Best processor available for Asus P5N-D?

[luis815tx]

What is the best processor available for Asus P5N-D mobo or the best bang for my buck i know is and older system but would like to keep it alive a little longer i don't really have any problems with it but i do notice its close to 100 usage in some games. I currently have a Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0 - ASUS P5N-D ACPI BIOS Revision 1401- windows 10 64 bit.

So far in my search i was thinking the Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 3.0 GHz or Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 3.0GHz don't see too much of a difference on both i was hoping to search ebay or amazon every so often to see if i find one one day cheap. Core 2 Extreme QX9770 3.2 GhZ doesn't show as supported on Asus website.

CPU support- https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P5ND/HelpDesk_CPU/

 

[ChumP]

You can go with the q6600 , Overclock it and you'd get a pretty good performance. Also the q9650 won't be bad either if you Overclick it aswell.
Getting a QX9770 it's irrelevant though as it's more expensive and won't bring better performance.

 

[luis815tx]

You can go with the q6600 , Overclock it and you'd get a pretty good performance. Also the q9650 won't be bad either if you Overclick it aswell.
Getting a QX9770 it's irrelevant though as it's more expensive and won't bring better performance.

I see that the Ghz on both u mentioned are lower than my current processor I also have never overclocked anything, without overclocking would your answer still be the same going with one of the models you mentioned.

I believe my processor is bottle necking my GTX 660

Thanks for your reply ChumP

 

[ChumP]

You can go with the q6600 , Overclock it and you'd get a pretty good performance. Also the q9650 won't be bad either if you Overclick it aswell.
Getting a QX9770 it's irrelevant though as it's more expensive and won't bring better performance.

I see that the Ghz on both u mentioned are lower than my current processor I also have never overclocked anything, without overclocking would your answer still be the same going with one of the models you mentioned.

You can't compare your Dual core CPU with the Core 2 Quad and the Frequency is not the most important thing on a processor. A Quad Core CPu will make a big difference there .

Also the Q6600 can get up to 3.2 GHz with ease on air cooling. If you are not Overclocking the Q9650 would be the way to go.

 

[ChumP]

The Q9650 (non Overclocked) will handle pretty well the GTX 660 and there won't be any bottleneck!

 

[Ditchdoc]

Has there been any new information about this, as I've been out of building for 10 years