So yeah, my CPU fan just broke down, without any apparent reason. And since my CPU’s starting to get a bit old (Core 2 Duo E4440), I think I’m gonna get a new one. My mobo’s (Asus P5B-Plus)socket is 775, and I got a budget of about 300 buckets, less if possible. And I’m not looking for top of the line CPUs, just one that will allow me to play game without any major lag.
Suggestions?
You could get a lower clocked quad core and OC it urself. No reason to spend extra money just for some hz you can get for free.
The money I’d save on buying a lower CPU would be spent on buying a better fan so I can OC. No thanks.
@Rossman: No fan included? I don’t plan of OCing, so would this one be okay, or is it too cheap?
If I were you I would get something that will disperse the heat a little better then that. The heatsink is really tiny on that model, but I would go with this for $15 more.
That’s way too big for my case, sorry :/. Especially since I got some kind of pipe on my side panel that goes directly in front of the CPU to make sure the air goes out.
Thanks! I’ll tomorrow see if I can get those two at my local PC shop, because although TD accepts Paypal, they require instant payments, and I don’t have a credit card. And I hate asking other people if I can use theirs.
Haha cool, no problem. I love helping people out with computers.
Eh atm quad cores are over rated. Be better off with a higher clocked dual.
Well I often run many apps at the time. MSN, Steam, Ableton Live, Winamp, Chrome etc… so a Quad Core might be useful.
Oh, then yes it would be rather helpful. I only said that because you said just something to run games without lag.
I got some kind of issue right now. I have the CPU, everything’s plugged in, but when I starts it, nothing shows up on the screen. I can hear and see everything running (although the CPU’s fan is running very slowly. I can see it, but it’s blurred), but the screen stays on sleep mode. And I ear no beeps. When I would normally hear one that means that everything’s fine.
Help!
If you have a new CPU/Fan and nothing is happening I would say the CPU isn’t supported by your mainboard - just because it is a 775 doesn’t mean all 775 CPU’s will work… check the mainboard manufacturer for a BIOS update or compatibility information…
Have you by chance forgot to connect the 12V power supply connector for the CPU onto the motherboard? It should be connected in the white socket that is located near the left top of your CPU.
Either way, this is something that can happen if your CPU doesn’t get enough power, or - dare I say it - if your CPU and motherboard are incompatible with eachother.
Apparently your motherboard (Asus P5B) is compatible with the following processors:* Intel® Pentium® 4 5xx (Prescott)
The thing is: I can’t update the BIOS because I can’t even see the post screen.
Nope, it’s connected.
I got a 600W PSU. I highly doubt it’s not enough.
That’s my CPU right there.
May I ask why you don’t overclock your CPU? There’s really no danger to it. Intel does the same thing, they get a 2.66 GHz clocked CPU and bump it up to 3.2 GHz and then charge twice the price. Luckily most people aren’t dumb and they simple buy the cheaper model and overclock it.
I’ve had a Q9450 for years, had it running at 3.6 GHz with minimum increase in voltage, that’s a 1 GHz overclock.
Killing your CPU will only happen if you have bad cooling and let your CPU run above the thermal threshold or if you pump extreme voltages through it at insane clockspeeds (usually used for breaking records not daily usage). I can’t even remember the last time I saw someone who killed his CPU. (overclocking motherboards have failsafes anyway to prevent this from happening)
Almost all of the newer motherboards support overclocking with special features including BIOS overclocking tools integrated, failsafe switches on the motherboard and all that stuff. Sure ‘back then’ overclocking wasn’t a big deal, but now I overclock my GPU, CPU and memory. Not to mention my GPU was overclocked by the manufacterer itself, even the memory itself was specifically designed for overclocking.
Nah. My rig is just not mounted for OCing. I’m using stock fans for cooling, I think my RAM sticks aren’t all at the same speed, and I just can’t understand shit at that voltage/fsb stuff.
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