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#3940561 - 04/17/14 10:15 AM Interest check: Core i5 750 and P55 board  
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I might just F* it and upgrade my system. I've never really decided on an "upgrade cycle" but this system is about 4 years old and has served me really well. In the quest for more fps and the ability to do smoother video capture, I'm itching to pull the plug on a new Haswell system.

So, my old and reliable i5 750 2.6GHz and Gigabyte P55-US3L motherboard may be looking for a new home soon. This system has only been OC'ed twice, the first time was 2 years ago when I was playing DCS, but then shifted to BMS so went back to stock clocks after a period of testing. Second time is this week, OC'ed up to 4.0GHz stable with 1 hour Intel Burn Test and temps of below 80*C. Running BMS and I don't even touch 60*C. Cooler is a CoolerMaster Hyper 212 Evo and does a really, really, REALLY good job.

I don't play much ARMA/Skyrim/DCS to give an accurate evaluation of it's performance but suffice to say that if it weren't for my quest-for-fps in BMS, I wouldn't feel the "need" to upgrade.

Any ideas what a fair price for the CPU+mobo would be today? It's not kick-ass-great but with the right GPU, I'd doubt if it'll struggle with any games today.


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#3943606 - 04/24/14 01:52 AM Re: Interest check: Core i5 750 and P55 board [Re: - Ice]  
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I'll vouch for that processor and board. I've had mine for about four years as well. Don't know much about OCing but this has been the best pc I've ever had dollar for dollar and year for year. Only upgraded video card and ram.


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