I´m getting a Core 2 Duo E7500

[Aereldor]

1 minute ago, don_svetlio said:

6GHz is being conservative - CPUs don't scale 100% according to clockspeed so you'd realistically need 7+GHz

Wait till December and have Santa take it back with him to the only place you can get that sort of overclock.

[dragoon20005]

the top record for Core 2 Duo E8600 is only around 6.8GHz

 

and that is done with liquid nitrogen cooling

 

 

good luck trying to breech 7GHz

[harrynowl]

3 hours ago, don_svetlio said:

Bottleneck will be huge

 

IT's much slower. Haswell IPC is 2-3 times better than C2D IPC

No its not. that's one of the most most ridiculous claims I've read in some time. 2-3x netburst maybe. it's closer to 1.4-1.5x core2 ipc.

 

 

that is a 4.7ghz g3258, so lets say at 3.2 it is performing at about 70% of that number (3200/4700 = 0.68). that's 129.

 

not that far off the e8400 there.

 

 

Love it. Prove someone wrong and they're nowhere to be found in the thread again..

[TheRandomness]

1 hour ago, Darts401 said:

World of Tanks, CS:GO, GTA III, GTA Vice City, Fallout, Fallout 2, Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas.

WoT runs single threaded c: (Multicore support bullshit  it ran fine on my laptop which was a T7200 with a Nvidia go 7700)

[SLAYR]

If your 775 motherboard is compatible you could get a lga 771 xeon and do the conversion to use it in a 775 socket. Lga 771 xeons clocked at about 3.0Ghz will perform like a q6600 clocked at the same speed and are very cheap less then $20.

 

http://m.ebay.com/itm/SLASB-Intel-Xeon-Processor-X5450-12M-Cache-3-00-GHz-1333-MHz-FSB-LGA771-/111980378199?hash=item1a128cf857:g:YtcAAOSw4hdXH-3S

[iHardware Shelden]

For the games you are playing performance will be more than fine, and in the future if you want to play more demanding titles even like GTA V just slap in a Core 2 Quad (or Xeon) and play away. Good luck!

[iHardware Shelden]

1 hour ago, harrynowl said:

No its not. that's one of the most most ridiculous claims I've read in some time. 2-3x netburst maybe. it's closer to 1.4-1.5x core2 ipc.

 

that is a 4.7ghz g3258, so lets say at 3.2 it is performing at about 70% of that number (3200/4700 = 0.68). that's 129.

 

not that far off the e8400 there.

Also factoring in age and PTP that is quite damn impressive.

[dragoon20005]

here is my take on the Core 2 Duo E7500 as i got the E7300 version

 

if you got the CPU for free

 

slap the CPU onto a decent mobo like the P35, P43 or P45 mobos as they will support FSB OC up to 1600MHz

 

remember to pair it with RAM which has decent speed and can run stable since they will be affected by the FSB OC as well

 

it seems modern DDR3 RAMs used on the more recent LGA775 mobos with DDR3 support runs better as compared to the older DDR2-1066MHz and DDR3-1333MHz will work as well.

 

My Q6600 got instant boost to 3GHz from 2.4GHz when I used DDR3-1333MHz RAMs on the G41 combo mobo without me touching anything.

 

good OC for the E7500 is around 3.3GHz and good clockers can go up to 3.6GHz if you deploy water cooling and VRM coolings like slapping chipset cooler fans on the VRM areas which get hot during OC.

 

Use Harrynowl's guide for LGA775 OC

 

 

 

 

 

 

The max supported GPU I would run with the Core 2 Duo will be the HD7870 which is like the current R9 270

 

 

most online games still only run single treaded so a good single core CPU with good speed will run games fine

 

its only games which has a lot of pre render textures and physics will the Dual Core falls flat.

