Is it worth it to upgrade from a Pentium E6300 2.8 wolfdale to this one? How much better is this one? My motherboard is IPIEL-LA3 (Eureka3).
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Depends on how much you are paying. If the E8400 is free, or next to free, sure, go for it. But there are much better processors that should be compatible with your motherboard, that will give you better performance enhancements. For example a core 2 quad, or even a faster E8xxx series chip, like an E8500 or E8600.
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It is plenty fast enough for me. I have over clocked this chip to 4.8 with the occasional hiccup, so I use it as my daily PC at a stable 3.9. With a Crucial SSD for my OS and a Raptor for downloads, this rig has done everything I have asked it to without hesitation...games, Blu Rays, whatever.I have gotten the itch to build a new setup, but only for newer technologies my motherboard does not provide.I do agree there are cheaper options available to you now. 3 years ago this was the most bang for MY buck:-)
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My question to you is what are you upgrading from? because I have this mobo with an A10-5800K and it works like a champ.
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My last self-built PC was for running that Windows 3.1 so please let me ask this stupid question: for $20 more to get 10+% clock speed does it make any big different? Would this 03G-P4-2883-KR generates more heat (and fan noise) than 03G-P4-2881-KR? I am shopping this for my teen son's xmas surprise first power game PC, so please help. Any recommendations for the ultimate matching motherboad/CPU pair up? Thanks guys!
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My experience is I play a lot of old windows games and this motherboard handles it beautifully on all high settings.And the cpu and gpu intergrated runs super cool .Of course I have an fm2+ cpu at 65watts Quadcore 3.1 which is very nice./ If you multi task accept no less than a Quadcore and you won,t go wrong!!!! So if you don,t game heavy this is a dream motherboard. Make sure you have also plenty of memory/ram and a decent cpu cooler other than stock and it should be around for a long time to come.!!!! My personal experience is it,s Very Very Very Nice!!!!
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Anybody know if you can use DDR3 RAM 1066 MHz; like they use on the all the other UL series (UL30, UL80 with the SU7300) with the same processors. It would be faster and use less power.
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I bought it for my Y2P. It worked much better than the original card but I would still lose connection from time to time. Not sure about updated Bios but I had upgraded about a month ago before selling the PC.
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It is 3 to 5% faster. overall its a better chip. lower power consumption as well. Although the 3930k is a very good chip as well and i have had no issues gaming with it or running programs such as photoshop. very quick chip. however if building a new system for the extra couple dollars i would go with the 4930k.
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Yes it's an excellent upgrade. As far as I'm concerned and having built my own PC. You definitely want as much power as you can get when it comes to these machines.
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You can go for a board upgrade since these guys are spooking you. Motherboard HP Pavilion DV7-1000 AMD CPU 486542-001 My partner and I have revived many of these AMD Boards with flux, reballing and paste. Some of them require copper shims as an add on. These are not gaming machines and I think that's where some users exceed the limits.
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I have no experience with that cpu. I'm running the intel 4770 k at 4.2 ghz I have it looped through an asus maximus iv formula mobo so it's pushing twice the route that it is designed for. benchmark is 984 at 86 degress Celsius. I think the only better option is the koolance stand alone unit but it's pricey
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There's a good compare of 970 and (worse than 4820) 4770K and 4770K is already better than 970. check cpuboss dot com. I'd run for the new one. Mine is simply amazing. I'm thinking about exchanging the HD to solid state. I work with audio (homestudio) and the CPU performs amazingly.
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I have an I7-3770 and did not require a bios update. Recognized the CPU with no issues, very stable board. No complaints.
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No. Your motherboard is too old. That board support core 2 duo CPUs and core 2 quad cpu.To use this Pentium you would need a Z97 motherboard to take full advantage of the features. You would also have to get ddr3 ram for for the Z97 motherboard. As your older board is just ddr2.
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Make sure your motherboard is compatible with this processor, otherwise it will cause damage to either the CPU or the motherboard.I'm no expert here but I think I can help you narrow down your search using this linkhttp://www.cpu-upgrade.com/If this doesn't work consider a deeper research on the processor you already have and see if it has more powerful versions within the series.I wish you best of luck and I hope this helps
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Sorry, I don't know, I need to get a new mother board for mine, and am not sure what one I can use, to upgrade to the fastest Mother Board I can use with the processor. I have looked the charts online only find them confusing.
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No Wrong type Socket and Buss Speed, Go to Intel website Intel.com/support and Look up the updated compatibility List of Processors. Before you buy this board It was designed for XP and XP 64 I am running a Quad 3.00 on mine but I got the chip in a trade and built the PC around it, I am going to load Linux Mint 17 and use it as a host server, as for performance it is not as good I Prefer a Intel Dual Core i3 3.2 on A ASUS P8H61 That will Run Circles around it I had One Clock in at 5.9 with a Cheap Video card a month ago.