Gigabyte EG41MF-US2H CPU upgrade?

[bish79]

Hi guys.

1st post go easy please....

I want to upgrade my dated & laggy CPU. Intel P4 3ghz (531)

I have been looking at the Q6600, Is that the best one my board can take for around the £100 mark?

I am running Windows 7 x32 with 4gb of ram (3gb showing) my fault for selecting x32! i am after a boost in performance, I use the PC for graphic design web build, so as you can imagine i use some hungry programmes.

What do you guys suggest...?

Brad.

 

[captaincranky]

The Gigabyte G41 board you've listed supports almost any LGA775 socket CPU. So therefore, it's a mystery, (at least to me), why you've selected such a relic as the Q6600 for the upgrade. You'd probably do much better with a more modern quad.
Oh well, here's the CPU support page: http://www.gigabyte.com/support-downloads/cpu-support-popup.aspx?pid=3469 Think on it for a bit..

 

[EDO219]

Where did you find a Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz for only 100 euros ($132)? o_o

 

[hellokitty[hk]]

Where did you find a Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz for only 100 euros ($132)? o_o

Where did you find it period, I haven't seen it in years.
Instead, consider a Q8300.

 

[Leeky]

Where did you find it period, I haven't seen it in years.
Instead, consider a Q8300.

What HK said, same CPU I'm using now, its a loverly! :haha:

The Intel Q8300 is a very capable, 2.5GHz quad core CPU. It can be overclocked moderately, and I'm running mine all day long at 3.16GHz without so much as a single glitch.

I've been so impressed with it, I've hung on to it and to be honest I still don't see any massive advantage to replacing it when it does everything so well already.