Advise needed for upgrade

[blue00]

Hi guys


My brother current pc is using Q9400, ddr3 ram


however the motherboard spoil


So it it advisable to upgrade to the newer G3258 or just change motherboard will do?

 

[Alternative X]

You will need to change the CPU as well as LGA 775 CPUs will not fit into a LGA 1150 motherboard. Do also note that the G3258 is a dual core CPU and performance may suffer if running multithreaded tasks.

 

[BabyTurkey]

U can get a replacement LGA775 motherboard from Tradepac (~$65). No problem with rams since the new mobo will use DDR3 rams too.

 

[blue00]

You will need to change the CPU as well as LGA 775 CPUs will not fit into a LGA 1150 motherboard. Do also note that the G3258 is a dual core CPU and performance may suffer if running multithreaded tasks.

will the new dual core faster than the quad core?

 

[wkweewee]

will the new dual core faster than the quad core?

Hmm more cores do not equate to faster speed.

Eg 1. Blablabla Dual Core Processor @3.5Ghz
1st Core: 3.50Ghz
2nd Core: 3.50Ghz

Eg 2. Yayaya Quad Core Processor @3.50Ghz
1st Core: 3.50Ghz
2nd Core: 3.50Ghz
3rd Core: 3.40Ghz
4th Core: 3.30Ghz

Apparently when you open up and use most of applications and some of the games in the market as of now, it will not utilise all the 4 cores. As such, there is NO difference btw 1 and 2 since their base clock is the same. However, if you are doing video rendering which requires multithreading (needing more cores to work), eg 1 would stutter as it has a limited number of cores required. Lesser cores can be good (pricing and high base clock) or bad (if you run multithreaded applications). A quad core with a lower base clock is still SLOWER than a dual core with a higher base clock in applications that do not require multithreading.

 

[blue00]

Hmm more cores do not equate to faster speed.

Eg 1. Blablabla Dual Core Processor @3.5Ghz
1st Core: 3.50Ghz
2nd Core: 3.50Ghz

Eg 2. Yayaya Quad Core Processor @3.50Ghz
1st Core: 3.50Ghz
2nd Core: 3.50Ghz
3rd Core: 3.40Ghz
4th Core: 3.30Ghz

Apparently when you open up and use most of applications and some of the games in the market as of now, it will not utilise all the 4 cores. As such, there is NO difference btw 1 and 2 since their base clock is the same. However, if you are doing video rendering which requires multithreading (needing more cores to work), eg 1 would stutter as it has a limited number of cores required. Lesser cores can be good (pricing and high base clock) or bad (if you run multithreaded applications). A quad core with a lower base clock is still SLOWER than a dual core with a higher base clock in applications that do not require multithreading.

in short q8300 vs g3258, which is better?

 

[Alternative X]

in short q8300 vs g3258, which is better?

Depends. What are you using it for? What programs are you running? Do you multitask? (ie. playing a game while having a movie running in the background etc.)

 

[wkweewee]

in short q8300 vs g3258, which is better?

It depends on what u r doing with your com. No best comparison here.