How many GHz in a good gaming CPU?

Hello.

I'm just wondering, how many GHz should a good gaming CPU have? Mine currently has 2.13 GHz. It is a Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E6400 2.13GHz 2MB Cache 1066MHz FSB. Would this Processor be ideal for games like WoW?


thanks.

Yup, 2Ghz + will be good!!!!

But its not just the cpu's core speed that makes all the difference, for gaming, the choice of graphics card, ram , and motherboard are equaly important!!!!

yeah 2GHz+ is good!

On my computer I got 3.20GHz and I run WoW perfectly!

3.20 GHz?! Ha, You CPU is a bully! Man, I wonder what kind of Speed that is like. Wow.

Well, here's what I'm looking at right now:

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E6400 2.13GHz 2MB Cache 1066MHz FSB

Alienware® Approved NVIDIA nForce 4 SLI Motherboard

1GB DDR2 Performance SDRAM at 800MHz - 2 x 512MB

512 MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ 7950 GT


Will those guys be able to Run WoW Really smooth? I really want to (for once) play WoW relativley lag-free.

Man your Core 2 Duo 2.13ghz Will Kick the **** outa the 3.2ghz!
Its not all about clock speeds anymore!

ahh I was feeling all special with my 3.2GHz =P

Also my friend had 4GHz which amazing...l

The core speed doesnt necesarily matter, it is other factors such as the L2 Cache, and what the cpu does in each cycle. Manufacturers are actually trying to lower cpu speeds because the higher the speed, the higher the power consumption, heat and less durability. Intel core 2 duo's are a perfect example of this. Their low core speed but high L2 caches among others make for a great CPU.

Korrupt

I play WoW on a 1.5 Gh with 384 megs of ram and a 64 meg video card and i run fairly nice for being on dial up.

Man, with that machine, WoW will run absolutely lag-free. Your CPU kicks @ss. It easily beats a 3.8 Ghz P4 or a dual-crap (oops, I meant dual core ) Pentium D CPU.

Lol well then again it's from Alienware =D

I wouldnt go with an alienware myself.

1-they are incredibly overpriced
2-they often lack quality in the "non brand name" parts. Just as an example, you can buy a 7600gt for $120 and you can buy one for $200. Obviously Alienware will put in the $120 because it will provide the same performance but wont run as reliably, last as long and stay as cool as the $200 one.
3-Alienware is owned by dell, I personally don't like Dells.
4-Really youre paying for a good looking case. Just buy your own proper brandname parts, and if you want to, get a customised case. This will work better, longer and will definately be A LOT cheaper (we're talking about 40% cheaper here)

Korrupt

Yes I argee with Korrupt, basicly all an Alienware system is a computer with lower grade parts with a shorter life span than it should for the price then basicly all yor paying for is the Alienware name on a flashly high end looking case with a computer that performs great but doesnt last long. Also Alienswares parents company is Dell so basicly yeah Alienware deff. got worse since Dell bought them out Dell's system arent that great. Also if you build your own you can most likey upgrade it for the future most manfactured pc's you cant upgrade much so you buy a new one thats there game in the market and paying for an ALienware I would want it to last a few years and I can bet your going to want to upgrade your pc within the next few years and then it will be to the max and nothing else can be added then you most likey have to get another one if you want more power thats there marketing and it does work. But yes also if ou build your own you can put the good parts in not the cheap ones that dont have a long life span.

Core 2 Duos are the way to go for a new gaming build. However, most good mobos for them are quite expensive. In that case, AMD's Socket 939 is a great alternative. Intel's Core 2 Duo line is the only one worth talking about here, since all their other CPUs are bested by AMD's Athlon 64 line. So AMD is a good, cheap alternative to Intel, especially so since Socket 939 is being phased out, so killer deals can be found pretty easily.

I've posted a couple threads, and I've been told Alienware is a big rip-off and I can make a better, home-made PC for way less. Thanks everyone, I think Im gunna be building my own!

When you buy Alienware you buying mostly the brand name..

Socket AM2

I completely agree. Look at the celeron series. An AMD Athlon 64 3000+ will @ 2.0GHz will beat the 3.0GHz celeron by a long shot (And I mean a long shot, I mean the Athlon has twice the l2 and l1 cache) :evil:

That's obvious, because a Celeron is not supposed to be a mainstream CPU. It is a budget CPU, so it cannot compete with more powerful mainstream products.

I know, but not all people tend to know these things. They look at the cpu speed over the other components of the cpu.

Yeah, when I had my Celery D 2.8, my uncle thought that it was almost as fast as my cousin's 3.0 Ghz P4 :haha:, and faster than his Athlon XP 2700+...

He said:

"Wow , an Intel 2.8 Ghz CPU... That's phenomenal" :haha: :haha: