Which Intel processor upgrade?

[jmy2469]

I have the following processor in my Dell E510, looking to upgrade. Thinking about getting into some gaming. What should I look at?

Processor,805,2.66,2MB,PentiumD Smithfield

 

[Shane]

Whats your budget?
What games do you intend to play?
Whats your current system specs?

Id recommend going Quad core if your budget can stretch to it...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115207

I think thats the cheapest Quad on Newegg .


You will need a graphics card if you want to game,that might also mean you need a new Power supply aswell but until we know the rest of your system specs..............

 

[jmy2469]

Here is my system config copied from Dell.
0 149DF INFO,PREP MTL,DEV,PWS,INCRS,#2
1 DJ331 Keyboard,104,Universal Serial Bus,United States,Entry Liteon,Black
2 F6761 Dual In-Line Memory Module,512533M,64X64,8,240,1RX8
1 CD940 Kit,Software,Wordperfect,12 PLUS-TRIAL
1 KH285 Card,Graphics,X300,Server Enhanced,MRMGA9LF
0 4X388 Instruction,Preparation- Material,Deviation,Dimension Increase,Number
1 NJ880 Processor,805,2.66,2MB,PentiumD Smithfield For Desktops,B0
1 D9934 Assembly,Compact Disk Read Write/Digital Video Disk DriveCombo,48X,Half Height,HLDS,05
1 YH958 Mouse,Universal Serial Bus 2BTN,Lead Free,Entry,Logitech Black
1 DC334 Hard Drive,80G,S2,7.2K,8M Lead Free,SGT-TNKA
1 CJ281 DIS,FPL,19,E196FPB,MG,DAO,FPIB
1 FC820 Assembly,Heatsink,Shroud Mainstream,MSMT
0 83535 INFO,PART,ATAPI,DEVICE
0 01323 INFO,NO ITEM
1 X9535 TSH,RMV,CDSK,MRI,ENG
Have $1500 right now.I know I will eventually want to play just about everything.

 

[jarlmaster47]

get the q8300 its great and easily overclocked

 

[Shane]

Here is my system config copied from Dell.
0 149DF INFO,PREP MTL,DEV,PWS,INCRS,#2
1 DJ331 Keyboard,104,Universal Serial Bus,United States,Entry Liteon,Black
2 F6761 Dual In-Line Memory Module,512533M,64X64,8,240,1RX8
1 CD940 Kit,Software,Wordperfect,12 PLUS-TRIAL
1 KH285 Card,Graphics,X300,Server Enhanced,MRMGA9LF
0 4X388 Instruction,Preparation- Material,Deviation,Dimension Increase,Number
1 NJ880 Processor,805,2.66,2MB,PentiumD Smithfield For Desktops,B0
1 D9934 Assembly,Compact Disk Read Write/Digital Video Disk DriveCombo,48X,Half Height,HLDS,05
1 YH958 Mouse,Universal Serial Bus 2BTN,Lead Free,Entry,Logitech Black
1 DC334 Hard Drive,80G,S2,7.2K,8M Lead Free,SGT-TNKA
1 CJ281 DIS,FPL,19,E196FPB,MG,DAO,FPIB
1 FC820 Assembly,Heatsink,Shroud Mainstream,MSMT
0 83535 INFO,PART,ATAPI,DEVICE
0 01323 INFO,NO ITEM
1 X9535 TSH,RMV,CDSK,MRI,ENG
Have $1500 right now.I know I will eventually want to play just about everything.

If you have that money and willing to spend....dont spend it on upgrading that system above,Do a complete new system it will be much better.

Would you be willing to build a new machine?

 

[jmy2469]

Never did it before,sure I would build a new system

 

[Shane]

Awesome....heres a build list i put together for you ....Better than wasting money on your current machine.

Intel Core i5-750 Lynnfield 2.66GHz 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115215

GIGABYTE GA-H55-USB3 LGA 1156 Intel H55 HDMI USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128437

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231277

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148433

HIS H585FN1GD Radeon HD 5850 (Cypress Pro) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161330&cm_re=5850-_-14-161-330-_-Product

CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139006

COOLER MASTER Storm Scout
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119196

LG Black 24X DVD+R
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136177

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116754

+ This if you realy wanted to keep that i5 cool and allow you to overclock

CORSAIR Cooling Hydro Series CWCH50-1 120mm High Performance CPU Cooler - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181010

TOTAL = $1,300.89 AND YOU HAVE CASH LEFT OVER

Its a very....very nice build,Id love it myself

That wont have any trouble playing the latest games on highest details.

 

[daisymtc]

I don't think dell e510 take C2D/ C2Q

 

[Aastii]

It is a good build, but the H50 is uneccesary, A decent air cooler would keep temps at similar levels and save a bit of money ($10 is $10, why waste what could be a couple of well earned drinks for no extra performance )

Prolimatech Megahalems - $65

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835242001

Thermalright TRUE - $60

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835109022

Xigmatech Thor's Hammer - $53

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835233032

 

[roridude]

Nevakonaza

Whats your budget?
What games do you intend to play?
Whats your current system specs?

