socket 775 upgrade vc am3+

[The Flying Sloth]

I currently have a PC (in my sig) running a 775 cpu and 4 gb ram. it is getting to the point where it is unuseable and since it is my daily driver I would like to upgrade it for the least cost. I will need (if I stay 775) 8 gb ram and probably something like a QX9770.

Researching prices I found that an FX 4350 was cheaper than the extreme cpu and it had better performance. (Australia prices are terrible)

My question is, what 775 CPU should I get or should I go AM3+ now and upgrade to zen when it gets here?

[cpuwaiy]

How about a Q9650 or Q9550?

[dragoon20005]

save up and go for the Zen CPU

 

you are going to waste money on a dying AM3+ socket platform

 

 

[The Flying Sloth]

1 minute ago, cpuwaiy said:

How about a Q9650 or Q9550?

I'm open to anything, really best price/performance at this point, I do have to admit I am a bit of an AMD fanboy and zen is very enticing

[The Flying Sloth]

1 minute ago, dragoon20005 said:

save up and go for the Zen CPU

 

you are going to waste money on a dying AM3+ socket platform

 

 

do we have confirmation of ZEN socket yet?

[dragoon20005]

1 minute ago, The Flying Sloth said:

do we have confirmation of ZEN socket yet?

no news yet

 

hold on to your current system

 

if you still need a upgrade

 

go to ebay and get a q6600 for a drop in upgrade of your system

 

 

[Energycore]

5 minutes ago, The Flying Sloth said:

do we have confirmation of ZEN socket yet?

The Socket AM4 will be unveiled in 30 may during computex. But Zen chips might take as long as Q1 2017.

 

You can try a mod to your socket and put a Xeon E5460 in there, it's probably the best value.

[The Flying Sloth]

3 minutes ago, Energycore said:

The Socket AM4 will be unveiled in 30 may during computex. But Zen chips might take as long as Q1 2017.

 

You can try a mod to your socket and put a Xeon E5460 in there, it's probably the best value.

is there a guide to socket modding?

 

[Energycore]

Just now, The Flying Sloth said:

is there a guide to socket modding?

 

 

I like this one, although since I haven't done it myself I can't guarantee that it covers all you need to know - like whether only some motherboards support it or similar stuff. Research is valuable and will save you money and hassle

[The Flying Sloth]

1 minute ago, Energycore said:

 

I like this one, although since I haven't done it myself I can't guarantee that it covers all you need to know - like whether only some motherboards support it or similar stuff. Research is valuable and will save you money and hassle

I just found that the 5460 isn't that much of an upgrade on my current 7400, I am doing music/video production and I really need quite a large pick-me-up. I play current games with a HD 6950 windforce (fav gpu in the world, I own like 6) and 4gb ram

[Energycore]

Just now, The Flying Sloth said:

I just found that the 5460 isn't that much of an upgrade on my current 7400, I am doing music/video production and I really need quite a large pick-me-up. I play current games with a HD 6950 windforce (fav gpu in the world, I own like 6) and 4gb ram

In that case, I'd go for a big upgrade. What's your budget? We can come up with something. Not AM3 though.

[The Flying Sloth]

1 minute ago, Energycore said:

In that case, I'd go for a big upgrade. What's your budget? We can come up with something. Not AM3 though.

I am a reasonably large player in the Brisbane secondhand market, would getting a quad core Athlon be better? I will move to ZEN when it comes out and need something to last till then, Budget can be considered to be infinite, I just want best price/performance (preferably secondhand) that I can get rid of when ZEN gets here

[Energycore]

Just now, The Flying Sloth said:

I am a reasonably large player in the Brisbane secondhand market, would getting a quad core Athlon be better? I will move to ZEN when it comes out and need something to last till then, Budget can be considered to be infinite, I just want best price/performance (preferably secondhand) that I can get rid of when ZEN gets here

An FM2+ Athlon won't be much better than a Q6600.

 

But if you're looking for second hand parts, look for a Xeon E5640 and a LGA 1366 motherboard. It's the workstation / server version of an i7-920 but with slightly better per-core performance, and you can overclock it with some BIOS tweaks.

 

 

[Energycore]

4 minutes ago, The Flying Sloth said:

I am a reasonably large player in the Brisbane secondhand market, would getting a quad core Athlon be better? I will move to ZEN when it comes out and need something to last till then, Budget can be considered to be infinite, I just want best price/performance (preferably secondhand) that I can get rid of when ZEN gets here

Here you go.

 

 

[The Flying Sloth]

1 minute ago, Energycore said:

Here you go.

 

 

Will watch when I get home, Youtube is blocked at work

[Energycore]

Just now, The Flying Sloth said:

Will watch when I get home, Youtube is blocked at work

Happy building!

 

One day I'll have a computer build / refurbish store. It will be glorious.

