- Apr 22, 2013
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Hi Guys,
I know the 775 socket is dead now but I'm refurbishing a PC for a friend of mine that doesn't do a lot of heavy gaming but does play some of the recent titles. That being said he doesn't quite have the cash to jump to a socket 1155 CPU. He is upgrading from a Core 2 Duo E7500 with 8GB of DDR3 1333 RAM on a MSI G41 motherboard. I need some help selecting a decent CPU for him that would be faster than the one he has now without breaking the bank. Currently I'm considering the following (all 2nd hand of course)
Q6600 - $56
Q8200 - $83
Q9400 - $100
Q9450 - $125
Preferably he would like to keep the price under $100 dollars. Personally I have never owned a Core 2 Quad before so I would not know if the extra $25 would be worth it for a Q9450. I know that it does have double the L2 cache but would that make a difference in gaming? He has a 9800 GT currently but will upgrade to a 7750 in the near future. There will not be any overclocking involved but he does have a decent Coolermaster air cooler currently so I doubt that heat will be such a big problem. Also IO'm not sure if this matters but he is running a 22" monitor at full HD resolution. Additionally we are not in the US so I cannot purchase on Newegg etc.
Any help/suggestions that is provided will be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
I know the 775 socket is dead now but I'm refurbishing a PC for a friend of mine that doesn't do a lot of heavy gaming but does play some of the recent titles. That being said he doesn't quite have the cash to jump to a socket 1155 CPU. He is upgrading from a Core 2 Duo E7500 with 8GB of DDR3 1333 RAM on a MSI G41 motherboard. I need some help selecting a decent CPU for him that would be faster than the one he has now without breaking the bank. Currently I'm considering the following (all 2nd hand of course)
Q6600 - $56
Q8200 - $83
Q9400 - $100
Q9450 - $125
Preferably he would like to keep the price under $100 dollars. Personally I have never owned a Core 2 Quad before so I would not know if the extra $25 would be worth it for a Q9450. I know that it does have double the L2 cache but would that make a difference in gaming? He has a 9800 GT currently but will upgrade to a 7750 in the near future. There will not be any overclocking involved but he does have a decent Coolermaster air cooler currently so I doubt that heat will be such a big problem. Also IO'm not sure if this matters but he is running a 22" monitor at full HD resolution. Additionally we are not in the US so I cannot purchase on Newegg etc.
Any help/suggestions that is provided will be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
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