 

@harrynowl @iHardware Shelden @don_svetlio @Darts401 @Moonzy @Aereldor @Rolling Potatoe @Jumper118

 

Darts401 you still didnt tell us what RAM and mobo you have or got

 

that is one important factor if you want to do OC

 

If the Core 2 Duo is just a stepping stone for a new PC

 

suggest saving up and investing on the i3 Core 6100 at least for a budget PC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Zodiark1593]

Got an e8400 ordered for my dad's friend, he's coming from a 3.0 GHz P4. Got a Radeon 5450 in there as well. Should be a decent step up. The Shuttle PC is simply used for older flight simulators, it's not even internet connected. Flight Simulator X should do much better on the C2D. Not sure if the 250 watt PSU could handle a (single slot?) GTX 750 TI though. It's proprietary, so aside from jury rigging a 1U to fit in there, he's stuck with it.

[Darts401]

I got the CPU.

[dragoon20005]

3 minutes ago, Darts401 said:

I got the CPU.

mobo? RAM?

[Darts401]

Just now, dragoon20005 said:

mobo? RAM?

Don't have it yet, but I found some pretty cheap on ebay and amazon.

[dragoon20005]

1 minute ago, Darts401 said:

Don't have it yet, but I found some pretty cheap on ebay and amazon.

get proper P43 or P35 or P45 mobos with DDR3

 

if you have spare DDR3 RAMs check with the mobo you are buying can be used

[Darts401]

4 minutes ago, dragoon20005 said:

get proper P43 or P35 or P45 mobos with DDR3

 

if you have spare DDR3 RAMs check with the mobo you are buying can be used

How is this motherboard? http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gag41mts2pt Obviously I will find it somewhere else for a cheaper price.

[dragoon20005]

2 minutes ago, Darts401 said:

How is this motherboard? http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gag41mts2pt Obviously I will find it somewhere else for a cheaper price.

its ok but you will only be limited to 4GB because there are only 2 RAM slots

 

G41 is more of a low power PC use

 

you wont be able to OC the E7500 as much as the P45

[Darts401]

1 minute ago, dragoon20005 said:

its ok but you will only be limited to 4GB because there are only 2 RAM slots

 

G41 is more of a low power PC use

 

you wont be able to OC the E7500 as much as the P45

It says it supports 8gb of DDR3

[dragoon20005]

1 minute ago, Darts401 said:

It says it supports 8gb of DDR3

hmm didnt see that

 

but DDR3-1333MHz with 4GB are getting rare from the PC stores

 

the lowest is prob 1600MHz

[Darts401]

1 minute ago, dragoon20005 said:

hmm didnt see that

 

but DDR3-1333MHz with 4GB are getting rare from the PC stores

 

the lowest is prob 1600MHz

I'll get my RAM used or on Amazon we literally have no PC hardware stores near me.

[Rolling Potatoe]

1 hour ago, Darts401 said:

I got the CPU.

That cpu is like a 5$ part....with free shipping.

I dont really see much reason to spend good cash to game on that,

at most getting a cheap mobo with some ddr2 to get a working pc for browsing

and playing some counterstrike or tf2.

 

If youre looking for a cheap gaming plattform id be at least looking for a i7 920/930 (sandy would be better of course, but those are still quite pricy).

Those can be pushed to 4 ghz quite easily and will work nicely with a 200$ or so gpu,

you can usually get cpu+decent mobo+6 or 12gb ddr3+ decent cooler combos for around 150$.

[harrynowl]

1 hour ago, Darts401 said:

How is this motherboard? http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gag41mts2pt Obviously I will find it somewhere else for a cheaper price.

you shouldn't be shopping for new 775 boards on part picker. they're all crap and too expensive.

 

there's an ep45 combo on atm. very solid board http://www.ebay.com/itm/Gigabyte-Technology-GA-EP45C-UD3R-LGA-775-Socket-T-Intel-Motherboard-/262408708457?hash=item3d18c72169:g:F3UAAOSwO~hXISJX

 

way better than that g41 junk