Upgrade i3-540?

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bumping with technology

>>52384921
Also, this thing is the first computer I built. It has outlasted all of its predecessors because it has no resale value and doesn't take up any space thanks to being mITX.
Fuck I love this thing.

Now tell me, should I replace it or spend the cash on booze instead?

cmmon /g/

>>52384921
It's not the processor that's hanging it's the shitty operating system. Save your money for beer and buy a large fast usb stick and run your OS on that.

>>52385492
Can't tell if serious, guessing not.

don't get Skylake

http://techreport.com/news/29585/prime95-can-cause-intel-skylake-cpus-to-freeze

>>52385583
>http://techreport.com/news/29585/prime95-can-cause-intel-skylake-cpus-to-freeze

looking at a 4460 at 40% off, skylake is expensive and flawed.

>>52384984
Honestly I had to stop and just stare at this. It's... Beautiful.

>>52385639
Yeah, that thing must have some sick RAM temperatures.

>>52385667
>6000000mhz

>>52385631
4460 is good but you'll need a new cooler

>>52385961
uuuhm, no? the cooler mounts are mechanically the same.
If you were referring to the shit that intel puts in the box then ofc I wont be using that, I have a 212 evo with dual noctua fans.

>>52384921
Not your personal tech support.

>>52386296
I wasn't asking for any form of tech support. I was asking for emotional support in the matter of replacing my best friend with a newer model.
From a tech perspective there is no doubt here. The i5 is superior in every way and the price is too good to pass.

The idea of replacing the possession that I have been using almost every day for the last 6 years brings tears to my eyes.
Having a relationship like this to my CPU is probably unhealthy, but it's probably the closest thing I can get to friendship or love.

>>52384984
Is that, no it can't be, wait really? The ram and the northbridge are watercooled?!?!?

>>52386462
Nigga is you joking? Upgrade that shit ASAP. Soon as you enjoy no bottlenecks and no hangups you'll never look back

>>52384921
Upgrade

>>52386643

Not your emotional support either. Having feelings towards objects shows deep emotional immaturity and lack of spiritual richness.

Fuck off to reddit with your consumer bullshit.

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>>52384921
Tfw I'm a fucking finance student
Tfw I have rigs better than faggot stem majors

>>52386829

meant for (you) >>52386462, obviously.

>>52386643
I got to the stage of entering my credit card details, and I'm not sure I'm ready to replace her.

It has survived lightning strikes, had a motherboard melt away due to a faulty CPU cooler, lived in cardboard boxes and run for years with a freaky mix of totally incompatible parts and still posts every single time.

>>52386829
Fuck off bro. My mental immaturity and instability is my own fucking problem.

>>52386884

I agree but you should bring your frivolous problems elsewhere, no one cares about you or your stupid bullshit here.

>>52386901
Does anybody force you to read my silly shit? If you don't like it you can fuck off to /mlp/ and enjoy your problem-free life.

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>>52386901
It's just classic STEM bullshit of "look at me, I'm a STEM major!! I am all about technology but I have to ask a group of people whether or not I want to do something, btw I'm a STEM major! Don't forget to like and subscribe"

Finance master race :^)

>>52385091
Link to case?

>>52387151
some guy had a piece of acrylic cut out on order iirc, probably only one there is

>>52385539
Tell me why installing windows on a fast solid state drive to revitalize an older pic is a bad idea and there's your answer

If you have more than one year of study left. Do it while you can. If you have less than a year, hold out until you get a job

>>52387462
"large fast usb stick" != SSD
This thing runs a SSD already, and that has pretty much zero impact on CPU-heavy tasks.

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>>52384921
If you havent already, i recomend overclocking.

>>52384984
>fryneat.jepg

>>52387727
Shit tier Intel motherboard, so no overclocking for me.

>>52387869
Like, how shitty? I'm sure you can do 4-500Mhz.

>>52387899
Like, anything over 100Mhz makes it too unstable to function. 100Mhz makes some games act up a bit. FSB is linked to just about everything else, so overclocking is simply impossible.
Never ever ever buy a Intel brand motherboard. They know CPUs, but this mobo is shit.

>>52387899
Yeah, this. As long as you dont touch the voltage it'll be fine.

Also some guy got 4.7ghz on his i5 650 using a shitty biostar h55+

Also what country?
If you're in aus you can get an i7 860 for around 25 dollars iirc.

>>52384921
Alternative option: Move to a Haswell i3 (4170?). You'll get a huge performance improvement and won't bottleneck games (unless your GPU is in 980 territory). Then, when prices of unlocked Haswell i5s and i7s come down, you can go for one without needing to replace the motherboard again.

>>52388016
I honestly wouldn't upgrade now. I'd rather buy an SSD and try to live like this for 12-18 months, when Zen and Kaby are supposed to go out. You'll be able to use the already bought ssd and switch to ddr4 or grab a skylake/haswell/hw refresh cheaper than they are now. But hey, if CPU power is precisely what you need, go for it.

>>52388063
Costs the same as the i5-4460 I've been looking at.

>>52388056
Norway. No way in hell I'll find any i7 for under $100, even used ones cost more than that.

>>52388098
Any idea how the Zen will perform? Will the single-core performance be anywhere near Intel?

>>52388106
>Costs the same as the i5-4460 I've been looking at.
? Where I am, the 4160 (can't find 4170 without markup) is £87 and the i5-4460 is £147.

>>52388098
Cont.
You could also get the best cpu for your socket and get a full upgrade later (mobo+(ram)+cpu). It's gonna be more cost efficient imo.

>>52388145 (Me)
Wait, I missed
>>52384921
>Oh, and local store has a really good offer on i5s.
Okay then, if you have the chance I say go for it.

>>52388136
It's supposed to have at least haswell-like single threaded performance and more cores.

>>52385961

He won't, the 4460 comes with its own cooler that's more than enough for anyone who doesn't OC.

>>52388156
I checked that route out, mobo can't handle quads, so were talking 10-15% increase if I can even find something that fits.

>>52388199
How much for a new mobo?

You can get some p55 and h55 ones from china for under 60 usd, but I'm sure you can find better and cheaper used ones. Or if you do wantnto upgrade look on the used market. My friend got a great deal on an i5 2400, 4gb ram, and mobo for 120 aud. He upgraded from a q8200 so it was a pretty big upgrade for him.