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He has a middle aged computer and it's hybrid board


It has an AGP and PCI-E slot

DDR2 and DDR400 (2 slots each)

So has 2gb of ddr2 ram

8800gtx

320 gb hdd

and a pentium d 915 (775)

Like i said though, it's a hybrid board :3 (775DUAL-VSTA)

The processor gets him only a 4.6 on the rating

ram = 5.5
vcard = 7.0
hdd = 5.9

So he was wondering which processor for the 775 would be the best

an E2200 ? or E4400

Core2Quad Q8400 @ 2,66 is a great choice. I own one, and I'm really pleased with it.

LGA 775 for Intel® Core™ 2 Duo/ Pentium® XE / Pentium® D / Pentium® 4 / Celeron® D processors


idk what's hard about choosing that =\

Stress wrote:Core2Quad Q8400 @ 2,66 is a great choice. I own one, and I'm really pleased with it.

fsb max support = 800MHz
and Q8400 = 1333

fsb max support for his board is 1066, he was looking at the e6800, how does that sound?

Gaigemasta wrote:fsb max support for his board is 1066, he was looking at the e6800, how does that sound?

Well I would think if a CPU has a higher FSB it would would underclock itself. Depends if the bios is updated or not.

Then again I only have experience in the AM3, AM2, AM2+, 1156, 478, and 1366.

I think hes aiming towards the e6800

the processor was made in Q3'10

and the board is old, but it's the same FSB max, and same slot obviously

any issues with compatibility?

Gaigemasta wrote:I think hes aiming towards the e6800

the processor was made in Q3'10

and the board is old, but it's the same FSB max, and same slot obviously

any issues with compatibility?

Won't know for sure unless you can get the name of the motherboard and model number.

Nvm guess the 755Dual-vsta is the name

Gaigemasta wrote:fsb max support for his board is 1066, he was looking at the e6800, how does that sound?

E6600 would be an option then Or an Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 off course

He's trying to find the best processor for the cash, the quad line is a little much for him

also the e6600 has a better score than the e6800, but is cheaper, my logic is defied

am I missing something?

Gaigemasta wrote:He's trying to find the best processor for the cash, the quad line is a little much for him

also the e6600 has a better score than the e6800, but is cheaper, my logic is defied

am I missing something?

from what newegg says the e6600 has more Cache.

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu ... 40+3.06GHz


^^^^^^ E6600



http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu ... 40+3.33GHz


^^^^^^ E6800



The e6600 is even cheaper

just wanted to let you guys know he got a Core 2 Duo e6600, it's getting shipped now I guess. He couldn't get the newer cpus (or quads) cuz of incompatible crap

Gaigemasta wrote:just wanted to let you guys know he got a Core 2 Duo e6600, it's getting shipped now I guess. He couldn't get the newer cpus (or quads) cuz of incompatible crap

yay for amd and their comparability

silly intel.

Hope it works. Should probably pick up some thermal paste. Like Arctic Silver.

lol yah, best pc hes had yet and he got it for a reasonable price

lol the thing is amds sockets arent around for long, and once they're outdated cpus are expensive

Gaigemasta wrote:lol yah, best pc hes had yet and he got it for a reasonable price

lol the thing is amds sockets arent around for long, and once they're outdated cpus are expensive

Wait..... wut? AMD sockets are around for some time. Then they are backwards compatible. So if I had an AM2 socket board I could still run the Quad core I'm running now.

I was more or less referring to the socket 939...bad experiences with his old computer

Gaigemasta wrote:I was more or less referring to the socket 939...bad experiences with his old computer

After the AM2 socket things became easy to manage.

the 478 socket wasn't any better on the Intel side.

socket 754 was par with the 478 in shittyness

Gaigemasta wrote:socket 754 was par with the 478 in shittyness

478 + windows ME ......... mmmmmmmmmmmmm

nooo socket a with windows me


You know, Windows Me wasn't as bad as people said it was, just Windows NT kicked as with Windows 2000. Windows Me was there last ditch effort for Dos, and failed

Gaigemasta wrote:nooo socket a with windows me


You know, Windows Me wasn't as bad as people said it was, just Windows NT kicked as with Windows 2000. Windows Me was there last ditch effort for Dos, and failed

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/viewer ... 6d5f9c8f68

this will refresh your memory

lol i dont remember it being that bad, but it did have its moments

lol that was funny btw

Gaigemasta wrote:lol i dont remember it being that bad, but it did have its moments

lol that was funny btw

too bad they didn't managed to put all ME errors in one emu, but damn they are close

emmm, makes me want the Entertainment pack for Windows 98


I MISS CHIP!

Gaigemasta wrote:emmm, makes me want the Entertainment pack for Windows 98


I MISS CHIP!

Installing ME + office 97 right now

you just might blow up the world!

but then I looked at religion, then I was like

Bump ^^^^


just letting you that the e6600 works great for him, he can now play ut3 and tf2 at max and run perfect lol he says thanx