Soldato
I'm currently using an Asus P5WDH Deluxe, and an Intel E6400 C2D at 3.00ghz.
I was wondering if there was any processors that were worth upgrading to on a stop-gap basis, as I'm now doing a lot of HD editing and it's seemingly putting quite a strain on my system. I believe I'd be looking at the older Core2Quads like the Q8300 or similar.
.....or, alternatively, do you think it would be worth investing in a better cooler and a little more time to eek some more out of the existing C2D and sit with that for the duration?
The rest of the system (well, the relevant bits) are as follows:
- Stock Intel cooler
- Asus P5W-DH Deluxe
- 4 gig Kingston DDR8500 (soon to be 8)
- ATI 5770 1 gig
I don't mind buying a 2nd hand CPU either but am just interested in exploring the quad-core avenue now I'm needing that extra bit of 'go', so any recommendations welcome
I was wondering if there was any processors that were worth upgrading to on a stop-gap basis, as I'm now doing a lot of HD editing and it's seemingly putting quite a strain on my system. I believe I'd be looking at the older Core2Quads like the Q8300 or similar.
.....or, alternatively, do you think it would be worth investing in a better cooler and a little more time to eek some more out of the existing C2D and sit with that for the duration?
The rest of the system (well, the relevant bits) are as follows:
- Stock Intel cooler
- Asus P5W-DH Deluxe
- 4 gig Kingston DDR8500 (soon to be 8)
- ATI 5770 1 gig
I don't mind buying a 2nd hand CPU either but am just interested in exploring the quad-core avenue now I'm needing that extra bit of 'go', so any recommendations welcome