Will e5400@3.6Ghz Bottleneck GTX560?

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my friend had an ati 5850 which is pretty much the same in performance. he was using an e5200 overclocked to 3.65ghz and it was a brutal bottleneck on pretty much every modern game. get a quad core and overclock it or just upgrade the whole system.
 

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Well I want to play like GTA IV and BF 3 or maybe crysis.

the settings I want them to be:
GTA IV - 1680x1024 Max settings
BF- 1680x1024 medium to max settings
crysis 1280x1024 medium settings
 

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I specifically remember him play battlefield bad company 2 and the CPU graph was at 90-100% while GPU load was hovering around 50%. If that's how it was on BC2 then imagine how bad battlefield 3 will be. Also GTA4 was equally bad.
 

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Well the only core I think i can upgrade to with 4 cores is a Intel core 2 quad
I was about to buy a Q6600 quad core? Is this enough for these games?
 

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right now i dont wanna upgrade to i5 or i7 yet as I got the motherboard and ram replaced but now its too late :( so I gotta stick with the LGA775 Socket for now. i might Just buy a stronger cpu then overclock it to the max
 

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So what CPU with socket lga775 do you recommend me?
 

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The problem is those 775 quad processors are becoming difficult to find thru normal channels.....and the premium ones are bringing more than a motherboard and an i5 would cost. Don't do that.
 

yabyyoyoboy

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well I decided to buy a Q6600 Core 2 Quad but I was wandering is my cpu cooler strong enough? Its A Ice Edge mini FS But It says It support the Core 2 Quad. Would It handle the heat if I overclocked it?
Thanks Guys for all ur replies
 

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Well been overclocking and the temps never past 70c. it stays at about 67c on nearly all 4 cores? is that a safe temp range? to me thats hot as i have never had a quad core and never seen there temps. My old cpu never past 60c at full load
 

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Thanks for ur reply
I decided to throw out the small heatsink and put a massive one on and now it gets about 60c at full load and about 40c on idle :D
Right Now Im trying to overclock higher but it would get a BSOD so no idea :pt1cable: