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Hej, so i was wondering. I recently Got a offer of a LGA 1366 MoBo, I7-920, and 12 or 16 Gb of ram (Don't remember). Don't remember the exact model of the MoBo, but i know it supports triple channel Ram, like most LGA 1366 MoBo's. The offer was 80 Eur. When i asked if the dude was selling parts or not, he said he didn't but now he does, when i asked i was into gaming and stuff, but now i'm doing more 3D modeling and such. maybe once in a while gaming. Should i go for it?

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How much more expensive is newer stuff? What's your current build?

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17 minutes ago, ARikozuM said:

How much more expensive is newer stuff? What's your current build?

Most people have their currents build on their profile page. OP does too.

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23 minutes ago, ARikozuM said:

How much more expensive is newer stuff? What's your current build?

On my Profile you can see, that my MoBo is a generic Prebuilt AM3 Board. And CPU is a Athlon II X3 450 (3Cores/threads) and 4 Gb of ram, because the Board doesn't support more than 4Gb.. I'd say the most expensive thing in the system is The ram, that i'll probably sell if i do get the LGA 1366 board with ram.

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5 minutes ago, Tundral said:

Most people have their currents build on their profile page. OP does too.

It's courteous to list your current build on any topic asking for info on an upgrade.

 

2 minutes ago, PartyWire said:

And CPU is a Athlon II X3 450 (3Cores/threads) and 4 Gb of ram, because the Board doesn't support more than 4Gb..

Go for it. While the first gen wasn't as powerful as the second, this is still a large jump for your needs. Just make sure that you're able to test the system before purchasing. 

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1 minute ago, ARikozuM said:

It's courteous to list your current build on any topic asking for info on an upgrade.

 

Go for it. While the first gen wasn't as powerful as the second, this is still a large jump for your needs. Just make sure that you're able to test the system before purchasing. 

I'll probablt even OC the I7 on it, but i'm not really sure on the cooler... He offered me the H100I With the Combo, but... He rised the price about 150 euros, form 80 to 230 euros... Don't know if all coolers would go, but i did find a 60 euro one that has LGA 1366 support, It's the H80i. Don't know if it's any good...

If you need help on used parts, contact me. I'm an used enthusiast.

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Intel Pentium III @ 733Mhz (Oldest of the Bunch)

Intel Pentium 4 @ 2.8Ghz (2002)

Intel Pentium 4 @ 3.0Ghz (2003)

AMD Sempron 64 2800+ @ 1.6Ghz (2004, Aug)

AMD Athlon 64 3500+ @ 2.2Ghz (2004, Jun)

2X Intel Xeon X5355 @ 2.66Ghz (2006, Q4)

Intel Pentium E2140 @ 1.6Ghz (2007, Q2)

Intel Xeon E5630 @ 2.53Ghz (2010, Q1)

Intel Core2 Duo E8400 @ 3Ghz (2008, Q1) (In use, @ 3.61Ghz)

Intel Pentium E6500 @ 2.93Ghz (2008, Q1)

 

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Palit GeForce 6800 GS (Should be working, AGP 8X)

Club 3D GTS 450 (Working, PCI-e 16x)

Sapphire Radeon X800GTO (Working, PCI-e 16x)

Nvidia GeForce 4 (Last time worked, AGP 4X)

Nvidia GeForce FX (No idea, AGP 4X)

Gigabyte Radeon HD 7970 OC (Semi-dead, PCI-e 16x)

 

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No idea of the brand or Socket (Whopping 16 Mb memory)

 

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Just now, PartyWire said:

I'll probablt even OC the I7 on it, but i'm not really sure on the cooler... He offered me the H100I With the Combo, but... He rised the price about 150 euros, form 80 to 230 euros... Don't know if all coolers would go, but i did find a 60 euro one that has LGA 1366 support, It's the H80i. Don't know if it's any good...

I would look into the be quiet! Pure Rock or Gammaxx 400. They should have support for the 1366 socket. You can also go larger on the air cooler vs using an AIO.

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Keyboard: Logitech - G910 Orion Spectrum RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard
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1 minute ago, ARikozuM said:

I would look into the be quiet! Pure Rock or Gammaxx 400. They should have support for the 1366 socket. You can also go larger on the air cooler vs using an AIO.

