Compare 2 CPU's

[maginus]

I currently use an Intel Core2 Duo E6850 and I saw this guy on youtube make a system using a Intel CPU G850. I seem to suck at navigating this site cause all I want to do is compare performance tested between the two CPU's. Does anyone know where I can find and compare them? Before I go and spend the cash on a new CPU & MB I would like to know if it is actually better than what I have.

 

[johnsonjohnson]

Hi. You can find a comparison here:

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/59?vs=404

 

[maginus]

Wow that's a nice site tyvm for sharing that with me. Mind if I ask for opinions? Is the difference in performance worth spending $130? I mostly want to improve my gaming experience in games like Firefall, blacklight ret., EverQuest2, WarInc, WarZ, Global Agenda, DCUO, GW2...

 

[samuelspark]

It should be depending on your GPU.

 

[13thmonkey]

it would be more than 130, a new mobo would be required, as well as possibly new memory along with the cpu.

 

[maginus]

Well I use a Radeon 6770 HD I recently bought but there was a guy on youtube who built a system that was performing much better than me.
http://youtu.be/Bh455l3348s

I know its not the same card but I already bought one so I figured it's my old CPU and MB slowing me down. If I were to get the MB & CPU he is using it would only cost me like $130

My current setup is:
Intel core2 duo E6850 3GHz
8GB RAM
Win7 64bit
ASUS P5N-D MB
Radeon 6770 HD Video card 1GB

 

[maginus]

it would be more than 130, a new mobo would be required, as well as possibly new memory along with the cpu.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-MSI-H61M-P31-G3-Desktop-Motherboard-Intel-H61-B3-Express-Chipset-Sock-/150935181703?pt=Motherboards&hash=item2324701987

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-BX80623G850-Pentium-G850-2-9GHz-Dual-Core-/400373630508?pt=CPUs&hash=item5d3820c62c

Total $126.17

 

[13thmonkey]

fyi, don't trust youtube videos for how well something performs.

 

[samuelspark]

Don't get a MSI board. Those are pretty unreliable. Also, a 2.9GHz Pentium only costs $50 at Microcenter if you have one near you.

 

[maginus]

Hence the reason I asked for bench marks...thanks but I already thought of that

 

[maginus]

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