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Need abit of help selectig my next CPU.
I have a P5B motherboard, so am limited to these prossesors.
Which would be best for my system?

I got 2gb DD2 ram (4gigs DDR2 ram end of next month), NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT 512mb graphics card & Win7 64bit.

To be honest, it doesn't matter which one will fit, it is more of a problem of which one you can actually get. Those are at least 3 generations behind the current tech and are hard to find. I suggest saving for a full revamp.

ΓΛPTΘΓ, on 29 October 2012 - 01:41, said:

Agreed with this. It gets to a stage where the gear you can get just won't cut it anymore or just doesn't get stocked. You'll wind up spending more searching for the parts you need than simply replacing everything.

Okay, so I need a new mobo.
I can use ide-sata converters till i upgrade the ide drives, so no limitation there.
I'd prefer if I could use my current RAM(DDR2) & GPU(PCI-e) before upgrading them at a later date.
My case can suppot ATX, microATX sized boards.

Any supestions will be apritiated.

I don't think you can stick with current DDR2s if you upgrade your mobo. I am also in a similar situation like you and if I upgrade, I need to at least upgrade my CPU, RAM and Mobo :(.

Ram will come after the cpu, but arn't there mobo's that support both ddr2 & ddr3?

I am not sure..its worth looking into. Long time ago when ddr2 became mainstream I managed to find a ddr1/2 supporting mobo to use my ddr1 rams. But it would limit your memory expansion options when you go fully ddr3 because of reduced no of slots.

Edit:
A quick search found me this.
Edited by Raven, 29 October 2012 - 18:09.

I got the first half of my upgrade decided on:
Intel Core i3 3220 Dual Core CPU
Asus P8H77-M LE Motherboard
Corsair Vengenace 8GB DDR3 RAM
GeForce GTX 660 Graphics Card
And till I upgrade my drives, I'll be useing a bunch of these.

What do you guys think?
Edited by Slye_Fox, 29 October 2012 - 21:18.

Personally, I think 16 Gigs of RAM is overkill.
You don't really need more than 6 for games (in fact even 4 would be enough)

That is, unless you're planning to do very high quality renders of 3D models.

Changed to the 8gb version.

CJ, on 29 October 2012 - 20:57, said:

I have 18gb and I regularly use 12-14gb, and I don't even do any 3d.

I wouldn't want to use a computer with less than 8gb these days.

I'd suggest you shell out a little extra money and get a CPU that won't be obsolete in 6 months.

Spend a little more and get an i5.

But it's too expensive.

Also; if I wanted more modern components, I wouldn't have waited 4 years to upgrade to what is still considered out of date tech.

In that case i'd suggest to downgrade the GPU a bit and get the i5. I am not exactly sure, but the i3 might bottleneck the 660. I am too lazy to do some digging around on that now .

The GPU won't be got in the first part's batch, and I don't have the money for more expensive variates.

In that case, I'd suggest waiting some more before upgrading. Yes, you have a very outdated system but if you're going to upgrade, you might as well be able to spare the cash to get decent enough parts. I would recommend still sticking with a budget but you should wait until your budget is big enough to be sufficient.

Edited by ΓΛPTΘΓ, 30 October 2012 - 19:24.

Thing is, I want to upgrade as soon as possible because this win7 upgrade has seriously affected some of my games (eg: TF2 became an unplayable 8fps).

But I only have about £215(and it took me a year just to get that much) at most for the Mobo, CPU & RAM(ddr3).
Edited by Slye_Fox, 30 October 2012 - 22:17.

Should I get the GPU or CPU first?

If you are upgrading your mobo, the CPU is a mandatory upgrade cos your current CPU (I guess its an LGA775 socket if its intel) won't fit into the new mobo. (I guess its an LGA775 socket if its intel).

The mobo will be upgraded with the cpu, but the gpu is a PCI-e so will work on both mobo's

Yep....it should work without any problems.

So, should I go with the GPU, or the CPU/mobo/ram option?
ether way I'm gonna be spending alot of money.

Pointless to get a new GPU with the system you have currently.

In terms of cost efficiency, RAM > CPU > GPU most of the time.

Agree with Alias....getting a new GPU would just bottleneck it on an old system.