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Hello there
As my system is nearing 4 years old I thought it was time to upgrade, but to what is the question. I looked on bench mark sites and see that my CPU is still out performing a number of the newer chips.
So, hopefully, if I post the info of what I am running now you might be able to offer up some suggestions for a good upgrade.
I don't use the PC for games, but do need the power to handle large files, photo, video etc, and do run two monitors as well
Specs are
CPU Type QuadCore Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200, 2333 MHz (7 x 333)
Motherboard Name Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3L (2 PCI, 4 PCI-E x1, 1 PCI-E x16, 4 DDR2 DIMM, Audio, Gigabit LAN)
Motherboard Chipset Intel Eaglelake P45
System Memory 3328 MB (DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM)
DIMM2: Corsair XMS2 CM2X2048-8500C5 2 GB DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM (5-5-5-18 @ 400 MHz) (4-4-4-12 @ 266 MHz)
DIMM4: Corsair XMS2 CM2X2048-8500C5 2 GB DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM (5-5-5-18 @ 400 MHz) (4-4-4-12 @ 266 MHz)
BIOS Type Award Modular (09/22/08)
Video Adapter ATI Radeon HD 4670 (1024 MB)
Video Adapter ATI Radeon HD 4670 (1024 MB)
3D Accelerator ATI Radeon HD 4670 (RV730)
Posted temperatures to make sure they ok?
Temperatures:
Motherboard 35 °C (95 °F)
CPU 27 °C (81 °F)
CPU #1 / Core #1 49 °C (120 °F)
CPU #1 / Core #2 45 °C (113 °F)
CPU #1 / Core #3 42 °C (108 °F)
CPU #1 / Core #4 44 °C (111 °F)
GPU Diode (DispIO) 36 °C (97 °F)
GPU Diode (MemIO) 38 °C (100 °F)
MAXTOR STM3500320AS 29 °C (84 °F)
Seagate ST380815AS 32 °C (90 °F)
Also, looking at this do I need to reset the multiplier to the full 7 as it is showing 6
CPU Speed:
CPU Clock 1999.8 MHz (original: 2333 MHz)
CPU Multiplier 6x
CPU FSB 333.3 MHz (original: 333 MHz)
Memory Bus 533.3 MHz
DRAM:FSB Ratio 16:10
Many thanks for any help over this one
As my system is nearing 4 years old I thought it was time to upgrade, but to what is the question. I looked on bench mark sites and see that my CPU is still out performing a number of the newer chips.
So, hopefully, if I post the info of what I am running now you might be able to offer up some suggestions for a good upgrade.
I don't use the PC for games, but do need the power to handle large files, photo, video etc, and do run two monitors as well
Specs are
CPU Type QuadCore Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200, 2333 MHz (7 x 333)
Motherboard Name Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3L (2 PCI, 4 PCI-E x1, 1 PCI-E x16, 4 DDR2 DIMM, Audio, Gigabit LAN)
Motherboard Chipset Intel Eaglelake P45
System Memory 3328 MB (DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM)
DIMM2: Corsair XMS2 CM2X2048-8500C5 2 GB DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM (5-5-5-18 @ 400 MHz) (4-4-4-12 @ 266 MHz)
DIMM4: Corsair XMS2 CM2X2048-8500C5 2 GB DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM (5-5-5-18 @ 400 MHz) (4-4-4-12 @ 266 MHz)
BIOS Type Award Modular (09/22/08)
Video Adapter ATI Radeon HD 4670 (1024 MB)
Video Adapter ATI Radeon HD 4670 (1024 MB)
3D Accelerator ATI Radeon HD 4670 (RV730)
Posted temperatures to make sure they ok?
Temperatures:
Motherboard 35 °C (95 °F)
CPU 27 °C (81 °F)
CPU #1 / Core #1 49 °C (120 °F)
CPU #1 / Core #2 45 °C (113 °F)
CPU #1 / Core #3 42 °C (108 °F)
CPU #1 / Core #4 44 °C (111 °F)
GPU Diode (DispIO) 36 °C (97 °F)
GPU Diode (MemIO) 38 °C (100 °F)
MAXTOR STM3500320AS 29 °C (84 °F)
Seagate ST380815AS 32 °C (90 °F)
Also, looking at this do I need to reset the multiplier to the full 7 as it is showing 6
CPU Speed:
CPU Clock 1999.8 MHz (original: 2333 MHz)
CPU Multiplier 6x
CPU FSB 333.3 MHz (original: 333 MHz)
Memory Bus 533.3 MHz
DRAM:FSB Ratio 16:10
Many thanks for any help over this one