I had a Core 2 Quad system until around 2016 ... it was long in the tooth at that point but could still hold up in non-game applications! Fantastic architecture.
I ran a Q6600 until 2016 as well, I had a group of friends who wanted to get into GTA V online and it just couldn't handle it well enough. Aside from that game I probably would have continued running the Q6600 for several more years. I finally got shamed into finally throwing out the motherboard, CPU, and RAM a year and a half ago and now I've been having huge nostalgia cravings and kicking myself for tossing it all out.
Agreed, especially since full HD hadn't yet quite made it to personal computers when the Dell inspiron 530 made it's debut. Mines all original getting ready to undergo a resurrection & complete dream build keeping some originality & as of now the max resolution is 1024x768 maxed out on a far more up to date 27" LG 27MP59G entry level gaming monitor
My first computer was a dell laptop with the old core two duo clocked at 2.16 GHz, I remember when BeamNG came out I optimistically ran the alpha on that with the first gen Intel HD Graphics Performance was actually pretty good at 320x200 xD
@@Jaindike I don't quite remember but I'm pretty sure the old gen one alpha, or maybe the tech demo, had a resolution drop down that had pretty much every main resolution from the last three decades. It was great
Should be able too bsel overclock that cpu with the tape mod too 1333 fsb too get closer too 3.3 ghz i belive it should do at stock voltage with 333 fsb. Pretty easy too do the bsel mod imo, did it myself in a bit alternative way on a pair of cpus with a bit of superglue & a strand of copper wire too bridge the two pads needed. But covering the bsel2 pad with electrical tape or kapton tape works just as well & is reversible, should be the same exact process as doing it on a core 2 quad q6600 too get 3 ghz if you look up a video on that you should be covered too do it on the e6000 series of processors & other socket 775 processors with 1066 fsb.
Thanks for mentioning that, I do remember seeing a tutorial on how to do that a while ago but forgot about it - I have an old Dell Optiplex with a socket 775 that I may try this on, now you've reminded me about it.
Stumbled across your channel tonight because RUclips could *SMELL* that I was looking to upgrade an i5-4590 system with a 4790, and once I saw that your shtick is “here’s some really old shit, let’s force it to game,” I’ve been binging everything else lol. Good shit, keep it up XD
I use a MacBookPro5,5 13.3" laptop that has an Intel Core 2 Duo P7550 2.26 GHz, 8 GB DDR3 RAM, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, and a Patriot Blaze 240 GB SSD. I upgraded the RAM from 2 GB to 2x4 GB, swapped the 250 GB Hitachi HDD for a 240 GB SSD, installed macOS X Mojave, and it runs okay. I was even able to run some old Steam games, like Half Life 2, Day of Defeat, and Team Fortress Classic, at 1280x800 (native) or 1280x720. RUclips 720p60 videos tend to be its limit, as 1080p is just a mess. But honestly, for a free laptop that was being thrown away, I still don't mind using it for light web tasks.
The Core 2 Quads will stop gaining performance around the 7850/7870 GPU mark. With a Q9550, you might get a hair more out of an R9 280x or whatever, but not much more if any. I had a Core 2 Quad @ 3.4ghz and gained ZERO going from a 7850 to a 7870. Now, yes, the Q6600 was 2x Core 2 Duo's whereas the the Q9550 wasn't built like that, but still... that's not a bad idea. The 1050Ti is like 10-15% faster than the HD7870 in some games.
Thanks for a genuinely interesting video. As someone who repairs and refurbishes computers but who only runs Linux now whilst still enjoying gaming, for any socket 775 machine that would normally take a Core 2 Duo CPU, there's absolutely no reason to not stick in a Core 2 Quad CPU like a Q6600 or Q9550, if your motherboard can take them (most will, some don't) because you can pick them up extremely cheaply now. Someone also gave me a couple of old Core 2 Duo HP server machines that I ended up sending to recycling because they didn't have built in sound and I couldn't be bothered to buy sound cards for them. I did mess around with them for a while and whilst they wouldn't take Core 2 Quad CPUs in their 775 sockets, I did find a couple of really cheap 4 core Xeon CPUs that did work. So there are a couple of good and cheap upgrade options for socket 775 that do make quite a bit of difference.
