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kimfromabove1985
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n°1864869
10-05-2008 at 11:43:49 AM

Hi I've got a

E2160 Dual Core @1.8Ghz
2GB 667Mhz RAM
MSI HD4870 DDR5 512MB OC
Windows XP
Thermaltake 550W PS

My CPU is bottlenecking the frames per second of games such as Crysis, So im thinking of upgrading to an ASUS P5Q-PRO Motherboard and a E8500, also for such upcoming games as Far Cry 2 and fallout 3, COD5 etc.

But im wondering how much more performance (mainly in terms of frames per second) I will get from this upgrade? And also if they are a good combo.

And also im not interested in Overclocking anything.

Thanks for your help. :)

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Maziar
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n°1864870
10-05-2008 at 12:05:34 PM

Hello and welcome to the forums mate :)
Ok if u are not interested in OC'ng then go for E8500(or E8400 and save some $ ) which would be a great boost for u :) also wwhat is your current motherboard?


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kimfromabove1985
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n°1864873
10-05-2008 at 12:16:46 PM

sorry forgot to mention, my motherbaord is a ASUS P5GC-MX/133, yeah its a budget one.....

kimfromabove1985
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n°1864879
10-05-2008 at 01:04:03 PM

anyone else?

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n°1864902
10-05-2008 at 04:07:29 PM

Since you're not interested in overclocking, I'd agree with Maziar and say go with an e84 or e8500. If you're willing to try overclocking though, you can save a lot of money and easily push the current cpu to 3ghz.

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n°1864908
10-05-2008 at 04:45:11 PM

Or you could even push the e84 or e8500 up to 4ghz+


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n°1864909
10-05-2008 at 04:45:41 PM

Since your not interested in over clocking get the e8500 for sure or maybe even the e8600 but you sure dont need a new motherboard, especially not a P5Q-pro.

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n°1864914
10-05-2008 at 04:54:08 PM

roadrunner197069 wrote :

Since your not interested in over clocking get the e8500 for sure or maybe even the e8600 but you sure dont need a new motherboard, especially not a P5Q-pro.



I totally agree with you, but what motherboard is he using now? If it's an older one, it might not be able to support them.


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n°1864926
10-05-2008 at 05:28:39 PM

I would get the 8400 and save some money..


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