Processor Advice

[Urithrand]

So I'm hankering to upgrade my processor right now, and I figure who better to ask advice from than the geekiest geeks I know?

So the processor I'm considering is the Core 2 Quad Q9550. Its a 2.83Ghz processer with a 1333fsb and 12Mb L2 cache, and I'll be paying around £175 gbp for it. This as I see it is likely going to be my best option financially.

The alternative is to buy a new motherboard and go AMD instead, but I don't have anything specific I've seen that catches my eye in this regard.

Any thoughts?

[Zorkaplex]

I briefly talked your options over with my brother. We both agree that the Q9550 is a solid choice.

[Maevan2]

There is not much else you could buy if you don't want to update your board and probably also your RAM.

[Usurper]

I've been GEEKED!! *The Hammer of Usurper Has No Fucking Clue What You Are Talking About,pounds him into dust*

[Fezzik]

Cuisinart has a really good processor and it makes julienne fries too!

* runs away giggling *

[Urithrand]

There is not much else you could buy if you don't want to update your board and probably also your RAM.

Actually there's the i7 range, but they are seriously expensive in comparison. I'd rather keep my purchase under £200, and most of the low end i7 processors start at about £400+.

I briefly talked your options over with my brother. We both agree that the Q9550 is a solid choice.

Thank you for giving the only sensible answer I got lol.

[Maevan2]

Actually there's the i7 range, but they are seriously expensive in comparison. I'd rather keep my purchase under £200, and most of the low end i7 processors start at about £400+.

Of course there is the i7. But you said you wanted to update your CPU. And where i live that means just the CPU and not the CPU+board+RAM

[Urithrand]

My motherboard is capable of taking an i7 already

[Maevan2]

My motherboard is capable of taking an i7 already

A board that has a 775 and a 1366 socket? I'd say you'd better check that again.

What CPU do you have now anyway?

[GodBeastX]

AMD is behind... that is all. Hoping they catch up because I was die hard AMD until Intel launched the core line and pimp slapped them

[Urithrand]

ATM I'm running a pentium D 2.8Ghz. It's rubbish. According to my documentation my board can take several processors from the i7 family.

[Urithrand]

So I went with the Q9550 and itr finally arrived today. And now I'm practically beating my head against the wall wanting to get home to install it!

[Saulus]

So I went with the Q9550 and itr finally arrived today. And now I'm practically beating my head against the wall wanting to get home to install it!

Then you can see how much better the toolset works when you're doing all that editing and 'writing'. Right?

[Lanemeyer]

I need some new stuff of these. A shame things around here are so hard to get

[Thief Of Navarre]

The Q9550 is a sound CPU. It came out just a week after I built my X-2 system; needless to say I was gutted!