Theres literaly no need to hazzle with xeon on lga 775 socket anymore cos the prices for core2 cpus are no longer expensive (besides the rare ones and many overpriced) example theres lot of q6600 for 10€ or less
@@BittiPomo Like I said in the main post, some LGA775 boards do not take Core 2 Quad CPUs, the BIOS doesn't allow it. However the 2 HP servers that I had did take Quad Core Xeon CPUs in place of the Core 2 Duo ones. That's the only reason why I mentioned Xeons.
i have an old q6600 oc to 3.0ghz and 60gb ssd with windows 10 iot enterprise ltsc. official microsoft stripdown os responsive and still usable today for regular browsing and school works of my niece.
I have an old Core 2 Duo E7400 PC that I use mainly for mass storage and local backup because it has 6 SATA connectors and a 10Gbps NIC. I installed Debian Testing with the XFCE desktop on it 10 years ago and it's currently up-to-date. It's running the latest Linux kernel, XFCE, and everything. I would say for media consumption and simple productivity tasks, perhaps even some modern gaming, a cheap modern Chinese brand Android tablet plus a keyboard and mouse is more effective than an ancient PC.
The Left 4 Dead 2 performance is a huge red flag that there's something else about the system that's creating a bottleneck. I couldn't find numbers for that game, but Left 4 Dead 1 ran at 70+ FPS on a Pentium E5300 (same speed, half the cache) according to tomshardware, and I doubt valve would've made Left 4 Dead 2 run that much worse on systems from its time. Also a quick google search should tell you how to install Windows 7 from USB, I've done it countless times. I've even installed it on unsupported Zen/Coffee lake systems where the USB drivers don't work, now that was a real pain.
I don't know why the l4d2 performance was so bad either. Also I reinstalled windows 7 via usb and via DVD. Both didn't want to work. Had a good ISO that worked but everything but now have no clue where it went.
Used/New brand SSDs (besides kingston A400) are most safe options (micron BX is propably the cheapest 1 with dram cache) but if looking some cheapest i would propaply stick with westerndigital/PNY/kioxia 120gb SSD for boot drive (they are performing decently egnouf for the price) as used SSD would recomend some older samsung drives like evo 860/870
Yeah Samsung stuff is pretty stellar. I'm using an 870 EVO for boot and a WD HDD with 256MB cache. I've been really surprised with how responsive and fast cached HDDs are
Sir I am a basic computer worker, I don't want to change my LGA 775 Socket motherboard. Existing cpu is Pentium E5700, so I want to buy a used good condition core 2 duo E6700 or it might be much better if I get a core 2 Quad Q series best, but in India Q series (used) is not much available, so what to do sir? I need a decent website from where I can buy it , thank you sir.
Men intel core2 still pulls game in 2023 .I have intel core 2 quad 9650 and rx 580/8g. I'm playing gta 5 multipleer 60fps . Sorry for bad english. Im from Russia.
I have a core 2 duo 2.2GHz and another at 2.8 GHz. With Windows 7 they re fast as a brand new 16 core pc. With Windows 10 they re slow but usable wanna try W11 too
Thats gona be expensive investment + you also need better motherboard with support (got my core 2 quad extreme and asus ROG mb from scrap computer as a 29 birthday present🎉)
How good is this processor for web browsing and watching 1080p60 videos on RUclips? I have an old system from 2007 with “Intel Pentium Processor E2180”. I’ve tried to install “Core 2 Extreme QX6700”, but unfortunately, the motherboard cannot handle the voltage required for this CPU. I wonder if I install “Core 2 Duo E6700” will I be able to use the computer for web browsing and watching RUclips on HD?
