What do I need to make sure I have in my Computer if I want to get an Intel Core 2 Duo E8200. RIght now my computer has an E6300. Are there things I need to watch out for if I'm getting a better CPU, such as cooling and and any kind of requirements?
What do I need to make sure I have in my Computer if I want to get an Intel Core 2 Duo E8200. RIght now my computer has an E6300. Are there things I need to watch out for if I'm getting a better CPU, such as cooling and and any kind of requirements?
Looking at your mobo's page on newegg, I see you have a Intel G965 Express northbridge, and a max FSB of 1066. The E8200 is based for 1333 FSB, and I would think your northbridge is too old to support the new 45 nm chips.
a bit of a waste of money, your going from a C2D to a revisied C2D basically, i doubt you will even see much of a performance increase. i doubt the performance increase is actually worth the hassle to be honest.
Right now I have that motherboard, an E6300 processor and an Nvidia Geforce 7950 GT
Right now I'm looking at what I can upgrade to get the biggest increase in speed. Would upgrading my CPU or would upgrading my graphics card get me the biggest speed? Also, what would you recommend I get with a limited budget ($200-$300)?
upgrading your graphics card will have the biggest increase in performance mostly only in games however, but overall no increase at all. maybe a bit of memory might help alt-tab and others.
Also one Newegg it says that the 8800 gts requires a PCI express 2.0, iwch my motherboard (DG965OT) i think does not have. Does that mean i couldn't use it.
[QUOTE="xenophos"]Also one Newegg it says that the 8800 gts requires a PCI express 2.0, iwch my motherboard (DG965OT) i think does not have. Does that mean i couldn't use it.JSDempsey
you can still use that video card, and it will still run just a great.
As for overclocking, you do it in BIOS. just look up a guide for intel overclocking if you want a step for step guide
[QUOTE="xenophos"]Also one Newegg it says that the 8800 gts requires a PCI express 2.0, iwch my motherboard (DG965OT) i think does not have. Does that mean i couldn't use it.Spybot_9
you can still use that video card, and it will still run just a great.
As for overclocking, you do it in BIOS. just look up a guide for intel overclocking if you want a step for step guide
[QUOTE="xenophos"]Also one Newegg it says that the 8800 gts requires a PCI express 2.0, iwch my motherboard (DG965OT) i think does not have. Does that mean i couldn't use it.xenophos
you can still use that video card, and it will still run just a great.
As for overclocking, you do it in BIOS. just look up a guide for intel overclocking if you want a step for step guide
His motherboard does not overclock.
What do you mean by that?
It's an intel board made by intel.They dont have any overclocking options in the BIOS.
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