E6750 to e8400 ugrade or keep?

[BokiNish]

I have this configuration -
MB: ASUS P5QL PRO
CPU : Intel E6750
GPU : Sapphire ATI Radeon 4890 1GB Vapor-X
PSU : Chieftec 600W FULL
and 4GB of Kingston HyperX ram on 800mhz

Should I buy e8400 or keep e6750? How much would e8400 affect on performance? BTW - Every component has its default clocks and I play on 22inch monitor(1680x1050). Thx in advance.

 

[Stardude82]

Meh.. marginal. Not more than 10% if you are going to run at stock values. Overclocking might make it interesting. Since you are limited to a single card setup.. I'd spend money on a SSD.

 

[Newf]

Ditto.
You likely won't notice the cpu change.
You would notice an SSD though.
You may also notice windows tweaks to speed up your system as well.

 

[AKM880]

I've seen E6750s clock to 3.7GHz+.

Overclocking would get you better performance in games and such. In my opinion, no. Don't go for the E8400. You have a nice motherboard anyways, might aswell use it and OC that E6750.

Don't forget a good aftermarket heatsink if you plan going over 3GHz

 

[Mousemonkey]

I reckon you would be better off getting a 22" 1920 x 1080 monitor, or a Q9550 for more cores but only if cheap enough, then again with the arrival of i5 imminent ...