defragmentation is gone

[Dr. Dre]

It's just that I believe the Q6600, once overclocked, is a great CPU, most people overestimate CPU importance in games..

But if you really want to throw a 180€ CPU away, you should sell the whole comp before the components aren't worth anything and buy some combo i5 750 + P7P55D + 4GB DDR3-1600, a NH-U12P SE2 cooler, a good video card and your PC will be the best on gamezone..

Good luck saving, I know I can't

[Aberration]

It's just that I believe the Q6600, once overclocked, is a great CPU, most people overestimate CPU importance in games..

But if you really want to throw a 180€ CPU away, you should sell the whole comp before the components aren't worth anything and buy some combo i5 750 + P7P55D + 4GB DDR3-1600, a NH-U12P SE2 cooler, a good video card and your PC will be the best on gamezone..

Good luck saving, I know I can't

thx. now I'm not sure if I should save or upgrade. a reason why I don't like the pc anymore is his small case, that it's very loud now and that my soundcard doesn't fit in anymore(120€ thrown away). the coolers are also crap. to overclock it I had to buy new ones, than a new motherboard and ram. the pc is two years old already and has no warranty anymore.

[Dr. Dre]

It's simple, what I would do if I had a Q6600 is see what kind of RAM I have, if it's DDR2-800, I would keep it and change the rest, a bigger case, a PSU, a motherboard, a cooler and use the money saved on the processor for the video card. The "Core2Quad - DDR2" combo is good for at least two more years.

If, on the other hand, it's DDR2-667, I would sell the whole comp and build a new config, i5 750 + P7P55D like I said..

[Aberration]

It's simple, what I would do if I had a Q6600 is see what kind of RAM I have, if it's DDR2-800, I would keep it and change the rest, a bigger case, a PSU, a motherboard, a cooler and use the money saved on the processor for the video card. The "Core2Quad - DDR2" combo is good for at least two more years.

If, on the other hand, it's DDR2-667, I would sell the whole comp and build a new config, i5 750 + P7P55D like I said..

but I recently bought a new psu(power supply?) and a 9800gt. and according to SIW it's ddr2 667 (333 MHz) from "Qimonda". so upgrading doesn't pay.

[Dr. Dre]

Yes provided you read the info well, you'd have to buy new RAM anyway, this one would limit your CPU around 3GHz

What's the PSU you bought?

[Aberration]

Fortron fsp550-80gln 550watt

and why would you buy ddr3 1600 ram? on alternate they say me that the i5-750 supports only until 1033.