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kimfromabove1985   09-29-2008 at 12:05:35 PM

Hi all,

At the moment I've got a
E2160 1.8Ghz
Asus P5GC-MX/1333 Motherboard
2GB 667 RAM
HD4870 Video Card
550w Power Supply
Windows XP

I recently upgraded to the HD4870 and wanted a better processor to go with it. I have my eye on a E8600 3.33ghz but want to know which motherboard will be best for now, and possibly later on upgrading.

This would be the last upgrade for a while as a E8600 and HD4870 should play most game for ages (im hoping)

I am thinking the Asus P5Q PRO but there are so many to choose from I'm not sure. Whichever one I choose I want it to be able to be upgradable just incase I devide to upgrade, to maybe a quad core?

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chookman   09-30-2008 at 03:52:17 AM
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According to ASUS's site your mobo supports the E8600 you want to use the 0404 bios so why would you upgrade the board?

Core 2 Duo E8600 (3.33GHz,1333FSB,L2:6MB,65W,rev.C0) ALL 0404
beta

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kimfromabove1985   09-30-2008 at 03:22:59 PM
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Are you sure it can support it?

http://www.asus.com/products.aspx? [...] odelmenu=1
LGA775 Intel® Core™2 Processor Ready
This motherboard supports the latest Intel® Core™2 processors in LGA775 package. With new Intel® Core™ microarchitecture technology and *1333/1066//800/533 MHz FSB, Intel® Core™2 processor is one of the most powerful and energy efficient CPU in the world.

*(1333 MHz when overclocking)

Just checking....

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dagger   09-30-2008 at 03:35:37 PM
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kimfromabove1985 wrote :

Are you sure it can support it?

http://www.asus.com/products.aspx? [...] odelmenu=1
LGA775 Intel® Core™2 Processor Ready
This motherboard supports the latest Intel® Core™2 processors in LGA775 package. With new Intel® Core™ microarchitecture technology and *1333/1066//800/533 MHz FSB, Intel® Core™2 processor is one of the most powerful and energy efficient CPU in the world.

*(1333 MHz when overclocking)

Just checking....



It's unlikely. The 1333mhz "oc" rating is exactly that, it doesn't support 1333mhz natively. The 945 chipset is ancient, came out long before your current cpu. Not to mention it was an economy microatx chipset even when it was still new. Even if the motherboard recognize the cpu with bios update, it's likely to end up underclocking, and you can forget about oc. It makes no sense to spend so much on an e8600 to have it underclock.

Consider something like those:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813128345
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131333
P45 for top performance and oc headroom on the cheap.

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kimfromabove1985   09-30-2008 at 03:59:36 PM
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thanks again mr dagger.

Will probly go for the P5Q-PRO, dont mind spending the extra $25.

But I think I will have to wait till I upgrade my CPU and motherboard, probly have more needy things to spend money on.

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