Hi enthusiasts
This is my current rig
Intel Q6600 @ 2.4 ghz
P5N E SLI motherboard
4gb Corsair ddr2 xms2 800 ram
GTX 260
Corsair 550w PSU
Vista 32mb home premium
I use my pc for gaming primarily and while some of the games I play like racers and shooters play very well on this rig as I am guessing they are more GPU based some play really poorly. Flight sims and Morrowind (with alot of scripts running) for example struggle even if I turn down the graphics settings so I am guessing they are CPU based.
I tried overclocking today following this guide http://www.overclock.net/2820311-post1.html and it failed. Even upping the FSB up to 1086 caused the load up to fail. No amount of tweaking would do so I am guessing the old chip and motherboard just don't have it in them.
I have been looking at the possibility of a CPU upgrade and the i5 2500k seems to be recommended and I believe I would need to get a new motherboard with that. I haven't got alot of spare cash but I have figured out I can raise the money by selling a few things.
What I am wondering is is it really worth the money for what I want it to do? Will getting an i5 2500k with a new motherboard give me a significant enough fps boost for gaming? I am sure it will improve it but I wonder if it is a "Yes that was worth it" improvement.
Also in case anyone knows after trying that overclocking guide and failing I put my settings back to as they were before. Yet now my network adapter (Belkin G high speed F5D7051 usb) has stopped working completely and even reinstalling the drivers is not working. Any idea what I could have done in the bios to compromise the adapter?
Thanks
This is my current rig
Intel Q6600 @ 2.4 ghz
P5N E SLI motherboard
4gb Corsair ddr2 xms2 800 ram
GTX 260
Corsair 550w PSU
Vista 32mb home premium
I use my pc for gaming primarily and while some of the games I play like racers and shooters play very well on this rig as I am guessing they are more GPU based some play really poorly. Flight sims and Morrowind (with alot of scripts running) for example struggle even if I turn down the graphics settings so I am guessing they are CPU based.
I tried overclocking today following this guide http://www.overclock.net/2820311-post1.html and it failed. Even upping the FSB up to 1086 caused the load up to fail. No amount of tweaking would do so I am guessing the old chip and motherboard just don't have it in them.
I have been looking at the possibility of a CPU upgrade and the i5 2500k seems to be recommended and I believe I would need to get a new motherboard with that. I haven't got alot of spare cash but I have figured out I can raise the money by selling a few things.
What I am wondering is is it really worth the money for what I want it to do? Will getting an i5 2500k with a new motherboard give me a significant enough fps boost for gaming? I am sure it will improve it but I wonder if it is a "Yes that was worth it" improvement.
Also in case anyone knows after trying that overclocking guide and failing I put my settings back to as they were before. Yet now my network adapter (Belkin G high speed F5D7051 usb) has stopped working completely and even reinstalling the drivers is not working. Any idea what I could have done in the bios to compromise the adapter?
Thanks