Give a third life to my PC (Q6600)

[naftaleno]

Hello everyone. I'm trying to give a third life to my PC (:facepalm:) and it turns out that I find a forum where, in the middle of 2013, they recommend my Q6600…...just imagine my surprise!.
I bought it about 7 years ago and I gave it a tune-up about 4 years ago......this is how it is now:

• Motherboard.... GIGABYTE Ga-965p-Ds3/s3........http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=2456#ov
• Processor….. q6600 4 Quad a 2,4.
• Graphics.....GIGABYTE GV-N250ZL-1GI........General - GV-N250ZL-1GI - GeForce GTS 250 - Chipset GeForce 200 Series - VGA - GIGABYTE
• Fan piece…...Asus V72 4 Heat Pipes.......http://www.asus.com/Thermal_Solution/V72/
• Power supply…..Be quiet 650
• 4x RAM Kingston DDR2 800

I was thinking about buying a SAMSUNG EVO 840 250 Gb., because from everything I've read, it's what I think would give it the most life. But do you think it would be better to change the graphics card?, would any of those in this thread work for me?.
The motherboard accepts 8 Gb of RAM, but it's sky-high, besides I'm a newbie at 64 bytes and I don't know if I would notice it too much for my use (office work, internet, videos, games (Halflive, Medieval Total War.....I'm not a gamer, but when HL3 comes out I'll change my equipment.....jejejeje.....to STEAMOs?......jejjeje).
And finally the OC. With my PC configuration and a moderate OC (because of little knowledge) how much do you think I could gain? 25%?.
Sorry for the long paragraph but it was a high to find you all. Thank you in advance for any comments.

[Sylver]

@naftaleno:

Hola a todos. Estoy intentando darle una tercera vida a mi PC (:facepalm:) y resulta que encuentro un foro donde, en pleno año 2013, recomiendan mi Q6600…...imaginaros mi sorpresa!.
Lo compré hace unos ¿7? años y le di un repasito hace ¿4?......así está ahora:

• Placa.... GIGABYTE Ga-965p-Ds3/s3........http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=2456#ov
• Procesador….. q6600 4 Quad a 2,4.
• Gráfica.....GIGABYTE GV-N250ZL-1GI........General - GV-N250ZL-1GI - GeForce GTS 250 - Chipset GeForce 200 Series - VGA - GIGABYTE
• Pedazo ventilador…...Asus V72 4 Heat Pipes.......http://www.asus.com/Thermal_Solution/V72/
• Fuente…..Be quiet 650
• 4x RAM Kingston DDR2 800

Habia pensado en comprar un SAMSUNG EVO 840 250 Gb., porque de todo lo que he leido, es lo que creo que más vida le daría. Pero ¿creeis que sería mejor cambiar la gráfica?, ¿me serviría alguna de las de este hilo?.
La placa me acepta 8 Gb de RAM, pero está por las nubes, además soy un novato en 64 bytes y no sé si lo notaría en exceso por mi uso (ofímatica, interner, videos, juegos (Halflive, Medieval Total War.....no soy un gamer, pero cuando salga HL3 me cambio el equipo.....jejejeje.....¿a STEAMOs?......jejjeje).
Y por último el OC. Con mi configuración de PC y un OC moderado(por pocos conocimientos) ¿cuanto creeis que le podría ganar? ¿un 25%?.
Perdonar por la parrafada pero ha sido un subidón encontraros. Muchas gracias de antemano por cualquier comentario.

Hola y bienvenido,

Lo suyo es que vendieses el equipo ahora que aún estás a tiempo, y que con el dinero que saques y el que tengas ahorrado te comprases uno más actual, con una gráfica decente y sobre todo un procesador que soporte holgadamente dicha gráfica.

No sé si es mejor que abrieses un hilo nuevo, pero bueno, déjalo estar y ya si los moderadores lo ven conveniente que lo muden a una rama nueva.

