[Solved] Will I be held back?

I have
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819103687
I originally got it because it was the cheapest dual core.


Dispite being weak it's a vast improvement over the celeron dual core in my last computer.

Still, I'll be getting a gtx 460 soon, will I hold my self back with this?

I don't multitask more than playing music and/or watching dvds while online.

I dont think u will be. its a decent cpu. u can even juice it up a little with some mild gentle overclock.

Do OC it, it will hold the GTX460 back for CPU intensive games, but it wont be THAT vad,

it's far from being weak..
there are better yes, but this is a solid cpu.
and on a little bit of 'useless' info; this cpu averages about 6.1 or 6.2 on WEI scores.
not bad for a 'weak' dual core. lol
you'll like it. and like it was stated earlier, overclock it..

I7 is wicked, the top of the line options.
I'm personally just an AMD guy.
Nothing personal with Intel.

^+1.

I'm afraid you cant OC on that other than raising the BCLK. Ill be surprised if you hit 3.1Ghz.

It's not an excellent board, but you should at least have the option of selecting the CPU FSB and the CPU multiplier along with voltage for the CPU.

BCLK is for i7,etc not C2D/C2Qs

^ True. But "Auto" voltages should be enough to get OP to 3.3Ghz or so. Sure, the voltages may be a little higher and therefor the CPU will run hotter, but you can't have everything.....

You should wait a month or so for the new AMD Radeons.

Verify you have the most current BIOS. At the main BIOS screen press <Ctrl> + <F1> for expanded menu options.



1) Set the Memory Clock to *Manual*
2) Drop the Memory Clock setting back one speed
3) Lock the PCIe to 100MHz

Maximum vCore per AMD spec is 1.4v. At 240MHz base clock you should be running 3.48GHz with your RAMs at spec. Max temps at load should not exceed 74c.

It is not uncommon for GB AMD chipsets to hit 280MHz base clock with good cooling --- not sure about your chipset. If yah want to give it a crank above 240MHz you should drop your memory clock back another notch.

Here's my unlocked Sempy on a GB 785g (using an old Opty copper-heatpipe cooler) -- didn't break a sweat but I didn't go higher because of my lack of FET cooling ...



Snag CPUz and HWMonitor. Grab OCCT for stress testing.