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Upgrading CPU worth it?
LeedsFan:
--- Quote from: abispac on November 01, 2010, 06:56:24 pm ---Sorry to highjack this thread but i didnt make sense to me to start a new one with the same matter, anyway lets say i got 250 dlls, what would be the best mobo and cpu combo i can get with that kinda money? its been i while since i last bought a new mobo cpu combo, im stuck in the p4 times.... thanks
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Are you talking about Mame only? And when you say the "best" do you mean the fastest processor? Are you willing to overclock?
I don't know too much about AMD or motherboards (I'm going Mini ATX just because I need to for my project). But a dual core is the way to go for Mame. So I would go for an i3 530 or 540 and overclock the hell out of it. You can get 4.0 Ghz easy out of those on stock cooling. You should get an E8500 or similar cheaper but it will be harder to get it to 4.0 GHz. I'm sure other people will chime in with suggestions.
abispac:
--- Quote from: LeedsFan on November 02, 2010, 04:50:11 pm ---
--- Quote from: abispac on November 01, 2010, 06:56:24 pm ---Sorry to highjack this thread but i didnt make sense to me to start a new one with the same matter, anyway lets say i got 250 dlls, what would be the best mobo and cpu combo i can get with that kinda money? its been i while since i last bought a new mobo cpu combo, im stuck in the p4 times.... thanks
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Are you talking about Mame only? And when you say the "best" do you mean the fastest processor? Are you willing to overclock?
I don't know too much about AMD or motherboards (I'm going Mini ATX just because I need to for my project). But a dual core is the way to go for Mame. So I would go for an i3 530 or 540 and overclock the hell out of it. You can get 4.0 Ghz easy out of those on stock cooling. You should get an E8500 or similar cheaper but it will be harder to get it to 4.0 GHz. I'm sure other people will chime in with suggestions.
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i dont need to go mini, actually a regular size motherboard and cpu combo would do right, so i wonder, between the i5 650 and the i3 540, what do you think would perform better? or, are there any others outheres i can get for 250 dlls? thanks
JODY:
Each time I've considered upgrading a CPU I've wound up deciding to hold off and upgrade the motherboard, CPU, and RAM. Upgrading more than the CPU usually results in better performance as well as picking up some new features. RAM speeds have gone up along with CPU performance.