[constantinos]

for 2 years now my "abit ip35 pro" and q9550 with 4gb ram serves me well at home.
i have the opportunity to upgrade to "asus p7h55-m le" with an i5 760 for no cost.
os is windows 7 x64.

should i do it?
the rig is usually for gaming,web browsing and downloading.
shall i gain fps?
shall i feel snappier in the desktop?

i love my ip35 pro and i feel strange to give it away.!!!

 

[whitt_flunky]

If it's no cost then upgrade!

 

[born2bwild]

Yea, if it costs nothing, definitely go for the upgrade.

 

[constantinos]

the pitty is that "asus p7h55-m le" is very cheap and has no esata, no firewire, no overclocking options in bios.
what advantages should i get from this upgrade?

 

[Durdle Class A]

Sure, why not if its free. But if you're willing to spend some money, then 2500k is a huge improvement.

 

[2thAche]

Why do you have to get rid of the Q9550? If it's free, bench the two against each other and find out.

 

[constantinos]

i have to keep one or another, cant keep both.
3dmark vantage got 19500 with i5 instead 18500 with q9550.
but is this a reason to change?
also with winrar v4 benchmark (alt+b)
i5 = 2750
q9550 = 1400

 

[Kvjavs]

If it's free, get the i5. You can always replace the motherboard later for a better quality one and OC that sucker.

It's definitely worth it. I miss my p55 set up =/

 

[whitt_flunky]

Since it's free, you should "pay it forward" and give me the one you don't keep!

Or donate it to the auction for Syrillian.

 

[xPwn]

Get the p7h55m-pro instead, i made that mistake and it has oc options

 

[candy_van]

The architecture is more powerful yes, but I can tell you it's not going to be earth shatteringly different.
Went to my current setup from a Q9650 - only reason I switched platforms is because I needed a good OCIng mATX board.

Which brings me to another point; that H55 board is not going to be good for OCing.
I'd plan on ditching that and picking up something cheap and/or trading should you make the move (something with good mosfet cooling, more pwr phases, 8-pin etc - plenty of solid P55s out there still).

 

[PanicProne]

While the i5 will be slightly faster clock per clock, I don't see a reason to upgrade from a very capable chip to a slight more capable chip.

That Q9550 will still remain a fast performing chip for a few years.

Yes, it's a free performance boost, albeit a small one.

Core 2 Quad are still monster chips when overclocked. And while some say it won't matter much, it has 12mb of cache. Much more than the i5.

 

[constantinos]

thats true because the upgrade will be free, but i will lose the esata connection and i have a external lacie 1tb with esata support.
also abit bios is full of options and i overclock q9550 to 3.4ghz.
asus p7h55m le bios is very minimal of options.

really i dont know what to keep.

 

[PanicProne]

All things considered, keep the Q9550.

Still one hell of a monster chip.

 

[turrican9]

Quote:

Originally Posted by constantinos thats true because the upgrade will be free, but i will lose the esata connection and i have a external lacie 1tb with esata support. also abit bios is full of options and i overclock q9550 to 3.4ghz. asus p7h55m le bios is very minimal of options. really i dont know what to keep.

Why only 3.4GHz? In my Gigabyte GA-P35 DS3R I could overclock my Q9400 to 3.6GHz rock stable. You should be able to do 450FSB with that mobo. So 8.5x 450FSB = 3.825GHz. CPU should do it easy. At least you should be able to do 440FSB on that mobo.

 

[constantinos]

yes i know, i have reached 4ghz with q9550 but for me 3.4 is enough with no voltage modifications!

 

[DV9]

I wouldn't bother given the Motherboard you're looking at, you'd be looking at a marginal gain at best. Hold out, imo.

 

[turrican9]

Quote:

Originally Posted by constantinos yes i know, i have reached 4ghz with q9550 but for me 3.4 is enough with no voltage modifications!

If so I see no reason switching to a 1156 i5 760 that cannot be overclocked at all because of that motherboard.

 

[Horsemama1956]

Your 460 might like the i5 better. Fermi in general seems to prefer the ix stuff over 775/AM3.

If you play Starcraft 2 it'll help as well. Just sell the crap board and put 30 or so out of pocket and get a decent overclocking board. It's something new to play with if anything.

 

[neojjjk]

there is no L3 cache in q9550...
it's a free upgrade right?
no doubt mate,,,take that i5 760