Should continue to go lga 775 or upgrade to Lga 1150?

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I currently have a E8400 and I wanna OC and I can buy a OC motherboard for it but I dont know if it is a waste of money. Should I go for a G3258 and a OC motherboard or go with the current processor OC it.
 
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If you can oc it without putting a bunch of money into it, I would do that and wait for something like skylake. My e8400 was oc'd to 3.6ghz and did pretty well in games except for maybe the newest ones. Not sure what you're planning to use it for, just guessing gaming. Parts for the lga 775 are obsolete for the most part so now carry a price premium for what they are. Newer tech is roughly the same price for a lot better performance, in terms of ddr2 vs ddr3 and so on. Depending what you're looking to do, if it is in fact gaming you may want to save up a bit more and go with at least an i3 or locked core i5 rather than the g3258. Otherwise you'll be putting money into something with lesser capabilities and find you'll need another...
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LGA775 belongs in the museum.
If want to spend much money on it, you are like spending money for nothing.
It is a different story if you plan to replace on lythe proc with second-handed Q6600, Q8200 or any other Qxxxx from eBay.
If you want to replace the mobo, get an after market cooler, get new proc, OC it, get new PSU, etc. etc. It is just not worth it anymore.
 
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even if u get a badass 775 mobo and OC it.. the performance spike should be around 3-4 fps which is Bu&&$#!t for the money.. u would better be off with a g3258,212evo & mobo an then OC g3258 .. it will give some respective scores over the older cpu.. and whats your GPU??
 
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If you can oc it without putting a bunch of money into it, I would do that and wait for something like skylake. My e8400 was oc'd to 3.6ghz and did pretty well in games except for maybe the newest ones. Not sure what you're planning to use it for, just guessing gaming. Parts for the lga 775 are obsolete for the most part so now carry a price premium for what they are. Newer tech is roughly the same price for a lot better performance, in terms of ddr2 vs ddr3 and so on. Depending what you're looking to do, if it is in fact gaming you may want to save up a bit more and go with at least an i3 or locked core i5 rather than the g3258. Otherwise you'll be putting money into something with lesser capabilities and find you'll need another upgrade sooner than later - then you're out the money for the 3258 plus whatever you upgrade to.
 
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Here's a link you might want to look at, shows various games (yes, older games, it's an older cpu) with some benchmarks clocked at various speeds. As always, performance increases vary. Some games saw 5fps, others showed closer to 20fps increase going from 3.4 to 4.1ghz. Not too many benchmarks of the e8400 with current games, it's just an odd scenario - everyone wants to see how the latest compares.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/graphics/display/radeon-hd5870-cpu-scaling_4.html

In some games the e8400 held up with the fx 8150 like dragon age 2, skyrim etc. while falling a bit behind in others.
http://www.ocaholic.ch/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=816&page=8

The newest game I think I played with the e8400 was cod ghosts shortly after it came out, was able to play between 40-55fps with medium/high settings paired with an hd 7850 (about the fastest gpu I could pair with it without severe bottlenecking). It definitely plays smoother on my 4690k but was quite playable on the e8400 still.
 
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