The dude who is selling me it, has the I7 clocked at 3.8Ghz, Would either of those be enough to keep the CPU cool at 3.8?

If you need help on used parts, contact me. I'm an used enthusiast.

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CPUs (11)

Intel Pentium III @ 733Mhz (Oldest of the Bunch)

Intel Pentium 4 @ 2.8Ghz (2002)

Intel Pentium 4 @ 3.0Ghz (2003)

AMD Sempron 64 2800+ @ 1.6Ghz (2004, Aug)

AMD Athlon 64 3500+ @ 2.2Ghz (2004, Jun)

2X Intel Xeon X5355 @ 2.66Ghz (2006, Q4)

Intel Pentium E2140 @ 1.6Ghz (2007, Q2)

Intel Xeon E5630 @ 2.53Ghz (2010, Q1)

Intel Core2 Duo E8400 @ 3Ghz (2008, Q1) (In use, @ 3.61Ghz)

Intel Pentium E6500 @ 2.93Ghz (2008, Q1)

 

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Palit GeForce 6800 GS (Should be working, AGP 8X)

Club 3D GTS 450 (Working, PCI-e 16x)

Sapphire Radeon X800GTO (Working, PCI-e 16x)

Nvidia GeForce 4 (Last time worked, AGP 4X)

Nvidia GeForce FX (No idea, AGP 4X)

Gigabyte Radeon HD 7970 OC (Semi-dead, PCI-e 16x)

 

Ram (1)

No idea of the brand or Socket (Whopping 16 Mb memory)

 

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1 minute ago, PartyWire said:

The dude who is selling me it, has the I7 clocked at 3.8Ghz, Would either of those be enough to keep the CPU cool at 3.8?

No idea. Have you asked for a screenshot of temps while Prime95 has been running for a couple of minutes? 

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Just now, ARikozuM said:

No idea. Have you asked for a screenshot of temps while Prime95 has been running for a couple of minutes? 

Ye, They were around 45-50C

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CPUs (11)

Intel Pentium III @ 733Mhz (Oldest of the Bunch)

Intel Pentium 4 @ 2.8Ghz (2002)

Intel Pentium 4 @ 3.0Ghz (2003)

AMD Sempron 64 2800+ @ 1.6Ghz (2004, Aug)

AMD Athlon 64 3500+ @ 2.2Ghz (2004, Jun)

2X Intel Xeon X5355 @ 2.66Ghz (2006, Q4)

Intel Pentium E2140 @ 1.6Ghz (2007, Q2)

Intel Xeon E5630 @ 2.53Ghz (2010, Q1)

Intel Core2 Duo E8400 @ 3Ghz (2008, Q1) (In use, @ 3.61Ghz)

Intel Pentium E6500 @ 2.93Ghz (2008, Q1)

 

GPUs (6)

Palit GeForce 6800 GS (Should be working, AGP 8X)

Club 3D GTS 450 (Working, PCI-e 16x)

Sapphire Radeon X800GTO (Working, PCI-e 16x)

Nvidia GeForce 4 (Last time worked, AGP 4X)

Nvidia GeForce FX (No idea, AGP 4X)

Gigabyte Radeon HD 7970 OC (Semi-dead, PCI-e 16x)

 

Ram (1)

No idea of the brand or Socket (Whopping 16 Mb memory)

 

Cables (1)

CrossFire X Cable

 

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3 minutes ago, PartyWire said:

The dude who is selling me it, has the I7 clocked at 3.8Ghz, Would either of those be enough to keep the CPU cool at 3.8?

Should be ezpz, my Gammax 400 keeps a 6 core Xeon (with hyper threading off) at about 60-70 under load at 4.2Ghz. 

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2 minutes ago, PartyWire said:

Ye, They were around 45-50C

It should be able to. Though, I'm wondering how low his ambient temp was. 

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Memory: G.Skill TridentZ RGB 2x8GB 3200/14
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive 
Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive
Storage: Western Digital - Blue 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive
Storage: Western Digital - BLACK SERIES 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: EVGA - 970 SSC ACX (1080 is in RMA)
Case: Fractal Design - Define R5 w/Window (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA P2 750W with CableMod blue/black Pro Series
Optical Drive: LG - WH16NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer 
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Keyboard: Logitech - G910 Orion Spectrum RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard
Mouse: Logitech - G502 Wired Optical Mouse
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