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Hi everyone. I have the opportunity to grab a second hand Cooler Master MasterCase MC600P for 50€. It has a few minor dents, but seems to be in overall good shape. Do you guys think it's a good buy? Thanks

just to clarify things on my part: all those advises where fine, it's just that FSX is not just another gpu limited game. all the best luke

FSX is not just another game. It's incredibly CPU bound. it struggles to get past 10-20 fps in airports like heathrow with a lot of traffic. that's where an intel cpu and it's faster core speed helps (even a 15-20% difference is going to help a lot) a 955 @ 3.4 is going to perform A LOT worse...

Oh no! sorry to say but that's a horrible choice for fsx :( It saddens me I didn't find this thread on time

luke, did you get the I3 in the end? does it run FSX as expected?

sorry, should have mentioned it's FSX what we're talking about here. It's heavily CPU bound

I could live with a 10 - 15% performance loss, especially if a higher OC can make up for the cache loss a bit (I think an I5 tops at 4GHz and an I3 at 4.3 4.4) now 50%... that's a whole different story lol thanks. very much appreciated

I'm sorry I'm not sure I understand what you mean. 2 cores 4MB vs 4 cores 8MB... isn't it 2MB of cache available per core in both cases anyway? anf if we're talking about a game not optimized to run on more than two cores, how much can I expect it to affect? thanks for your help

How does the low 4MB L3 cache (compared to the 8MB of an I5 750) of an I3 affect it's performance, especially while gaming please? I can see in single core benchmarks like cinebench that the difference is minimal clock for clock.

can someone with this combo please let me know how it overclocks? thanks

thanks a lot malcom. I had downloaded the latest BIOS just in case I would need them, but didn't check the supported CPU section. should've have done that before posting is it a good board for overclocking?

I just ordered this board and an I3 530 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-389-AS Q: will I need a BIOS update or will it work out of the box please?

oh no :( you just ruined my day LOL got a link?

what would be the best mobo to overclock an I3 530 as much as possible please? would it be just as effective with a I5 750? I don't care about USB3.0 or Sata6, just OC thanks in advance

quick question for you I5 owners. will an I5 750 overclock nicely in this board? http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-233-GI it seems to be a great mobo for I3 OC. is that valid for I5 too? thanks :)

is this good?

thanks mate

what's the maximum temperature of the card please? I can't find it in the gigabyte website

ok, thanks Keltic :)

I'm overclocking my Gigabyte GTX460 1MB. core & shader clocks are linked in MSI afterburner and the link button doen't work. How can I unlinkt them please? does it even matter? thanks