Saludos

[lobisman]

I also have a Q6600 that's about 7 years old. If you tell me you're not much of a gamer, I would try to buy the SSD, which would also be useful in case you finally decide to change the whole computer. You can tell the difference. I did it when my Crucial M4 128mb cost more than 200 euros and I can say it's one of the best investments I've made.

The motherboard you have has a slightly old chipset, but its counterpart at Asus was good for overclocking, so I don't think you'll have any problems making a 400x8 (3200mhz) without raising the voltage or even lowering it.
I'm a lover of O.C. with undervolt. You get more performance with less temperature and less consumption.

Definitely, I would give it a third youth with the new SSD and with a little O.C.
Considering the memory, for the price and its usefulness in the future, I think it's not profitable.

Regards

[Fassou]

@Sylver:

The thing is that you should sell the computer now while you still have time, and with the money you get and the money you have saved, you should buy a more current one, with a decent graphics card and above all a processor that comfortably supports said graphics card.

+1 :sisi:

[naftaleno]

Hello and thank you very much for your reply!
Sylver and Fassou, I have never sold a computer (how much could I ask for this one? £300?). I am considering buying a new computer, but only when one of these two circumstances occurs:

• They release Halflive 3. PC to play this with quality. What do you think?
• They release SteamOS. Steammachine to play this with quality... and to show console players what graphics are... hehe. What do you think?

Lobisman what percentage of improvement would you give to the hard drive installation? And to the OC?
I am very new to OC. Do you recommend a guide? Programs?
Thanks again.
PD: I wanted to post my message in a post about graphics cards... I don't know how I ended up with full configurations:facepalm:

[lobisman]

@naftaleno:

Lobisman ¿que porcentaje de mejora le darias a la instalación del disco duro?¿y al OC?.
Estoy muy pez en el OC ¿me recomendais una guia?¿programas?.
Gracias de nuevo.
PD: quería publicar mi mensaje en un post de targetas gráficas….no se como llegué a configuraciones completas:facepalm:

Una guía de O.C. del Q6600: Guía Básica OverClock Q6600 - HardLimit

En cuanto a las mejoras, con el O.C. sinceramente no he notado nada a excepción de pasar benchmarks con mayor puntuación.

Como no juego, para internet, visionado de pelis 1080p, Word, Excel, photoshop (a nivel amateur con fotos poco pesadas JPEG), leer PDF y alguna cosilla más, me da igual que esté a 2400mhz que a 3200mhz.me va bien de las dos formas.
En los citados benchmarks supone un aumento de rendimiento proporcional a la subida de mhz es decir un 33% más.

El SSD si se nota mucho. Cargas más rápidas de archivos (casi instantaneas) moverte por diferentes ventanas, tiempo de inicio, e.t.c.

Saludos

[cobito]

From my experience, with the company's PC#1 I've had good gaming sessions from time to time on BF3, CS:S and MTA:SA.

If you're not a heavy gamer like me, you can still get good use out of it with slightly better graphics. If you want to be able to play future games decently, it probably won't be enough anymore,

[Sylver]

@naftaleno:

Hello and thank you very much for your reply!.
Sylver and Fassou, I have never sold a computer (how much could I ask for this? ¿300?). If I consider buying a new computer, but when one of these two circumstances occurs:

• They release Halflive 3. PC to play this with quality. What do you think?
• They release SteamOS. Steammachine to play this with quality….and show console players what graphics are......jejeje. What do you think?.
  I will ask you later about a good configuration.

Lobisman what percentage of improvement would you give to the hard drive installation?¿and to the OC?.
I am very new to OC. Do you recommend a guide?¿programs?.
Thanks again.
PD: I wanted to post my message in a post about graphics cards....I don't know how I ended up in full configurations:facepalm:

If you sell it, around 250€ is the amount you can get, depending on how well you negotiate.

You got to Full Configurations by magic, it often happens in this forum, it has been commented for years that it is enchanted…

Just kidding, as I said, it was likely that a moderator moved it to a new branch, and this time it corresponded in Full Configurations

Regards

[Fassou]

If it had been a new post, it wouldn't have been moved, but since you posted it as a response to another post about graphics, we had to use the scalpel

Regards!