[The Flying Sloth]

1 minute ago, Energycore said:

Happy building!

 

One day I'll have a computer build / refurbish store. It will be glorious.

I run a secondhand marketplace that only takes up-trades. Prettymuch how I get all my speakers and stuff. You should try it, you don't make any money but you come into contact with heaps of cool stuff

[The Flying Sloth]

2 hours ago, cpuwaiy said:

How about a Q9650 or Q9550?

9650's are $120 in AUS secondhand

[Monkeypeas]

x3330/q9400 is gonna be the easiest and cheapest cpu upgrade providing your motherboard supports them, the higher end q9xx chips with large caches are still fairly expensive for what they are, and generally not worth it (here in the uk atleast)

 

if not, then a q6600 is your second best bet

 

and yes, 8gb ram, you really need that

 

i wouldnt bother swapping out your entire systems internals for a still pretty old 1156 or 1366 platform, they very nearly as ancient as your 775 socket, spend as little as you can on your current 775 platform to get a quad core and 8gb of ram, and wait until you have the money to upgrade to zen or sky/kaby

 

for reference i have a friend in serbia, who has no money, he was struggling along with a e6600 duel and 4gb of ram, i posted him a q6600 and 8gb ddr2 i had in a cupboard doing nothing, now we play gtaV together lol, tempted to send him a ssd aswell, his computer bothers my pc ocd, i must improve it!

[cpuwaiy]

5 hours ago, The Flying Sloth said:

9650's are $120 in AUS secondhand

In the us, q9550 around 40 q9650 95+. 

[The Flying Sloth]

10 hours ago, Monkeypeas said:

x3330/q9400 is gonna be the easiest and cheapest cpu upgrade providing your motherboard supports them, the higher end q9xx chips with large caches are still fairly expensive for what they are, and generally not worth it (here in the uk atleast)

 

if not, then a q6600 is your second best bet

 

and yes, 8gb ram, you really need that

 

i wouldnt bother swapping out your entire systems internals for a still pretty old 1156 or 1366 platform, they very nearly as ancient as your 775 socket, spend as little as you can on your current 775 platform to get a quad core and 8gb of ram, and wait until you have the money to upgrade to zen or sky/kaby

 

for reference i have a friend in serbia, who has no money, he was struggling along with a e6600 duel and 4gb of ram, i posted him a q6600 and 8gb ddr2 i had in a cupboard doing nothing, now we play gtaV together lol, tempted to send him a ssd aswell, his computer bothers my pc ocd, i must improve it!

I play GTAV now on this system, I have the money to upgrade but I would rather wait and get a newer CPU. Prices in australia are fucked and here FX chips are faaaar cheaper than anything remotely close by intel. Oh well, I guess we've just gotta hope ZEN is half decent

[WkdPaul]

My previous gaming rig was a Q9400 @3.0Ghz with 8GB of RAM. Performance wise it's within 15-20% of my current 4170.

 

In Canada 775 CPUs aren't worth much, the most expensive C2D is around $3 CAD and C2Q don't cost much either (at least in Montreal). I actually got my Q9400 and Q6600 for free.

 

I'm actually surprised someone is gaming on a C2D!

[The Flying Sloth]

29 minutes ago, wkdpaul said:

My previous gaming rig was a Q9400 @3.0Ghz with 8GB of RAM. Performance wise it's within 15-20% of my current 4170.

 

In Canada 775 CPUs aren't worth much, the most expensive C2D is around $3 CAD and C2Q don't cost much either (at least in Montreal). I actually got my Q9400 and Q6600 for free.

 

I'm actually surprised someone is gaming on a C2D!

It performs surprisingly well, I can play most games on medium to high settings full 1080P.

[Monkeypeas]

11 hours ago, The Flying Sloth said:

It performs surprisingly well, I can play most games on medium to high settings full 1080P.

so then why are you calling it unusable,

 

and why are you saying you'd rather wait and buy something newer but ALSO asking us what 775 socket cpu you should get?!

 

WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM US?!?

 

*flails

 

q9400/x3330 or wait for zen, with atleast 8gb of ram either way... is simple... i think, i dont know anymore Q.Q

 

[The Flying Sloth]

13 hours ago, Monkeypeas said:

so then why are you calling it unusable,

 

and why are you saying you'd rather wait and buy something newer but ALSO asking us what 775 socket cpu you should get?!

 

WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM US?!?

 

*flails

 

q9400/x3330 or wait for zen, with atleast 8gb of ram either way... is simple... i think, i dont know anymore Q.Q

 

Haha, the CPU is fine for gaming but I use it for music production as well. in-game the CPU works fine but booting, opening programs and all my recording/DAW software are laggy AF and my CPU and RAM are currently the bottleneck. I am definitely getting 8GB ram and my question was, what should I do as a short-term solution until ZEN arrives?