New processor

[MeesterJamus]

So I need/want/would welcome suggestions for a new processor for my PC. As a few of you know the one I have is not capable of handling Star Wars The Old Republic. It is just under the minimum requirements. I am about to buy a new power supply and I wanted to get the processor at the same time.

So, suggestions? Intel. AMD. Brand doesn't really matter to me, speed, power and reliability do.

[Scarybooster]

I would go Intel. Their new processor Sandybridge Is a great chipset. I love my i7 6 core

[MeesterJamus]

I assume you have the Sandybridge, what powersupply do you have running with that? I'm only asking so I don't goof up buying, for example, 400W when I need 450W.

[MeesterJamus]

Nevermind. I went to BestBuy to discuss processor options with some nerds I know that work there (that refuse to answer their phones and I refuse to have an entire conversation by texting) and we made it to power supply units, I went with this: Thermaltake 850W

[Scarybooster]

Cool and no I don't have the Sandy Bridge. I just have a 6 core i7 970 Gulftown with a 1,000 watt power supply. I went big for the option of 4 graphics cards a bit later. I'm sure I can run SWTOR just fine. I bought my system in November just so I could play SWTOR and GW2 at the highest setting. I think I bought my chip set and Sandy Bridge came out 2 weeks later lol

[MeesterJamus]

D'OH!! Don't you hate when that happens? That seems to always be my luck.

[Scarybooster]

Yeah it was a higher 4 core than the ones out so I had to spend extra to go above that. I would have bought the Sandy Bridge in seconds if it was out then

[MeesterJamus]

I already asked Scary, so to everyone else:

Are you computer hardware savvy?

Sometime in the last 3-ish years my brain went all "uh dur what's that? duuuuurrrrr...." on me and I forgot most of what I knew about building PCs. I'm cruising around over at newegg.com, and realized, I don't really know what I'm looking for.

I know I need a 939 socket processor, I looked it up and some geek friends I have looked it up from past purchases I've made.

PC processor list at Newegg.com

*IF* you have the time, this is the list I've been flipping around and looking at. Could you remind me what designates what I'm looking for?


Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I72600K

32 nm Sandy Bridge 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache Series: Core i7
L2 Cache: 4 x 256KB
L3 Cache: 8MB
Manufacturing Tech: 32 nm
Model #: BX80623I72600K
Item #: N82E16819115070

[Winin]

Check out tom's hardware site. They have lots of guides, what is the latest and greatest, etc. I don't keep up. I just look when I'm ready to upgrade.

[MeesterJamus]

Pst, Winin... Link me, por flavor???

[Winin]

www.tomshardware.com/

[MeesterJamus]

Kind of necro-ing here... but only kinda.

End result of the best I can do with my old set-up:
Powersupply: 850W
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ Windsor
(Socket AM2, 3.2GHz, Dual-Core)
Added 1GB of RAM

I had:
Powersupply: 350W
Processor: AMD Athlon X2 3800


Thanks for the help, all.


Edit: Sooo much faster!!!!!!!

[Scarybooster]

Glad to hear it's better