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Okay, so the time to upgrade my computer has finally come. A few months ago I bought a nVidia Geforce 9800GT. It's performance sucked, because my current processor (an Intel Core 2 Duo E6420) can't keep up with it. Now, I'm currently thinking about which processor should I buy. I've come across 2 that caught my interest:

 

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400 & AMD Phenom II x4 965 Black Edition

 

They are the exact same price over here and I can't spend any more than that on a processor (I wanna buy an HD along with it). Since I don't know much about hardware, I was wondering if someone could enlighten me.

 

Which of these processors do you think is superior?

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AMD all the way baby!

 

Technically speaking though the intel benchmarks at top speed where as the amd benchmarks at average. So a 3.2ghz in both of them the intel does a max of 3.2ghz where as the amd's will be average speed. Therefore for gaming purposes the AMD would be better.

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Er.. Not to sound out of place, but since you didn't mention it in the original post; were you looking at them via a motherboard/processor combo, new motherboard separately along with it.. Keeping the one you already have or what? Obviously, you wouldn't be able to use an AMD based CPU in an Intel based motherboard and vice versa.

 

So, if in the case you were going to be keeping the current motherboard. Then go with the Intel, hands down for cost effectiveness. However, if you were going to be choosing a motherboard based on the CPU you got, then definitely go the AMD route.

 

The AMD one has better all around specs, save for maybe the architecture of it. But, comparatively between the two CPUs listed, that alone wouldn't make much (if any) noticeable difference.

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Er.. Not to sound out of place, but since you didn't mention it in the original post; were you looking at them via a motherboard/processor combo, new motherboard separately along with it.. Keeping the one you already have or what? Obviously, you wouldn't be able to use an AMD based CPU in an Intel based motherboard and vice versa.

 

So, if in the case you were going to be keeping the current motherboard. Then go with the Intel, hands down for cost effectiveness. However, if you were going to be choosing a motherboard based on the CPU you got, then definitely go the AMD route.

 

The AMD one has better all around specs, save for maybe the architecture of it. But, comparatively between the two CPUs listed, that alone wouldn't make much (if any) noticeable difference.

 

Argh. Well, ain't that a bitch. Yeah, I was planning on buying the processor solo with no mobo combo, but now you got me good. Considering my processor is Intel, I take it my mobo must be Intel based or something.

 

It's a Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 btw.

 

Oh well, guess I'm going with Intel then. :wank:

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Argh. Well, ain't that a bitch. Yeah, I was planning on buying the processor solo with no mobo combo, but now you got me good. Considering my processor is Intel, I take it my mobo must be Intel based or something.

 

It's a Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 btw.

 

Oh well, guess I'm going with Intel then. :confused:

 

Just cause your old mobo is Intel doesnt mean this new processor will fit. You may want to look up you Mobo, see what types of Sockets it can support, and then figure out what socket this new processor is. If it's an old Core 2 Duo, chances are you might have to upgrade the mobo too cause your Socket might be outdated.

 

Just cause your old mobo is Intel doesnt mean this new processor will fit. You may want to look up you Mobo, see what types of Sockets it can support, and then figure out what socket this new processor is. If it's an old Core 2 Duo, chances are you might have to upgrade the mobo too cause your Socket might be outdated.

 

Yeah nevermind, I just looked both parts up and you'd be good if you bought the new Intel cause your board has the right socket. So you're good if you buy the Core2 Quad.

 

GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3

CPU Socket Type LGA 775

CPU Type Core 2 Quad / Core 2 Duo / Pentium D / Celeron

 

Intel Core2 Quad Q9400 2.66GHz

CPU Socket Type LGA 775

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Just cause your old mobo is Intel doesnt mean this new processor will fit. You may want to look up you Mobo, see what types of Sockets it can support, and then figure out what socket this new processor is. If it's an old Core 2 Duo, chances are you might have to upgrade the mobo too cause your Socket might be outdated.

 

 

 

Yeah nevermind, I just looked both parts up and you'd be good if you bought the new Intel cause your board has the right socket. So you're good if you buy the Core2 Quad.

 

GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3

CPU Socket Type LGA 775

CPU Type Core 2 Quad / Core 2 Duo / Pentium D / Celeron

 

Intel Core2 Quad Q9400 2.66GHz

CPU Socket Type LGA 775

 

Yeah, I remember that when I bought my PC, it said something about it being Quad Core ready. Thanks anyway. :confused:

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My current gear is an i7-720q (4 cores @ 1.6 GHz with turbo boost, some sort of dynamic overclocking as far as i know), 6 GB of RAM @ 1333 GHZ (i know, but it was a pre-built machine so i couldn't change anything), 320 HDD and an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470 of 1 Gb with shared memory if i recall correctly.

 

Yep, i do poop golden coins.

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My current gear is an i7-720q (4 cores @ 1.6 GHz with turbo boost, some sort of dynamic overclocking as far as i know), 6 GB of RAM @ 1333 GHZ (i know, but it was a pre-built machine so i couldn't change anything), 320 HDD and an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470 of 1 Gb with shared memory if i recall correctly.

 

Yep, i do poop golden coins.

 

 

Beastly machine. 1 . You can probably go into your bios and disable that dynamic clocking. I overclock and its actually the first thing I do on a new computer. You can have it run at its full speed all the time if you want, but it would obviously not be power conservative.

 

2. If you got into better games other than JKA you want to upgrade your video card to not be onboard. Sharing video memory is a NO GO for gamers. GTX 275 and up would be the MINIMUM i'd put in such a capable system.

 

In all honesty you have just secured yourself a machine that will not be out of date for at least 5 years. Hardware is sooooo much faster than software requirements right now.

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