Depends on the OS, but on tiny 10 it will be useable. You can definitely use it for simple browsing like you mentioned, but its not going to be exceptionally fast, and windows 7 would be a better option. I'd recommend looking up all the supported CPUs for your mobo and finding a base core 2 quad like the q6600. Many of them are supported even on old OEM 775 mbs.
@@Jaindike I’ve tried to install Core 2 Quad Q6600, but unfortunately, the serviceman told me that the system can boot with this CPU, but it’s not working properly. I’m not sure if it is worth trying Core 2 Quad Q6700 on this system. My mobo model is “P5VD2-VM” from Asus with the latest BIOS revision. I think all these issues are caused by the crappy VIA P4M900 chipset. All I need from this PC is to be able to play RUclips 1080p60 videos and browse the web. I wonder if the “Core 2 Duo E6700” could be capable of that.
@@Jaindike I have an ancient eeepc netbook (701 4g surf) and I used to do something like that instead of downloading files on my Thinkpad (T410). Funnily enough, that eeepc netbook outlasted my Thinkpad that died 3 years ago. Good days.
I just build a Core 2 Duo rig with a mechanical drive for my niece a few weeks ago. It runs regular Windows 10 decently enough for general tasks. Socket 775 is an immortal platform, it would seem.
Many people in India are still using this cpu. Very good for basic works.
1st gen core 2 duos can still hold up!
most common cpu are old i3,i5 2nd, 3rd and 4th gen and old Pentium from that time nawday's old school computers don't even use them
Yeah.. Pentium is kind of like outdated stuff@@k2s4try3
I had a Core 2 Quad system until around 2016 ... it was long in the tooth at that point but could still hold up in non-game applications! Fantastic architecture.
I did a video on the q6600 a while back. Gonna make another one on it but was surprised how well it held up
I ran a Q6600 until 2016 as well, I had a group of friends who wanted to get into GTA V online and it just couldn't handle it well enough. Aside from that game I probably would have continued running the Q6600 for several more years. I finally got shamed into finally throwing out the motherboard, CPU, and RAM a year and a half ago and now I've been having huge nostalgia cravings and kicking myself for tossing it all out.
Maybe 720p would give it a better chance to shine ✨
Agreed, especially since full HD hadn't yet quite made it to personal computers when the Dell inspiron 530 made it's debut. Mines all original getting ready to undergo a resurrection & complete dream build keeping some originality & as of now the max resolution is 1024x768 maxed out on a far more up to date 27" LG 27MP59G entry level gaming monitor
My first computer was a dell laptop with the old core two duo clocked at 2.16 GHz, I remember when BeamNG came out I optimistically ran the alpha on that with the first gen Intel HD Graphics
Performance was actually pretty good at 320x200 xD
How the heck did you get it to run at that resolution? That's awesome
@@Jaindike I don't quite remember but I'm pretty sure the old gen one alpha, or maybe the tech demo, had a resolution drop down that had pretty much every main resolution from the last three decades. It was great
Should be able too bsel overclock that cpu with the tape mod too 1333 fsb too get closer too 3.3 ghz i belive it should do at stock voltage with 333 fsb.
Pretty easy too do the bsel mod imo, did it myself in a bit alternative way on a pair of cpus with a bit of superglue & a strand of copper wire too bridge the two pads needed.
But covering the bsel2 pad with electrical tape or kapton tape works just as well & is reversible, should be the same exact process as doing it on a core 2 quad q6600 too get 3 ghz if you look up a video on that you should be covered too do it on the e6000 series of processors & other socket 775 processors with 1066 fsb.
Thanks for mentioning that, I do remember seeing a tutorial on how to do that a while ago but forgot about it - I have an old Dell Optiplex with a socket 775 that I may try this on, now you've reminded me about it.
