I'm one of the people still stuck on LGA775

[IproZ1]

Hi. I'm still stuck on LGA775 and I currently don't have enough money to upgrade my mobo cpu and ram and I'm saving up for it. I was wondering would an intel core 2 quad Q9550 be a sufficient upgrade for the time being and good enough for games like csgo and quake champions that i get 30 fps on a pentium e5700.

 

[androbourne]

Sufficient upgrade from what? What is your exact current CPU? LGA775 is just a socket type, there are quite a few CPU's that fit that socket...

 

[boosted1g]

Depends on how cheap you can get the core2quad for.

For $25 sure, for $50 then it is not worth it taking away the funds from being able to do a real upgrade

 

[IproZ1]

Sufficient upgrade from what? What is your exact current CPU? LGA775 is just a socket type, there are quite a few CPU's that fit that socket...

from a dual core pentium e5700

 

[IproZ1]

Or should I get a modified xeon e5440 for a little bit less money

 

[boosted1g]

If pentium is already dual core then there is very little gain to here in the grand scheme of things.

Right now your pentium has 15% the performance of a modern system. SO going to a core2quad will take you to 22%. Now 22% is 1.5x more than 15% so keeping perspective limited to just that it seems good. But the reality of the situation is that 22% is still nearly as insufficient as 15% is.

 

[william p]

A lot depends on what exact motherboard you have.