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Old January 26, 2012, 04:26 PM
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Question Intel Quad core Q8200 cpu
Hi guys i am planing on changing my mother board and ram for my cpu can u pl tel me what is a good mother board and how much ram i would need to get maximum performance from my cpu. thank you for any adivice.
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Old January 26, 2012, 04:43 PM
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What motherboard are you using now? IMO, the CPU is too old to worth investing new gear in. The DDR2 RAM cost more per GB than DDR3 and Socket 775 are pretty limited these days.
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Old January 26, 2012, 04:51 PM
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^^Agreed. If you are upgrading, then you need to step up to something newer.
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Old January 26, 2012, 06:01 PM
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since you want to upgrade..why dont u just put up some notch to it.then you will be happy with your rig performances.thats only my opinion..lol
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Old January 26, 2012, 06:23 PM
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what's your budget? like the others said, you should probably upgrade it all
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Old January 27, 2012, 12:31 AM
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im using an Intel g31 motherboard now.im planing on upgrading to a motherboard which supports dd3 ram.any suggestions ? my bidget is about 300 dollars for the ram and motherboard
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Old January 27, 2012, 01:17 AM
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So is the only reason you're upgrading is to get ddr3 ram? If it is it's not worth it, save up a little longer and upgrade the whole system to current hardware.
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