I remember my old windows 98 pc with a 600mhz celeron, 192 mb RAM, 8mb ATI Rage card, and 10GB hard Drive. Ahh the good times
Man that takes me way back. Crazy how far PC performance has come
Stumbled across your channel tonight because RUclips could *SMELL* that I was looking to upgrade an i5-4590 system with a 4790, and once I saw that your shtick is “here’s some really old shit, let’s force it to game,” I’ve been binging everything else lol. Good shit, keep it up XD
"Here's some really old shit, let's force it to game" lmao, love that. Accurately sums up the channel, glad your enjoying the videos
I was on E8400 from 2009 to 2014
Gotta love the core 2 duos
I learned more about computers on this channel than most other tech channels. Great stuff
Ay glad you liked it. Microarchitectures are interesting :)
I use a MacBookPro5,5 13.3" laptop that has an Intel Core 2 Duo P7550 2.26 GHz, 8 GB DDR3 RAM, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, and a Patriot Blaze 240 GB SSD. I upgraded the RAM from 2 GB to 2x4 GB, swapped the 250 GB Hitachi HDD for a 240 GB SSD, installed macOS X Mojave, and it runs okay. I was even able to run some old Steam games, like Half Life 2, Day of Defeat, and Team Fortress Classic, at 1280x800 (native) or 1280x720. RUclips 720p60 videos tend to be its limit, as 1080p is just a mess. But honestly, for a free laptop that was being thrown away, I still don't mind using it for light web tasks.
Ay free is always the best price. Not bad
Damn. This reminds me of the Core 2 Duo E6550 I grew up using up until 2018. 😭
That core 2 duo nostalgia
The taped hard drive! Has returned!
4:26 dear god.
Gotta love the janky aesthetic
Wait a minute, make the highest end lga775 setup you can like q9550 with 1050ti or 750 ti with 16gb ddr3 ram
Agreed, my thoughts exactly.
Bro predicted a video
@@Jaindike xd
The Core 2 Quads will stop gaining performance around the 7850/7870 GPU mark. With a Q9550, you might get a hair more out of an R9 280x or whatever, but not much more if any.
I had a Core 2 Quad @ 3.4ghz and gained ZERO going from a 7850 to a 7870. Now, yes, the Q6600 was 2x Core 2 Duo's whereas the the Q9550 wasn't built like that, but still...
that's not a bad idea. The 1050Ti is like 10-15% faster than the HD7870 in some games.
750ti or 1030 would work. Both are similar if slightly faster than the GTX 560
Thanks for a genuinely interesting video.
As someone who repairs and refurbishes computers but who only runs Linux now whilst still enjoying gaming, for any socket 775 machine that would normally take a Core 2 Duo CPU, there's absolutely no reason to not stick in a Core 2 Quad CPU like a Q6600 or Q9550, if your motherboard can take them (most will, some don't) because you can pick them up extremely cheaply now.
Someone also gave me a couple of old Core 2 Duo HP server machines that I ended up sending to recycling because they didn't have built in sound and I couldn't be bothered to buy sound cards for them. I did mess around with them for a while and whilst they wouldn't take Core 2 Quad CPUs in their 775 sockets, I did find a couple of really cheap 4 core Xeon CPUs that did work.
So there are a couple of good and cheap upgrade options for socket 775 that do make quite a bit of difference.
Theres literaly no need to hazzle with xeon on lga 775 socket anymore cos the prices for core2 cpus are no longer expensive (besides the rare ones and many overpriced) example theres lot of q6600 for 10€ or less
@@BittiPomo Like I said in the main post, some LGA775 boards do not take Core 2 Quad CPUs, the BIOS doesn't allow it.
However the 2 HP servers that I had did take Quad Core Xeon CPUs in place of the Core 2 Duo ones.
That's the only reason why I mentioned Xeons.
i have an old q6600 oc to 3.0ghz and 60gb ssd with windows 10 iot enterprise ltsc. official microsoft stripdown os responsive and still usable today for regular browsing and school works of my niece.
