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Usually a Google search of your motherboard model and "quad core support" will bring up some info on the matter.

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Can anyone find one of these cheap
Pentium 4 3.2GHz SL7PW 1M/800MHz Socket 775 P4 CPU

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Moving from a Celeron to a Pentium 4 isn't exactly the most cost-effective upgrade. Did you find out if your motherboard supports Core 2 Duos or Quads?

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Yes its an Nvidia 7050/630I Motherboard but requires an bios update which i cant do because my computer doesnt have a floppy drive.

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I have the 3.4Ghz of that chip right here.

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You don't need a floppy. As far as I know you can update through USB, and many motherboard manufacturers offer an automatic update method which doesn't require a floppy. In any case, you can just borrow a USB floppy drive off someone.

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^Indeed. In the past 5 years, I have not seen a single motherboard BIOS that couldn't be flashed either via USB or through an executable in Windows.

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lolz. Floppy disks were crap in the 90s hahahaha! Yeah, Zamamee is right bout that above:nodding:

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KK let me rephrase this so I can get it right.
What is the best cpu for under $175.

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lga775?

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Yes

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A e8400 or q6600.

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Not bad
Newegg.com - Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz 6MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor - Processors - Desktops

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That's probably the best non-hyper threaded dual core CPU you're going to get. "Not bad" is a bit of an understatement. If you're looking at that though, you should also look at the Q6600. It's a quad core, and will easily clock the the same speeds as the E8400. Most have theirs at at least 3.2GHz 24/7.

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Im going with the E8400.
I need a 3.0 and im certain i have the money for it.
Its also one of the best none dual core ive seen in a while.

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phail.

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As... informative as that was, mind elaborating?

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Yup Noobster no offense but he's trying to help me upgrade my computer.
I NEED ALL THE HELP I CAN GET

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A q6600 does not get the same speed as an e8400. And q6600 daily clocks go from 3.0-3.6hgz, so it's impossible to say.

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Annd?? A lot of E8400s, mostly the newer binned ones, reach 3.6 - 3.8GHz with a tiny vcore boost...
Im missing your point...the Q6600 reachs 3.6Ghz as well with a bit of vcore boost...They can both be overclocked as easily as each other without much effort...

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I was meaning +4.2Ghz on the e8400. And you need to get an early lucky q6600 if you want high speeds. (3.5-3.8Ghz)

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Any other details

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No you don't. Virtually any G0 6600 will get 3.6.

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That's not really a fair comparison though. Your talking about a newer 45nm dual core compared to a older 65nm quad core. The Q6600 is a good OC'er, it just requires more volts than a 45nm chip to hit high speeds. Most people i see with Q6600s have them around 3.4-3.6Ghz 24/7, which is still pretty good considering your not going to notice the difference between 3.6 and 4.0 unless your looking at benchmark scores or running a SLI / CF setup.

You also have to consider that its a quad core, which means it will actually be better than a higher clocked dual core in apps and games that have good multi-core support, and it will multi-task better. Even in games that are not well optimized for multi-core CPU's you can see a little boost. I benchmarked my own system after i got my quad (X3350 aka Q9450) clocked at 3.70Ghz against my E3110 aka E8400 @ 4.3Ghz and guess what, the quad produced better minimum framerates in everything despite being clocked 600Mhz slower.

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Which very well could be due to having 12mb of cache compared with 6mb of cache on the e8400.

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I think before going on about which has the best performance after OC'ing, we should take a step back and ask whether Panic is going to want to overclock. Something tells me that he probably won't want to take the long hours and spend the extra $30-$80 to improve his heatsink and airflow which will allow the overclock to be achieved. I could be wrong, but it's something that must be considered.

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I might not start overclocking in the recent future.
It might come up if I want the extra speed but im looking for the fastest without overclocking at the moment.

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IMO, E8400.
But thats pure bias, I've never used, or seen the Q6600 in action.

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Fastest w/o overclocking has to be e8600. But you'd pay a pretty penny for one.

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Im gonna upgrade my cpu first so that if any better deals for graphics cards come along i will not be screwed.

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Did i ever say it was a fair comparison? He said they have equal speeds. I said they don't. What are you talking to me for?

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Will a socket 478 processor work in an LGA775 socket.

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no.