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Older LGA775 Upgrade options

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October 11, 2014 8:45:53 PM

My brother is suggesting to upgrade his aging desktop, with hopes of using his facebook games with greater fps. Motherboard is DG965OT which has a LGA775 socket and PCI-e 16x slot. CPU options are

Intel Core 2 Duo processor in an LGA775 socket with a 1066 or 800 MHz
system bus
• Intel Pentium D processor in an LGA775 processor socket with an 800 or
533 MHz system bus
• Intel Pentium 4 processor in an LGA775 processor socket with an 800 or
533 MHz system bus
• Intel Celeron D processor in an LGA775 processor socket with a 533 MHz
system bus

I'm not that knowledgeable in which to pick as the options are limited to the LGA775 socket. Hes not looking for superior Crysis on 4 screens gaming, but maybe options for Minecraft and DayZ with a decent GPU. What are some best options for CPU which don't require changing the motherboard?

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October 11, 2014 8:54:40 PM

The options are few. If you really want to stick with that socket, just get the fastest most economical CPU.

But the best advice is to update the entire PC.
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October 11, 2014 9:08:58 PM

According to this:
http://processormatch.intel.com/Processors/CompatiblePr...

I would suggest a q6600 from eBay, like:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Core-2-Quad-Q6600-PROCESS...

or:

q6700, like:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Core-2-Quad-Processor-Q67...

Although, I don't think the 0.26ghz is worth the extra $20.

From the compatibility tool there, those are the best CPU's you can get for that mobo.


Note: Just make sure you have the latest BIOS version installed BEFORE changing the CPU, if you decide to upgrade.
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October 13, 2014 4:39:51 PM

I'll suggest the given options but honestly he will need upgrade in order to get best performance. Maybe a cheap upgrade to get him by for now.
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