cpu upgrade on limited budget

[alycat]

ok so i've decided that it's time to upgrade my cpu. i have a celeron d and it's really beginning to show it's age. i can't spend more than $100 at the moment so i need some advice on what to buy. i'm a casual gamer and i play oblivion pretty often so i need something with enough power to handle it. anyway i've picked out a few that looked good. intel pentium dual core e2200, intel celeron 440 conroe, intel celeron dual core e1400. which one is best?

 

[Kari]

e2200 no questions about that, but can your motherboard support new core2duo cpus??

 

[alycat]

intel's website says that the 946GZ chipset supports core2duo cpus. and the socket is a plain old lga775 so i don't see why it wouldn't work.

 

[NMDante]

If those are your only choices, I would get the E2200 over any of the Celeron CPUs.

 

[Kari]

ok, but BIOS update might still be needed for the support... I just asked because you didn't tell what mobo you had, and I'm not too familiar with those celerons (which socket/chipsets different models use and all that), You might have had some really old stuff from the nineties or something ;P

 

[tenaciousleydead]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116072

The best for under 100.00$ definitely check if the board requires a bios update.

 

[Shadow703793]

+1 for E5200 or E210 if on a budget.

Note: The E2xxx CPUs are limited to a 3.2Ghz (P95 10+hrs). Fails P95 @ 6hrs on 3.3-3.4Ghz.

 

[alycat]

Thank you for the responses everyone. They are much appreciated