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| System Name | Black Panther |
|---|---|
| Processor | i9 9900k |
| Motherboard | Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO Wifi 1.0 |
| Cooling | NZXT Kraken X72 360mm |
| Memory | 2 x 8GB Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro DDR4 3600Mhz |
| Video Card(s) | Palit RTX2080 Ti Dual 11GB DDR6 |
| Storage | Samsung EVO 970 500GB SSD M.2 & 2TB Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm |
| Display(s) | 32'' Gigabyte G32QC 2560x1440 165Hz |
| Case | NZXT H710i Black |
| Audio Device(s) | Razer Electra V2 & Z5500 Speakers |
| Power Supply | Seasonic Focus GX-850 Gold 80+ |
| Mouse | Some Corsair lost the box forgot the model |
| Keyboard | Motospeed |
| Software | Windows 10 |
I refer to my rig in system specs.
After building it in May 2007, oc'ing it to 3.0Ghz and upgrading from 8600GTS to 8800GT I feel the upgrade bug strike me again...
For now I'm excluding graphics card upgrade because my 8800GT serves me well, and also motherboard upgrade because were I to get a new motherboard I'd prefer to save up some $$$ and get one with at least 2 pci-e slots and ddr3 which is not practical for me now at all.
The piece which needs most priority in upgrading (correct me if I'm wrong) is me E4300, and I don't exclude getting Vista and investing in 2GB more RAM (I sooo want DX10 graphics!
).
My motherboard is the Asus P5B:
- Support Intel® next generation 45nm Multi-core CPU
- Intel LGA775 Platform
- Intel® Quad-core CPU Ready
- Intel® Core™2 Extreme / Core™2 Duo Ready
- Intel® Pentium® Extreme / Pentium® D / Pentium® 4 / Celeron® D Ready
- 1066/800/ 533 MHz
- Dual-channel DDR2 800/667/533
- 1x PCI Express x16
- 6x SATA 3Gb/s
- RTL8111B PCI-E Gb LAN
- 8-channel HD Audio
- AI NOS™ / AI Gear / AI Nap
What I'd like to know is what is the best quad core I can put in this thing. Does the 1066 limitation mean that I cannot put in a processor which runs at 1333? Does the 800 limitation mean that I cannot put in RAM which runs at 1066?
I want to get the best quad core possible, with good cache and with a high multiplier because I want to oc it.
My budget... I'm looking to spend around less than USD500 though I could stretch that a bit.
So... what would be the best quad core and best RAM I could opt for right now?
After building it in May 2007, oc'ing it to 3.0Ghz and upgrading from 8600GTS to 8800GT I feel the upgrade bug strike me again...
For now I'm excluding graphics card upgrade because my 8800GT serves me well, and also motherboard upgrade because were I to get a new motherboard I'd prefer to save up some $$$ and get one with at least 2 pci-e slots and ddr3 which is not practical for me now at all.
The piece which needs most priority in upgrading (correct me if I'm wrong) is me E4300, and I don't exclude getting Vista and investing in 2GB more RAM (I sooo want DX10 graphics!
).My motherboard is the Asus P5B:
- Support Intel® next generation 45nm Multi-core CPU
- Intel LGA775 Platform
- Intel® Quad-core CPU Ready
- Intel® Core™2 Extreme / Core™2 Duo Ready
- Intel® Pentium® Extreme / Pentium® D / Pentium® 4 / Celeron® D Ready
- 1066/800/ 533 MHz
- Dual-channel DDR2 800/667/533
- 1x PCI Express x16
- 6x SATA 3Gb/s
- RTL8111B PCI-E Gb LAN
- 8-channel HD Audio
- AI NOS™ / AI Gear / AI Nap
What I'd like to know is what is the best quad core I can put in this thing. Does the 1066 limitation mean that I cannot put in a processor which runs at 1333? Does the 800 limitation mean that I cannot put in RAM which runs at 1066?
I want to get the best quad core possible, with good cache and with a high multiplier because I want to oc it.
My budget... I'm looking to spend around less than USD500 though I could stretch that a bit.
So... what would be the best quad core and best RAM I could opt for right now?
