty E7400. What CPU would give me a stable framerate in CS:GO?

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Core 2 Extreme.

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I would just overclock your E7400.

 

 

Core 2 Extreme.

CSGO can't leverage more than two cores. 

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CSGO can't leverage more than two cores. 

 

Source Engine doesn't use more than 2? O.o

 

I do know that Source is CPU heavy tho

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q6600

An E7400 has a higher single threaded performance and is easier to overclock. Thus will be better for CSGO. 

Source Engine doesn't use more than 2? O.o

 

I do know that Source is CPU heavy tho

It's cpu heavy, but still easy to run. An E8400 would be the best upgrade but is only marginally faster than your E7400 -- just overclock your 7400. 

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the problem with LGA775 is that things can be REALLY weid.

 

a friend of mine has a motherboard with a core2duo that should also support a core2quad, but appareantly not the specific core2quad he got etc.

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An E7400 has a higher single threaded performance and is easier to overclock. Thus will be better for CSGO. 

It's cpu heavy, but still easy to run. An E8400 would be the best upgrade but is only marginally faster than your E7400 -- just overclock your 7400. 

 

Uuuuum, nope. My E7400 is already OC'ed to 3.35 GHz, and it struggles with CS:GO. Everything at low and 800x600, the fps is within 70-100 but drops to about 20-30 when in smoke and stutters really bad when there are a lot of enemies. My friend's Q6600, on the other hand, breezes past CS:GO and never drops below 80fps. His GPU is a lot weaker than mine, his is an 9400GT and mine is a 9800GT.

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What is your motherboard.

Your motherboard will hugely impact what CPU you can get.

We already know it's an LGA 775 motherboard, so we already know OP can get any LGA 775 CPU...

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Uuuuum, nope. My E7400 is already OC'ed to 3.35 GHz, and it struggles with CS:GO. Everything at low and 800x600, the fps is within 70-100 but drops to about 20-30 when in smoke and stutters really bad when there are a lot of enemies. My friend's Q6600, on the other hand, breezes past CS:GO and never drops below 80fps. His GPU is a lot weaker than mine, his is an 9400GT and mine is a 9800GT.

What are you running in the background? Because an E7400 is faster than a Q6600 in any single/dual threaded workload. 

 

Settled with a used Q9550 for 30 bucks.

Are you sure your specific motherboard can support that specific cpu? 

 

We already know it's an LGA 775 motherboard, so we already know OP can get any LGA 775 CPU...

Not all LGA775 motherboards support all C2Q.

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What are you running in the background? Because an E7400 is faster than a Q6600 in any single/dual threaded workload.

Are you sure your specific motherboard can support that specific cpu?

Nothing. I don't multi-task when gaming especially when I know that the PC can't handle it.

Yes. I checked their website. Would the Q9550 be a worthy upgrade to the E7400? Would my generic 500W PSU handle it?

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Nothing. I don't multi-task when gaming especially when I know that the PC can't handle it.

Yes. I checked their website. Would the Q9550 be a worthy upgrade to the E7400? Would my generic 500W PSU handle it?

Well, I'd first be more curious to know what's going on on your computer that's causing you performance issues because an E7400 should be outperforming a Q6600 in CSGO. 

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Not really. I've watched people playing CS:GO in YouTube with E7400s and Q6600s and the Quad was noticeably smoother and the framerate counter proved it. Besides, I've read on lots of forums about Dual-Core users struggling when near smoke or in firefights.

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Well, I'd first be more curious to know what's going on on your computer that's causing you performance issues because an E7400 should be outperforming a Q6600 in CSGO.

bro these old dual core have a mouthful just running windows, steam, afterburner, fraps and shit...even if a game technicaly do not scale well beyond a couple threads there is still an imense benefit to be had when talking about a 10 years old CPU like that...it's obvious that a quad-core would help him immensely.

OP, double check your motherboard though...might likely need a BIOS update and stuff...also, quad-core like that if you overclock you need a decent board...some cheap ass socket 775 motherboards will overheat and blow real quick if they are meant to only support the dual-core...depends what level of board you have there.

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We already know it's an LGA 775 motherboard, so we already know OP can get any LGA 775 CPU...

Mine doesn't support C2Q  which is why OP should check what his board supports.

 

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ASUS P5KPL-AM EPU

https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P5KPLAM_EPU/HelpDesk_CPU/

Well, I do see three revisions of the Q9550 there. My BIOS ver is 0415. The Q9550 needs 0216 to run, so I don't think I need to update my BIOS anymore.

go ahead for 30$ its a worthy upgrade, you certainly won't be able to overclock much on this board though...it does not have heatsinks over the VRM and the mosfets will get quite hot if you ramp up the voltage you might fry the board and the CPU...so go easy.

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Xeon X5450>q6600

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We already know it's an LGA 775 motherboard, so we already know OP can get any LGA 775 CPU...

I (HAD) an LGA 775 motherboard and the best CPU it supported was a P4 HT.

I have more LGA 775 mobos, one support P4s and PD 8xx CPUs, Others supported everything from P4 to C2D. NONE of them support Core2 Quads.

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I (HAD) an LGA 775 motherboard and the best CPU it supported was a P4 HT.

I have more LGA 775 mobos, one support P4s and PD 8xx CPUs, Others supported everything from P4 to C2D. NONE of them support Core2 Quads.

Ahh. Motherboards have changed.

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Ahh. Motherboards have changed.

Anything that doesn't support even the 65nm quad cores is at least 10 years old. Core 2 Quad came out in 2007 if I remember correctly.

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Anything that doesn't support even the 65nm quad cores is at least 10 years old. Core 2 Quad came out in 2007 if I remember correctly.

some motherboards are too low-end to support the power draw of these chips, that's why they won't list them as supported...you can always try, chances are it'll work, but not for very long.

Nowadays intel CPUs are very efficient and they can get away with runing a quad-core on a very cheap 3 phase board...back then it wasn't the case. Overall build quality for motherboards has increased dramatically during those 10 years as well.

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some motherboards are too low-end to support the power draw of these chips, that's why they won't list them as supported...you can always try, chances are it'll work, but not for very long.

Nowadays intel CPUs are very efficient and they can get away with runing a quad-core on a very cheap 3 phase board...back then it wasn't the case. Overall build quality for motherboards has increased dramatically during those 10 years as well.

I believe back then Intel's "Quad Core" CPUs were just two Dual Core Dies bodged into the same package. Would explain the power draw...

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