The following might sound a lil off on the grammar, sorry i was in a rush an copied this from another post i did an this in response to something but it tells all about my machine, an i basically want to know the best upgrades for it, mind you its running completely stock but i dont know the mobo that dell uses nor am that advanced to know what other processors in the Q line that might work with it, so i guess thats an answer id like to know to. I know this is some of the best places to go for advice an appreciate any input. Now on to the machine:
i have a q8200 that i run at stock speed that i bought from dell, its a 530 inspiron with 4 gb ddr2 800, 500 gb westdig, eva 9800 gt 1gb w/ this aftermarket ICE cooler (just a big fan), it had intergrated x3100 that i dealt with untill i could find a good priced 9800 an plus it kept the cost down, has the HD audio i think with 7.1, if anyone could answer that for me thatd be great too.
The thing runs everything at 1280x960 (21'' Trinitron CRT 4:3) flawlessly, an my hard drive isnt the best, its cluttered with shti everywhere an it runs everything ive thrown at it on high settings, i have no complaints, an thats not even overclocked! this is all at stock settings!! the most recent ive played on here are these: prison break conspiracy, bad company 2 (completed), mass effect 2 (completed), bioshock 2, dirt 2, codmw1 +2 (completed), shift, grid, ghostbusters (completed), an many others so as you can see ive played thru some of the most demanding games of recent without a hitch an thats without overclocking!! now ive read that its just to difficult an risky to try to mess with these q8200s, so im just thinking of, an oh yeah this is on Vista 64bit! garbage!!, putting on 7 an doubling the RAM, i think would help, but if you guys know a good way to overclock without having to buy anything im ears but to me, its all in the video card, as long as your video card can keep up with the data being thrown at it, process it an then outputing it off are equal, youll never be held up, thus running smooth. an 4 gbs of ram seem to be a healthy amount to have multiple programs running an stuff, but i see new machines with 8 gigs an i know 64 bit machines can take all the way up to 64 gigs plus, so what i did was alloted more memory for the paging, now thats another question does anyone know if thats a waste or its good cause alloted a lil more then what it recommended to do, it was like 65 gigs or 6.5 gigs, i dont remember.
But heres how it runs now, heres a scenario, i wanted to show off my cpu to my boy so i was playing codmw2 an paused the game, mind you i was in a mission to, alt tabd it an got up the desktop, then hit cntrl alt delt, brought up task manager an looked at the performance, an no lie dude this thing was only at 50-60 usage an running everything fine, like i mean fine by responsive nothing waiting on anything all doing there job, an i only have 1 hard drive doing all this!! an i only have 50 gigs free an i d/l movies like its my job lol. so its clutter fucked an ive never run a defragmenter on it an only started recently using windows essentials an ditched mcaffe after uninstalling it for free comcast nortons an hating what it did to my machine so figured id stick with windows own *** an it runs great an actually detects an gets rid of viruses, imagine that lol.
so since i typed like a child with no grammar, my point was my shits stock an the lowest Q you can buy, an with the right video card, an only one mind you, it runs awesome, just like xbox, an im interested in finding maybe a way to overclock but like i said i have no money to add cooling, psupplies, stuff like that.
-- Vista 64, Q8200, 4 gb ddr2 800, 500 gb wd, 9800 GT 1gb
pretty basic but i thought of the xbox when i wanted to buy so id know itd run the games i want to play. an also i paid $530 for the cpu delivered to my house brand new from dell outlet an no its not a refurb it was a unpaid purchase an no one ever got it so it sat an i got it, an then got the video card from newegg for 115, so total 645 for a stable, stout rig.
Also can i overclock my 9800 gt 1gb? does anyone know about the risks or is it worth it, just need a way in on that, an if my stock mobo can run any other Qs, my 8200 is the lowest you can get but can the mobo in the dell support higher Qs, maybe upgrade to a 2.66 or higher?? idk thats why im asking, lol. Thanks!!
i have a q8200 that i run at stock speed that i bought from dell, its a 530 inspiron with 4 gb ddr2 800, 500 gb westdig, eva 9800 gt 1gb w/ this aftermarket ICE cooler (just a big fan), it had intergrated x3100 that i dealt with untill i could find a good priced 9800 an plus it kept the cost down, has the HD audio i think with 7.1, if anyone could answer that for me thatd be great too.
The thing runs everything at 1280x960 (21'' Trinitron CRT 4:3) flawlessly, an my hard drive isnt the best, its cluttered with shti everywhere an it runs everything ive thrown at it on high settings, i have no complaints, an thats not even overclocked! this is all at stock settings!! the most recent ive played on here are these: prison break conspiracy, bad company 2 (completed), mass effect 2 (completed), bioshock 2, dirt 2, codmw1 +2 (completed), shift, grid, ghostbusters (completed), an many others so as you can see ive played thru some of the most demanding games of recent without a hitch an thats without overclocking!! now ive read that its just to difficult an risky to try to mess with these q8200s, so im just thinking of, an oh yeah this is on Vista 64bit! garbage!!, putting on 7 an doubling the RAM, i think would help, but if you guys know a good way to overclock without having to buy anything im ears but to me, its all in the video card, as long as your video card can keep up with the data being thrown at it, process it an then outputing it off are equal, youll never be held up, thus running smooth. an 4 gbs of ram seem to be a healthy amount to have multiple programs running an stuff, but i see new machines with 8 gigs an i know 64 bit machines can take all the way up to 64 gigs plus, so what i did was alloted more memory for the paging, now thats another question does anyone know if thats a waste or its good cause alloted a lil more then what it recommended to do, it was like 65 gigs or 6.5 gigs, i dont remember.
But heres how it runs now, heres a scenario, i wanted to show off my cpu to my boy so i was playing codmw2 an paused the game, mind you i was in a mission to, alt tabd it an got up the desktop, then hit cntrl alt delt, brought up task manager an looked at the performance, an no lie dude this thing was only at 50-60 usage an running everything fine, like i mean fine by responsive nothing waiting on anything all doing there job, an i only have 1 hard drive doing all this!! an i only have 50 gigs free an i d/l movies like its my job lol. so its clutter fucked an ive never run a defragmenter on it an only started recently using windows essentials an ditched mcaffe after uninstalling it for free comcast nortons an hating what it did to my machine so figured id stick with windows own *** an it runs great an actually detects an gets rid of viruses, imagine that lol.
so since i typed like a child with no grammar, my point was my shits stock an the lowest Q you can buy, an with the right video card, an only one mind you, it runs awesome, just like xbox, an im interested in finding maybe a way to overclock but like i said i have no money to add cooling, psupplies, stuff like that.
-- Vista 64, Q8200, 4 gb ddr2 800, 500 gb wd, 9800 GT 1gb
pretty basic but i thought of the xbox when i wanted to buy so id know itd run the games i want to play. an also i paid $530 for the cpu delivered to my house brand new from dell outlet an no its not a refurb it was a unpaid purchase an no one ever got it so it sat an i got it, an then got the video card from newegg for 115, so total 645 for a stable, stout rig.
Also can i overclock my 9800 gt 1gb? does anyone know about the risks or is it worth it, just need a way in on that, an if my stock mobo can run any other Qs, my 8200 is the lowest you can get but can the mobo in the dell support higher Qs, maybe upgrade to a 2.66 or higher?? idk thats why im asking, lol. Thanks!!
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