whats a good cpu?

[mummy123]

I have a gigabyte motherboard and its a decent one but I'm wondering what cpu with a good cooling system can I get for it????

[plztouchmymonkey]

anything intell is good

[BFeely]

Core 2 Quad Q9550. Very fast even when not overclocked. When overclocked, it's a monster.
As for cooling, if you can afford it and you have a big enough case, the Zalman CNPS9700 LED provides superb cooling.

[Sephiroth]

I have a gigabyte motherboard and its a decent one but I'm wondering what cpu with a good cooling system can I get for it????

Your motherboard can only support specific CPU's.

You will need to look up the documentation on your motherboard on the manufacturers web site to find out which processors it can support.

[fpu]

INTEL CORE 2 EXTREME QX9650 3.0GHz 12MB LGA775

3.0 Ghz
12 MB Cache
LGA775
1333 Ghz you can play four game at the same time :)

[Signa]

There is also the new intel i7 that I'm looking at getting. I doubt that your mobo supports that. I was looking at the Q9550 before the i7 920 came out. Same price, but the i7 beats the Q9550 in almost every test on Tomshardware

[1cooldude]

I have a gigabyte motherboard and its a decent one but I'm wondering what cpu with a good cooling system can I get for it????

which chipset does your mobo support? This may either widen or reduce your options.

[solger]

Typical speed of a cpu? What means by cpu speed? What is the fastest cpu?
Fastest CPU Clock Speed? What is a good cpu speed? What is a fast cpu speed?

[drtoker]

Anything Dual Core or Quad Core with a high frequency (over 2.5GHZ)
Look at your motherboard specs to see what type (intel or amd) and what socket type (lga775, am2+, etc) chip to buy

[shawners]

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[Filickie]

I do not know much about the CPUs. But all the advices that have been given were so valuable!! They will help others too to get an insight in buying the CPU.. Thank you for pursuing this topic here...!!