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July 23, 2014 8:21:14 PM

I have an IPILP-LC motherboard and i want to upgrade the cpu, get a gpu. i want to spend less then $70cdn on everything if possible. Ive been looking on ebay.ca (Canadian) and i have found a Intel E4700 and a Geforce gt630.

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July 23, 2014 8:25:59 PM

With socket 775, this MOBO is just plain old. I also found that it maxes out at an E4400, so that 4700 will not be compatible. The GT630 is also not going to push out much GPU power, maybe moderate multimedia at best.

I'd recommend saving up for a new rig, or a new motherboard at the very least.
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July 23, 2014 8:28:19 PM

Iron124 said:
With socket 775, this MOBO is just plain old. I also found that it maxes out at an E4400, so that 4700 will not be compatible. The GT630 is also not going to push out much GPU power, maybe moderate multimedia at best.

I'd recommend saving up for a new rig, or a new motherboard at the very least.


I know it is very old it is just something to use in the mean time. What would you recommend that would get the most performance out of this?
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a b V Motherboard
July 23, 2014 8:41:27 PM

Found an E4400 on Ebay for $11. http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Intel-Core-2-Duo-CPU-E4400-2-0GH...

As far as the GPU, whatever you wanna spend I guess. You've got about $59 left after the CPU, best I could do was this:

http://www.amazon.ca/Radeon-GDDR3-PCI-Express-Video-HD6...

Not a great card, but beats the crap out of your built-in GMA 950 anyway.
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July 23, 2014 8:44:40 PM

Iron124 said:
Found an E4400 on Ebay for $11. http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Intel-Core-2-Duo-CPU-E4400-2-0GH...

As far as the GPU, whatever you wanna spend I guess. You've got about $59 left after the CPU, best I could do was this:

http://www.amazon.ca/Radeon-GDDR3-PCI-Express-Video-HD6...

Not a great card, but beats the crap out of your built-in GMA 950 anyway.


Thank you very much for the help, ill be getting a new PC in the next coming months, just found this dinosaur in my garage and wanted something the game on since its summer and i had $80 to spend. Again thank you for the help :) 
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July 23, 2014 8:47:16 PM

ExplicitNoob said:
Iron124 said:
Found an E4400 on Ebay for $11. http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Intel-Core-2-Duo-CPU-E4400-2-0GH...

As far as the GPU, whatever you wanna spend I guess. You've got about $59 left after the CPU, best I could do was this:

http://www.amazon.ca/Radeon-GDDR3-PCI-Express-Video-HD6...

Not a great card, but beats the crap out of your built-in GMA 950 anyway.


Thank you very much for the help, ill be getting a new PC in the next coming months, just found this dinosaur in my garage and wanted something the game on since its summer and i had $80 to spend. Again thank you for the help :) 


You're certainly welcome, the Core 2 Duo is an okay processor and the 6450 can play some older games anyway.

Good luck!
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