Core 2 Duo

I have a really old laptop, it's a HP pavillion dv6 and has core 2 duo T6600 as CPU. I searched it up and it has PGA478 socket which is as far as I know supports CPU upgrades, I want to upgrade my CPU. Can anyone tell me what CPU would be a good upgrade and how can i do it?

Does anyone understand about overclocking? I am going to overclock my cpu, but due to limited settings on the motherboard, I can only set CPU FSB, Memory Ratio, Memory Voltage, Timings These are some of my questions What is FSB/Memory Ratio? Initially it was set to Auto and Memory Frequency...

Hey there, my Virtualization is enabled in BIOS, • I have a Core 2 Duo E8400 • Have 4GB RAM • (edit) Dell Precision T3400 • (edit) BIOS Revision A09 • Have an old af pc and want to run emulator stuff with Hyper-V but I can't enable Hyper-V as I don't have SLAT. Can I enable it without SLAT...

Hello everyone,I have a troubleshooting question for my pc. I've restarted my pc which comprised of a core 2 duo E7500,GT730,4gb of ram and 2 hard drives. One of them is an 80gb system drive with some other stuff such as Steam and Spotify. I was verifying one of my games data content using...

Hi I have to choose between a Core 2 Duo E6400 (2,13 ghz) with 4 gb DDR2 and a Core 2 Quad Q8300 (2,5 ghz) with 2gb DDR2. What combination of parts has most power? Edit: Is it possible to benchmark the systems in Linux, then I can see for myself the best combination?

I'm a owner of a pretty old system desktop computer. My motherboard is Gigabyte G41m combo v2, Dual Core E5300 2.66 800 bus processor & 2gb ddr2 800 FSB Ram (I don't have a SSD). I would like to upgrade, wanna keep this system. Can't buy new gen PC due to financial problems. I'll insert a...

Hello everyone and thanks for reading. A few months ago I bought an old HP Pro 3010 MT with the following specs. MoBo: IPIEL-LA3 CPU: Pentium e5300 (775) HDD : 320Gb RAM: 4Gb DDR3 1066HZ As soon as it arrived home I tried to replace the pentium with a CORE 2 DUO E8500 I had laying around, after...

So as you saw from title I need to undervolt my CPU (Core 2 Duo E8400). Minimum core voltage of it is 0.85V, 2 Cores 3.0 GHz, TDP 65w. So I want to know will it run if I won't change core speeds or do I have to lower it. If so I would like to know the speed I should use.

I have a spare rig that I am going to use as a pc for my garage. It is a Dell Inspiron 530 with the following specs: Intel Core 2 Duo e6700 Conroe 8gb DDR2 667 MSI AMD R9 270X HAWK 250GB Boot drive 80GB Drive for spare files Wifi card USB card I am trying to make the computer a bit snappier so...

Hello I was trying to over clock my Core 2 duo 2.33 Ghz (it's outdated i know) the specific model is e6550 so i already overclocked it to 2.7 Ghz but when i go higher the pc goes black screen so i hard shut down it then i get overclocking failed or overvoltage error the maximum i can get is...

I'm thinking about upgrading a Dell Optiplex 330 mini tower and I wanted to know the best performing compatible CPU. On the Dell technical guidebook for this computer, what looks like to me as the best CPU listed is a Intel Core 2 Duo E6850. Is there any other CPU that is compatible and...

I'm working on a couple of older PCs for gaming around the 2005-2010 era, and I currently am looking between two CPUs, the Core 2 Duo E6850 at 3.0 GHz, or the AMD Phenom X4 9500 Quad-core at 2.2 GHz. Which of these do you think would be better suited for gaming around that era? A faster...

I have a now about 11-year-old Toshiba Sattelite A505-S6979 laptop and while I am surprised it still works sometimes,I paid a lot for it back in the day so it had better. Still, It's little Mobile Core 2 Duo can barely keep up with anything now, I am often seeing it pegged at 100% while just...

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I have built an htpc with such configuration. I will mostly watch videos but sometimes wanna play old (pre 2012) games too. Will this gpu be bottlenecked by the cpu and ram while gaming? Screen resolution is 1366x768. ... I am using windows 7 starter edition by the way, stripped it down as much...

Hello, Ive got an E5500 with a P8700 Core 2 Duo and Intel GMA 4500 MHD Graphics. In my opinion it is still quite a capable Machine, especially now that I put and SSD into it. But the CPU could be a bit better so I started research. I found this old post...

My lan driver and device manager are both blank. I add my wireless wifi adapter it's not working but when I plug internet cable my internet is working .i want to use wifi adapter how to solve this problem?

I have a 1TB hd and a 128GB boot ssd running Windows 10. I got the ssd a few months ago and the hd has been loyal to this setup for a few years. They seem to be fine, if not a bit slow, but they're terribly organized. When I got the ssd my files got split up between the drives and I haven't...

does taking them out regularly lead to breakage?

