What's the strongest processor I can put into this? I love it, but I want to improve it over time ^_^
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Every thing on the PC is great except the graphics card. You will most likely never have to improve the processor just invest a few hundred dollars on a better graphics card and you'll be set for a good 5 years.
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R. A. Pelton,As you can upgrade any aspect of this system, including the motherboard, the maximum possible processor can change over time, as your needs evolve.
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best performance gains for the price for performance have been seen a DDR3 1600 or 1833. Of course you can always go up i have 1866 in my system same cpu.
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Thanks for the advice but do you think the dual core would be better? It's cheaper as well.
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I have been building systems for years. I had a spare Quad Core 2.5 with 4GB of RAM so I built it up as a 'proof of concept' test system. I was able to get everything installed and configured but the performance was terrible--even with a single channel. The images were badly pixelated and unwatchable. I ended up building a new i5 system with 16GB of RAM and it could not be better. I was able to view and record all 6 channels at once without glitches. So, IMHO, processor performance is a critical factor here.
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It's just an Athlon processor at that point. If you aren't wanting to use the gpu I would get either an FX chip or Intel chip depending on your preferences. This should still work but it's not as good as either of those. The AMD APU's are really designed to be a cheap solution for an integrated chipset setup.
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This is a quad core, not 8 core. Intel typically is a little ahead of AMD in terms of innovation, but at this price level, you probably won't be able to see a difference.
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This one has been very stable up to 4.9 mhz O.C.! And has beed that way since i built the machine. So if what you are arking is if it a faster processor the answer is Yes
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This CPU is one great gamer. The money you save buying this CPU instead of an i7 CPU can be invested in getting a high end video card which matters the most in gaming. This is what I did and I am very happy with the choice I made.For video editing, it actually can outperform an i7 since the whole 8 cores are used. There is plenty of tests around the net. Look at them and decide for yourself.
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We are glad that you are interested with this item. Upon checking, this model can support Core i7 Processors. Thank you for contacting us.
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I mother board specs are great, this would be very good for gaming, that is what I use mine for and it runs great. I really think that you will be very surprised on what you get for the money with this AMD processor.
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should run with relative ease. the four cores includes hyperthreading but it should still be plenty enough cpu power
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Most, if not all, video cards (aka GPUs) should be compatible with this processor. I'd recommend either a GeForce GTX 960 or GeForce GTX 970, depending on price
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I'd recommend anyone that could afford this CPU to get it. The only con with this CPU would be if you pay the price and you don't use the extra computing power. But you won't be disappointed in any task you ask it to do.
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I think this processor (CPU) is fine but your GPU is more important. get a good graphics card but you don't have to get the best, there are a lot of $35.00 graphics cards that can work fine.
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Not sure ....processor is to slow...I wounldnt waste the $....guessI got what I paid for :( ...hope you got a better deal
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Make sure your motherboard is compatible with this processor, otherwise it will cause damage to either the CPU or the motherboard.I'm no expert here but I think I can help you narrow down your search using this linkhttp://www.cpu-upgrade.com/If this doesn't work consider a deeper research on the processor you already have and see if it has more powerful versions within the series.I wish you best of luck and I hope this helps
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I would get a video card that can support that resolution. I often struggled just using 1920x1080 with this cpu. Not sure what the max is but I would go no further then 1920x1080.