thining of a upgrade time ?

[Elspuddy]

at the mo i got a abit ib9 and an intel 2ghz core2duo, and i'v been seeing soem of the lastest games start to chunk a bit (burnout pardice, saint row 2) so i was wondering should i just throw a new cpu in there (max it can take is a E7300 2.66) or should i just get a new mainbord, cpu, ram ? please rember this pc is for gameing

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

According to the CPU compatibility list the IB9 can support the Intel Q9000 series quad core processors so I would get a Q9400 for around £141 to tide you over:

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Intel...ache-8x-Retail

Here is the CPU compatibility list:

http://www.abit.com.tw/cpu-support-l...l_p965_ib9.htm

Of course you may need to upgrade the BIOS and also make sure that your PSU is powerful enough.

[Elspuddy]

hmm, did not know my mainbord could take a quad cord, thorght it only did dual cores,
and is a 520w psu enuff ?

[nightkhaos]

hmm, did not know my mainbord could take a quad cord, thorght it only did dual cores,
and is a 520w psu enuff ?

What brand PSU, and what other hardware ya got floating around in your system? Fill out My System, will make diagnosis a little easier for us.

[vinnyT]

You may have to flash the bios for it to recognise the new 9xxx cpu, check online to see if you have to and if you do, do it before removing the old cpu.

[Elspuddy]

What brand PSU, and what other hardware ya got floating around in your system? Fill out My System, will make diagnosis a little easier for us.

done

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

The HX520W will be fine!! I have one too!!

[vti_786]

can i ask you guys if an amd opteron 170 is ok for gaming, should i consider upgrading my cpu, iv just bought an 8800gt (not a major gamer) and wanted to play some decent games, not the most demanding ones mind you

oh and i hope you don't mind OP

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

can i ask you guys if an amd opteron 170 is ok for gaming, should i consider upgrading my cpu, iv just bought an 8800gt (not a major gamer) and wanted to play some decent games, not the most demanding ones mind you

oh and i hope you don't mind OP

It should be Ok for some older games but TBH it may cause a bottleneck with newer games as even a budget CPU should be faster. However since the Opteron 170 is a dual core socket 939 CPU you should be able to get at least £50 to £60 on Ebay for it.

Being a socket 939 CPU not only are you upgrade options limited but expensive.

I would look to sell your CPU,motherboard and RAM. Depending on what you have you maybe able to get £100+ on Ebay for the whole shebang. For around £150 you could get an X2 545,770 based motherboard and 2gb of DDR2 or hopefully DDR3.

[vti_786]

hmm, interesting about the price, but the problem i have is that 1 pin on the cpu broke off, and i make it work by inserting a pin into the motherboard which makes contact with the cpu, lol, i know cow boy job, but it works 100%

i know i can probably sell it on ebay as a bundle and get away with it but i just can't do that to someone.

can i ask, is the 8800gt a good gaming card, is there any games it won't run (bfg 512mb)

and about the opteron, i have heard its a good overclocker, will overclock to about 3ghz, would that be ok to game on, if still not, you got any names of good old games, lol

It should be Ok for some older games but TBH it may cause a bottleneck with newer games as even a budget CPU should be faster. However since the Opteron 170 is a dual core socket 939 CPU you should be able to get at least £50 to £60 on Ebay for it.

Being a socket 939 CPU not only are you upgrade options limited but expensive.

I would look to sell your CPU,motherboard and RAM. Depending on what you have you maybe able to get £100+ on Ebay for the whole shebang. For around £150 you could get an X2 545,770 based motherboard and 2gb of DDR2 or hopefully DDR3.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

The 8800GT would be fine for most games. If you can overclock your Opteron a bit then it will help things!!

[Champman99]

8800GT is still a very competant card at moderate resolutions. As has been mentioned earlier the Skt939 really limits your options.

However there are a number of people that are reluctant to change platform and so that has really pushed the 939 processor second hand values very high comparatively.

Your best bet more more CPU power is a platform switch - the balance isnt quite right at the moment your GPU outstrips your CPU by a fair margin, and therefore you wont be getting the max out of your GPU.

[vti_786]

thanks guys, i don't really want to spend a lot of money upgrading just for gaming, especially with the limited games available for the pc, rather spend it on a console, oh well will see how well the old rig holds up to the games