I need some kind of processor with good capabilites and it has to be around 3.5 GHz... any suggestions? also, it cant be too expensive, probably less than $200.

If you're serious about it, your best shot is probably a Q6600 if you can find one on sale for sub $200 and then get a decent mobo to overclock it up that high.

Just wondering why it's over 3.5GHz that you need? I mean regular cpu's haven't gone 3.5 or higher in ages, since pretty much the old P4 architecture.

well i got a game (R6V) and it says i need 3.5 to run it properly. do i need that much or can i use less?

C'mon! do i really have to push people to respond to me? i didnt know i was so disliked! Is anyone even reading this? how bout you, VeGiTAX2? I even took the time to copy all of youre crazy big letters and little letters. just kidding, i know about copy and paste...

are you sure it says you need a 3.5ghz processor? they dont even make processors that fast any more. Your best bet would be to get a core 2 duo thats in your budget, and get a good decent motherboard. since I dont know what the rest of your system is, I cant tell you what kind of upgrades you should get.

Sorry man, takes me a bit to reply some weeks. ^^:

Just visited the ubi store for the reqs for R^V2

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Supported OS: Windows® XP/Windows Vista® (only)
Processor: 3 GHz Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon™ 3000 (3.5 GHz Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon™ 3500 recommended)
RAM: 1 GB
Video Card: 128 MB DirectX® -compliant, Shader 3.0-enabled video card (256 MB recommended)(see supported list*)
Sound Card: DirectX-compliant sound card
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (included on disc)
DVD-ROM: 4x DVD-ROM
Hard Drive Space: 7 GB
Peripherals Supported: Windows-compliant keyboard and mouse, Xbox 360® Controller for Windows
Multiplay: Broadband connection with 128 kbps upstream or faster

*Supported Video Cards at Time of Release
ATI® RADEON® X1600-1950/HD 2000/3000 series
NVIDIA GeForce® 6600-6800/7/8 series

thanks a lot! I know i dont have a good enough processor, but everything else is ok. if i get this new processor, how can i tell if i will need extra cooling stuff? i currently have a pentium 4 3.00 GHz.

This message was edited by Dead_Homeboy on Apr 17 2008.

I just got a Xeon E3110, it's a deal price of $215, you can give it a look

http://www.dealstudio.com/searchdeals.php?deal_id=96617&ru=290

I'd say it is the same processor as the LGA775 socket E8400. Overclocked and stable at 3.75GHz. Have run SETI for 3 days 24/7 with no stability issues. Zalman cooler is probably overkill.

I dont think i have a good enough pc for it to work. i guess its a LGA775 socket and the system board is an Intel 4-layer; BTX-compatible board based on the Intel 945G Express chipset. i just copied that off of dell from the info i got there, because most of my pc is stock. will i have to upgrade more than my processor? all that stuff seems pretty old. maybe the processor learningpig mentioned is compatible. it seems to have the same socket type.

This message was edited by Dead_Homeboy on Apr 19 2008.

i need to know this. im excited about my processor and i dont want to wait any longer!

The LGA775 wont work in your system pretty much at all.

I'd check and see if you can find a KB article about your system to make sure you can run a higher end chip in there. Sometimes companies like Dell would cap the multiplier to prevent people from running chips that cut into their potential profits.

http://www.starmicro.net/detail.aspx?ID=543

They have a P4 3.4GHz for $166. I don't see any 3.5's but those might have been the Extreme Edition chips. =/

The 3.2 is $79 but I doubt you'd be able to overclock it on an OEM board.

http://www.starmicro.net/detail.aspx?ID=122

That's pretty much all I could find for Socket 478 chips that didn't turn up costing $250+

so are the LGA775 and the socket 478 different, or the same, because I said my system did have the LGA775 socket. or maybe that is just what its called on the processor... sorry , im sorta new in this area...

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Expansion Slots Total (Free) 1 ( 1 ) x PCI Express x16, 1 ( 1 ) x PCI Express x1, 2 ( 1 ) x PCI, 4 ( 2 ) x Memory - DIMM 240-pin, 1 ( 0 ) x Processor - LGA775 Socket

If you run CPU-Z or Everest Free Edition you'll be able to confirm what you have without further checking.

If you're running an OEM board you'll probably have to consider keeping within the series (Pentium / Core series) since the BIOS can be iffy about what it wants to support such as a Xeon processor.

thanks for that, VeGiTAX2, but what im really wondering is, will the processor learningpig metioned-

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I just got a Xeon E3110, it's a deal price of $215, you can give it a look

http://www.dealstudio.com/searchdeals.php?deal_id=96617&ru=290

In regular boards you can cross up Xeon and Core 2 chips quite a bit. In OEM boards they often try to limit your options so that you don't buy a bottom end cpu system and then install a new CPU for very little and have a heavy competition form with their high end market.

If you can post the everest results that'd be great since I'd be able to dig up what I can for you.