Hey, So I've been wanting to upgrade my processor to an i7 for a while now. Right now I have an i5-6400, which I have felt has not given me as much processing power as I wanted. I use my PC primarily for gaming. I'm wondering if I should upgrade my RAM first to 16gb before upgrading my...

Ok, so, the 750 TI is 155$ with shipping in my country. Meanwhile, the 1030 is only 104$ with shipping. From different benchmarks, I noticed there isn't really that much of a difference between these 2 cards. Userbenchmark.com shows only a 20% speed increase for the 750 TI compared to the 1030...

I have an HP 2000 Windows 8 laptop. It got a virus a long time ago, but I'm trying to fix it. I can't enter Safe Mode or boot the laptop to where I can get rid of the virus. I have created a bootable usb. I even reformatted it to Fat32. I also tried changing the boot settings to where the USB is...

I use OBS Studio to livestream. I've heard that livestreaming with x264 is better than NVENC H.264. I also know that x264 using the CPU power and NVENC uses my graphics card. I've tried using both but when I'm using NVENC, I stream with a 10000 bitrate and I have much better performance in my...

I recently got a gaming mouse and it seems to have two additional buttons at the side. So I wanted to program them for something useful. I though maybe one can type out my username and the other, my password.Is there a way to to that ?

As of now I have a GTX 1060 3gb and i5 7400. Im buying a new monitor and cant decide on either a 1080p 240hz or a 1440p 144hz. Ive seen people say that a gtx 1060 cant rly run 1440p well so idk if I should get that or get the 240hz. If anyone could help thatd be great. Looking to order this friday

i have some problem with my GPU with ASUS GTX 1060 3GB DUEL OC in world of warcraft 40 fps avg in dalaran and my friend with gtx 950 have more frame than me also pubg too many drop frames in lowest setting check : http://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/5095170 i tried 16GB ram and still same...

CPU: Inter Core i5 3210M 2.5 GHz Memory - 4 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 Graphics - AMD Radeon HD 7670M (1 GB DDR3 dedicated) Laptop - HP Pavilion g4-2049tx ------------- I use photoshop, illustrator and multiple browsers' windows & tabs at the same time. Is it wise to install an SSD in this laptop...

Hi I recently built a new computer and I got Cs-Go and its stuck at around 120 fps, the specs are -Intel Core I7 -16gb ram -Nvidia GeForce Gtx 1070 Any Ideas on how I can get fps to go Highter? And I can run Bo3 at close to max settings for 200 fps

I have 35k amount, I need use full for editing configuration laptop .. will you please suggest me best laptop's

hey guys, just wondering if these parts work together. https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus-prime-z270-a-intel-core-i5-7600k-cpu-and-motherboard-bundle-15-pounds-saving-bu-05g-as.html# http://www.ebuyer.com/736867-crucial-8gb-ddr4-2400-udimm-ct8g4dfd824a...

When it rains it pours, doesn't it [this is my third problem within a week]. My computer has been stuck on the loading screen.. First there was problems connecting to the internet, it wouldn't hold a connection. It seems like the problem was as simple as the internet cord!! But the one I had...

I am about to get a raise and promotion and my wife said I can get a new card . I can spend about 400-450 on i play wow overwatch world of warships would love to get max settings on all smoothly please and thank you if in the wrong place I'm sorry.

Hey guys, First time poster so please go easy on me. I built a gaming computer back in December 2015, and was going great up until recently when I spilled coke on it by accident (I know, i'm stupid). This was about a month ago, and since then, the computer was not responding at all, and was not...

right now I have a r9 280x oc'd on a water block, and it runs great. but I was thinking of future proofing and was wondering if I should buy a rx 480 now or wait until the rx 390 inevitably comes out and buy that, wanted the internets opinion

Processor: Intel(R) Pentium Dual CPU E2180 @2.00 GHz RAM: 2.00GB System type: 64-bit Operating System (Windows 7 Ultimate) GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS If you need more info, just ask me

Please give me some real expert advice and not just fan boy opinions. I am tied on my first pick Xeon V3 1231 which for some reason I can't remember I heard was better than the 4790s. IDK If it was hyper threading or what. But tied between Xeon V3 1231 i7 4790 Trying to stay in $250 range...

I have an Acer Chromebook C720 and I want to use it to transfer image and video files from a USB card reader to an external SSD (Samsung 1TB T3 Portable Solid State Drive). Will they plug and play? Is it likely to recognize my CFast 2.0 reader and my USB 3.0 CF/SD reader? Scott

Hi, I have been receiving BSOD's for a while and I would like to get it fixed. The BSOD's usually occur when I watch YouTube videos on Chrome or play Skyrim but half the time happen randomly. It can take up to two hours of starting my computer. Here are the few latest minidumps...

Guys I have two options to choose from.first one is BenQ GW2255 22'' and second one is HP 2440w 24".both of these are available in the same price.I am planing to use them for video editing & basic color correction/color grading.because of my low budget I'm not able to go for High-end color...

really quite annoying. Is it specific to my Chrome Browser on Windows 7. or is it simply a lack of attention to detail at Tom's?