whats a good upgrade from a pentium D 925 on a dell inc. ohr330 motherboard its a lga775 socket

claire mansey

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Hi just need to know if i can upgrade my cpu on my dell inc, ohr330 motherboard im going to be upgrading my gpu to a sapphire HD 7770 in next few weeks and need to know if i should upgrade my cpu 925 aswell... thanks
 
Prior to advising on CPU, we need clarification of your Dell PC model - according to MOBO you have Optiplex 745, and most likely Mini Tower version (regular looking configuration, not skinny).

Second question - are you residing in US or elsewhere - you would have to look for used parts for cooling upgrade etc.

Third question. What is your budget? Provide in your currency please.

Forth and last one. What is the purpose of your upgrade?

Your turn.
 

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Hi, yes my pc is the optiplex 745 reg looking
Im in the UK
budget is less than 100 pounds :)
my upgrade is so i can play games like ffxiv on a higher fps , my graphics card is more than enough for the game but i feel my cpu is holding me back.
current cpu - intel(r) pentium D cpu 3.00 GHZ - 2 logical processors

Field Value
CPU Properties
CPU Type DualCore Intel Pentium D 925, 3000 MHz (15 x 200)
CPU Alias Presler
CPU Stepping D0
Instruction Set x86, x86-64, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3
Original Clock [ TRIAL VERSION ]
Min / Max CPU Multiplier 12x / 15x
Engineering Sample No
L1 Trace Cache 12K Instructions per core
L1 Data Cache [ TRIAL VERSION ]
L2 Cache 2 MB per core (On-Die, ECC, ATC, Full-Speed)

CPU Physical Info
Package Type 775 Contact FC-LGA6
Package Size 37.5 mm x 37.5 mm
Transistors [ TRIAL VERSION ] million
Process Technology 65 nm, CMOS, Cu, Low-K Inter-Layer, High-K Gate, Strained Si
Die Size [ TRIAL VERSION ] mm2
Core Voltage 1.27 V
I/O Voltage 1.27 V
Typical Power 95 W @ 3.00 GHz
Maximum Power 127 W @ 3.00 GHz

CPU Manufacturer
Company Name Intel Corporation
Product Information http://ark.intel.com/search.aspx?q=Intel Pentium D 925
Driver Update http://www.aida64.com/driver-updates

Multi CPU
Motherboard ID DELL Opti 745
CPU #1 Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.00GHz, 2992 MHz
CPU #2 Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.00GHz, 2992 MHz

CPU Utilization
CPU #1 / Core #1 6 %
CPU #1 / Core #2 0 %

Field Value
Motherboard Properties
Motherboard ID <DMI>
Motherboard Name Dell OptiPlex 745

Front Side Bus Properties
Bus Type Intel GTL+
Bus Width 64-bit
Real Clock 200 MHz (QDR)
Effective Clock 800 MHz
Bandwidth 6400 MB/s

Chipset Bus Properties
Bus Type Intel Direct Media Interface

Motherboard Manufacturer
Company Name Dell Computer Corporation
Product Information http://www.dell.com
BIOS Download http://support.dell.com
Driver Update http://www.aida64.com/driver-updates
BIOS Upgrades http://www.aida64.com/bios-updates
 
I am far away from home, using iPhone, so I will provide you with simple answer, and will elaborate sometimes after tommorrow (when I get home) if needed.
Maximum upgrade is Q6600 or Q6700, those ones are cheaper ones, there is one more, more expensive one, but I need to get home to my bookmarks to find out.

Meantime
http://item.mobileweb.ebay.co.uk/viewitem?sbk=1&nav=SEARCH&itemId=321244470174 check it up, Q6600 is in your budget so far.

Next, open your PC case and take a look at CPU cooler, 2 questions:
First, which color it is, white top?
Second configuration, vertical panels or horizontal?
If answer is white and vertical - you have aluminum cooler and need upgrade.
If answer is gray thin plates parallel to motherboard with a few vertical yellow pipes - you have the performance one, called copper at times, in this situation no upgrade is necessary, unless you want overclock.

Short on overclock. Generally Dells can not be over locked, but with certain processors it is possible. Q6600 is one of them. It can be overclocked from 2.4GHz to 3GHz relatively easy, but you might have to (might not) improvise with cooling uphrase.

So what is your reaction to overclock?

Your turn now.
 

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ive not realy done any overclocking before so have no clue.. My cooling system is a tower of silver plates with my heat sink over the top
 

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Third question. What is your budget? Provide in your currency please.
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