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Discussion in 'Audio and Video' started by argueta789, Nov 7, 2011.

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  1. cliffordcooley TechSpot Paladin Posts: 2,311   +292

    Yes, however the 533 will give better performance than the 400.
  2. red1776 Omnipotent Ruler of the Universe Posts: 5,795   +24

  3. argueta789 TechSpot Member Posts: 47

    so what options will open up if i install the intel pentium d 945 presler 3.4 ghz? which card would u recommend then? and i will be buying the corsair 500 w psu. and 1 gb of ram, or will it not matter?
  4. dmill89 TechSpot Guru Posts: 737

    Going up to the Pent D 945 will definately help you with processor intensive tasks, it is basically 2 Pent4s on a single die. However the 4850/4870 would still be around the max you would want to go on video card. Anything much more would be bottlenecked by the CPU / motherboard chipset. The 4850 is a decent card and can still run most current games at meduim settings. Yous should be able to max out an older game like FSX with a PentD/Radeon 4850.
  5. argueta789 TechSpot Member Posts: 47

    Ok guys thanks so much, I will drop the processor out for now , ill buy that later. so it leaves me more money for the card, final decision between radeon hd5770 and the 6770 , or possibly the 4850, also even tho the 5770 and the 6770 are pcie 2.1 , will they still work with my pcie x16 slot? and i have 3 options for the 6770 1.xfx hd677x http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150540 2. his http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161387 or 3. his http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161378
    thank u guys
  6. argueta789 TechSpot Member Posts: 47

    or is there anything better then the presler pentium for my motherboard?
     
  7. cliffordcooley TechSpot Paladin Posts: 2,311   +292

    Thats top of the line for your motherboard. If you want to spend your money on better performance you would need to change motherboards. Anyone looking to spend over $200 on upgrades, might consider this option. For an extra $100 or so you could build a machine with 10 times the power.
  8. argueta789 TechSpot Member Posts: 47

  9. cliffordcooley TechSpot Paladin Posts: 2,311   +292

    Looks good to me. :)

    You ask a question and I'm not sure if you got a response to the question.

    The answer is yes you would need a thermal compound to bond the CPU to the heatsink. Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound is what I am using now. Some work better than other but I couldn't tell you which were better and which were worse.

    newegg thermal compound search
  10. argueta789 TechSpot Member Posts: 47

    Ok if i wanted to upgrade my motherboard which one would fit closely to my current motherboard, and how about then what video card should i buy? becuase i wanna keep that ddr2 memory and use my 300 gb hd and cd drives