Should be fine as long as you stick to (non K-class) processors that originally shipped with Aurora-R5.
If going through all the trouble, I personally would go Intel-i7 or just not do it. Also, while you are in there, it would probably be a good idea to upgrade to Liquid-Cooling. The stock Alienware (Asetek) LC is only $100.
What are you doing on it that (all of a sudden) you need more CPU speed?
A SSD might be a better upgrade (for general speed).
For gaming a nice video card ... but yeah, you really need all 3 things for gaming.
Ive just noticed if ive had a few windows open then close them then go to a game itll start to lag a bit. I don't know if its the processor necessarily I'm still pretty new to all this, this is my first pc.
Ive just noticed if ive had a few windows open then close them then go to a game itll start to lag a bit. I don't know if its the processor necessarily I'm still pretty new to all this, this is my first pc.
You can try setting Power Profile to "High Performance". That should set the Intel-i3 to 100%-100% always. It's a desktop, so why not if it helps.
But probably, it's because your Windows is not running from a SSD. That gets rid of all the "churning" and any perceivable "memory swapping". The access-speed and IOPS are so much better than a spinning HDD, it's not even funny.
Remember that today's Intel-i3's are faster than yesterdays nice mainstream i7's (from like 5-7 years ago).
Tesla1856
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April 3rd, 2018 21:00
Should be fine as long as you stick to (non K-class) processors that originally shipped with Aurora-R5.
If going through all the trouble, I personally would go Intel-i7 or just not do it. Also, while you are in there, it would probably be a good idea to upgrade to Liquid-Cooling. The stock Alienware (Asetek) LC is only $100.
What are you doing on it that (all of a sudden) you need more CPU speed?
A SSD might be a better upgrade (for general speed).
For gaming a nice video card ... but yeah, you really need all 3 things for gaming.
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April 4th, 2018 18:00
Ive just noticed if ive had a few windows open then close them then go to a game itll start to lag a bit. I don't know if its the processor necessarily I'm still pretty new to all this, this is my first pc.
Tesla1856
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April 4th, 2018 22:00
You can try setting Power Profile to "High Performance". That should set the Intel-i3 to 100%-100% always. It's a desktop, so why not if it helps.
But probably, it's because your Windows is not running from a SSD. That gets rid of all the "churning" and any perceivable "memory swapping". The access-speed and IOPS are so much better than a spinning HDD, it's not even funny.
Remember that today's Intel-i3's are faster than yesterdays nice mainstream i7's (from like 5-7 years ago).