Id recommend going Quad core if your budget can stretch to it...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115207

I think thats the cheapest Quad on Newegg .


You will need a graphics card if you want to game,that might also mean you need a new Power supply aswell but until we know the rest of your system specs..............

Nevakonaza, seriously, is this all you spend your time on? You reply to nearly every post. Go out and get a life ;P

 

[Shane]

Nevakonaza, seriously, is this all you spend your time on? You reply to nearly every post. Go out and get a life ;P

Hmm.....tell me is this reply of yours beneficial to what the OP is asking....NO.

So shut the hell up,mind your own business and not about my life.

 

[87dtna]

Awesome....heres a build list i put together for you ....Better than wasting money on your current machine.

Intel Core i5-750 Lynnfield 2.66GHz 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115215

GIGABYTE GA-H55-USB3 LGA 1156 Intel H55 HDMI USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128437

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231277

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148433

HIS H585FN1GD Radeon HD 5850 (Cypress Pro) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161330&cm_re=5850-_-14-161-330-_-Product

CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139006

COOLER MASTER Storm Scout
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119196

LG Black 24X DVD+R
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136177

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116754

+ This if you realy wanted to keep that i5 cool and allow you to overclock

CORSAIR Cooling Hydro Series CWCH50-1 120mm High Performance CPU Cooler - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181010

TOTAL = $1,300.89 AND YOU HAVE CASH LEFT OVER

Its a very....very nice build,Id love it myself

That wont have any trouble playing the latest games on highest details.

If he has $1500 why bother with an I5? Get an I7 920.

And seriously, an H55 board? No offense but what the hell!

I would personally go for a gtx470 rather than a 5850, but whatever.
So just replace the CPU and mobo with-

I7 920-

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115202&cm_re=I7_920-_-19-115-202-_-Product

And X58 extreme motherboard-

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...7163&cm_re=X58_extreme-_-13-157-163-_-Product


Also, the H50 cpu cooler is not any better than good air cooling, and most of the time it's a real PITA to mount unless you have just the right setup. The xigmatek dark night would take him the 4ghz on air NO problem at all-

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835233029

And if he's just gaming, the cpu won't be any kind of bottleneck even at stock clocks...so even if he just wanted to overclock to 3.6ghz or so it would probably never see more than 50c.

 

[jmy2469]

Open to all options here, 87dtna, why would you go with the gtx470?

 

[87dtna]

Because it's Nvidia and not ATI.......haha. Nvidia cards have PhysX, which helps the CPU out with physic's calculations. They also have CUDA, if you are a folder than Nvidia cards are the only way to go. I've also personally been more impressed with Nvidia cards. I picked up a 5770 recently, but was very disappointed with it's performance compared to my old gtx260...which is what most people say the 5770 is equal in performance too. Sorry, but my overclocked 5770 only reached the same performance at my stock clocked gtx260. And of course, I had no PhysX or Cuda then either. Eyefinity is the only nice feature of ATI cards, and it used to be DX11 too...but now Nvidia finally released their DX11 cards as well, and the gtx470 is in between the performance of a 5850 and 5870 for a price thats closer to the 5850.

Apples to apples....One of the best brands for ATI is Sapphire and the best Nvidia is EVGA.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102884&cm_re=5850-_-14-102-884-_-Product

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130550&cm_re=gtx470-_-14-130-550-_-Product


For $45 more, I would WAY rather have a gtx470 over a 5850.

 

[Shane]

jmy2469 ignore my recomendation above...its obvius that people dont appreciate any help around this place anymore.

2 years ago it was a whole lot diffrent,things change.

 

[87dtna]

jmy2469 ignore my recomendation above...its obvius that people dont appreciate any help around this place anymore.

2 years ago it was a whole lot diffrent,things change.

Dude you got a real bug up your ass. I don't consider recommending an H55 board with an I5 750 help at all. So just cool your jets.

 

[Shane]

Dude you got a real bug up your ass. I don't consider recommending an H55 board with an I5 750 help at all. So just cool your jets.

Im cool,....Anyway i didnt even say anything to you,I was responding to roridudes remark on me not having a life!

The reason i recommended an I5 setup and that board is the price,yes i could have done a I7 build but its totally Unnecessary and over the top...that build i mentioned is more than capable of maxing out any game he throws at it....and would have cash to spare.

Because it's Nvidia and not ATI

FAIL comment....

Thats your excellent advice eh?

So yeah....roridudes and you 87dtna,If you have some sort of problem with me or my recommendations....fel free to take it up with a Moderator and let them settle the score.

 

[CrayonMuncher]

i agree the x58 with the i7 920 would be a better option and at not so much more of a cost i would def choose that anyway as long as i could afford it

 

[Shane]

Of couse it would be better,But with a quick guess i doubt you would get an
i7,6gb of tripple channel ram and a 470 with the rest of those components i mentioned for $1500.

the build i put together came to $1,300 soo...

This will be my last reply to this thread so the "Moaning and stupid remarks" dont carry on., jmy2469 i hope you enjoy whatever you get

 

[jmy2469]

Ok, I said right now, I have about $1500 to spend,when I am ready to start this,I'll have $2000.That is the max. What does the extra $500 get me?