Failer builds a computer

Hello lobsters.
I have (finally) decided to upgrade my gaming rig. But, since i neither cant afford a decent 1k euro pc yet, nor I want to spend 500 euro on medicore pc for just not to be able to buy 1k one later, i decided i will upgrade my old 2007 pc just for now...
1st thing i did was upgrading RAM from 2GB (system alone was eating 3/4 of it, lol) to 6GB (lord praise good old cheap DDR2, i got it for like 10€) and connecting 2nd HDD to sperate system from games phisicaly. They run quite well at 45-50mbps, considering they are from 2006 and 2007...
Now I noticed my CPU is quite often at 80-90%. I need to upgrade it too, but unfortunately my geek skillz are too low to cope with the task. And so i Ask for your help
My motherboard is Intel Abit IP 35 (or was it 35 IP?). Ive read its compatible with Core 2 Duo (ive got 2.33ghz e6550 now), core 2 Quad and core 2 Extreme series. But ive got no idea what it means precisely xD
Would any of you be kind enough to explain me what compatible CPU could I get without going too far with the price, and which would be betterer than Duo E6550?
Looking at list of those CPUs it would take me years to run through all the benchmarks...
Id apriciate any help.

Also one more question. My power supply unit (whatever its called in english) - i dont want to change that. Currently i belive i have this as my supplier unit [Spoiler] But will it be enough if i change CPU? And how to determine it? Also it says its switchable. How do i switch it into more power if i need some? Do i just take another cord and plug it into wall socket while connecting the output end directly into the pc case? (Just kidding)

Ye, ye, ye, i know i should buy a new computer błah blah.
I need money now dont want to spend it on a computer i use once a week.
And you dont kill your old dog just becauae its barerly breathing ^^

looking at those specs, it would probably easier to buy used hardware from ebay. or you find one donator here. i got computer parts lying around which are useless to me but beat your limits given by the motherboard.

open a Failer 's charity donation thread ;)

I probably would have some LGA775 stuff lying around in usable condition, but the problem is that shipping theom from Finland to Poland would probably cost at least that 60€.

One good investment would be a SSD, even if only 64gb. Try finding a cheap one, it really changes everything.


I also have a friend who is getting rid a of a ~2011 computer but how much would the shipping cost??

quote: I probably would have some LGA775 stuff lying around in usable condition, but the problem is that shipping theom from Finland to Poland would probably cost at least that 60€.

Wut?
I've just had a ~3kg package sent to me from France for 30€. A CPU may even fit in a regular envelope and be extremely cheap to send.

Chesti succedes at providing nothing to the topic again.

Connetable I'm fine with my HDDs, especially since I added a 2nd one. Now one of them is running system thingis and the other one stuff like games etc. They both run at ease at 45-50mbps so its enough for me at the moment. Not something to be excited about, but its fine.

Vermind letter up to 350grams from Poland to Finland costs between 10 - 20 zł, depending if you want it to be a prioroty, and if you want it to be registered. Thats basically up to 6€. Ive got some random euros laying around on my euro bank account, so i could pay back.
But dont bother if the spare stuff you have is barerly any better than my E6550 ^^

I have brought the pc at home.

This is a AMD FX-4130 with Corsair watercooling overclocked to 4.4Ghz, 8Gb dd3 ram, 550W power supply, broadcom wifi card, no HD, ATi HD 4800.

Would be too expensive to send you the whole tower, but could send you the CPU, motherboard, cooler, power supply, wifi card and GPU (you may have a newer one though). I'll keep the ram but i can give you 4Gb ram instead.

What do you think?

Connetable beats my stats, was core2quad 2,4 Oced at 2,9. Nvidia 560, 8g ram.

Better chose quick or else you will be used as dumpster.

Failer manifest yourself quickly or the pc goes to the trash center.

Yup we got steam players.

I used this site to choose hardware for my pc build: http://www.logicalincrements.com/ - I don't think you need expensive case for pc, the only things to pay attention to are USB ports, hard drive slots and air vents. According to that site, the graphics card you chose is a bit too strong for the processor you chose (or processor too weak) and processor can become a bottleneck.

Builds are with gaming in mind with components of approximately equal performance. I've paid for mine around 4000 zł, because I chose a bit more expensive graphics card (gtx 1070). I've bought used one from crypto-miners for around 1000 zł.

For monitor/display I suggest looking for used ones, there are often good deals when some graphics design company sells out. I've bought 27 inch dell for ~ 600 zł I think, while its brand new costed 2800 zł. It serves me 5 years or more now without issues.