I have an old Core 2 Duo E7400 PC that I use mainly for mass storage and local backup because it has 6 SATA connectors and a 10Gbps NIC. I installed Debian Testing with the XFCE desktop on it 10 years ago and it's currently up-to-date. It's running the latest Linux kernel, XFCE, and everything.
I would say for media consumption and simple productivity tasks, perhaps even some modern gaming, a cheap modern Chinese brand Android tablet plus a keyboard and mouse is more effective than an ancient PC.
The Left 4 Dead 2 performance is a huge red flag that there's something else about the system that's creating a bottleneck.
I couldn't find numbers for that game, but Left 4 Dead 1 ran at 70+ FPS on a Pentium E5300 (same speed, half the cache) according to tomshardware, and I doubt valve would've made Left 4 Dead 2 run that much worse on systems from its time.
Also a quick google search should tell you how to install Windows 7 from USB, I've done it countless times. I've even installed it on unsupported Zen/Coffee lake systems where the USB drivers don't work, now that was a real pain.
I don't know why the l4d2 performance was so bad either. Also I reinstalled windows 7 via usb and via DVD. Both didn't want to work. Had a good ISO that worked but everything but now have no clue where it went.
You should really invest in a small SSD you can swap between systems, it's only like $20 or so. It'll save you time and sanity.
Or more cheaper 120gb SSD for 7-15€ (HDD can be utalized more efficiently for game storage only)
Just be careful with the very cheap SSDs, if they don't have a cache they'll be as slow if not slower than a HDD
Used/New brand SSDs (besides kingston A400) are most safe options (micron BX is propably the cheapest 1 with dram cache) but if looking some cheapest i would propaply stick with westerndigital/PNY/kioxia 120gb SSD for boot drive (they are performing decently egnouf for the price) as used SSD would recomend some older samsung drives like evo 860/870
Yeah Samsung stuff is pretty stellar. I'm using an 870 EVO for boot and a WD HDD with 256MB cache. I've been really surprised with how responsive and fast cached HDDs are
I think I'm gonna buy a few in bulk. I tend to abuse hardware a bit to much
by the way, dvds hold maybe 4.7 GB, but even with that you can fit there the entire Windows XP operating system and stil have 700 MB free
Sir I am a basic computer worker,
I don't want to change my LGA 775 Socket motherboard. Existing cpu is Pentium E5700, so I want to buy a used good condition core 2 duo E6700 or it might be much better if I get a core 2 Quad Q series best, but in India Q series (used) is not much available, so what to do sir? I need a decent website from where I can buy it , thank you sir.
Hey jaindike
0:27 pentium DEEZ NUTZ
dang it lol
Lol RTX 3060 be like why are you torturing me like this? What did i ever do to deserve this punishment!!!!!
Lol. Pc misuse is my specialty
with the cpu you buyed in the original box, you can make a minecraft server based on linux (mineos)
year ssd sure make this usable. But for an old laptop you have issue with heat with just watchin youtube
Men intel core2 still pulls game in 2023 .I have intel core 2 quad 9650 and rx 580/8g.
I'm playing gta 5 multipleer 60fps . Sorry for bad english. Im from Russia.
Excellent idea
I have a core 2 duo 2.2GHz and another at 2.8 GHz.
With Windows 7 they re fast as a brand new 16 core pc.
With Windows 10 they re slow but usable
wanna try W11 too
Good video as always with a $crim/$b cameo to boot!
Ayooo! I really do like Scrim's solo album
@@Jaindike yeah man that shit is amazing, I remember hearing nightmare on the northside for the first time, shit was insane haha
@magcs6233 love that one. I think he got game or side effects is my favorite tho
i wonder how the intel xeon E5-2620 v4 fairs today?
That'll either be the 2rd to next, or 4th to next video. Tryna maintain a flip flop gpu -> cpu schedule to see how that fairs
try a quad core extreme edition to see how much it improve over the duo
Thats gona be expensive investment + you also need better motherboard with support (got my core 2 quad extreme and asus ROG mb from scrap computer as a 29 birthday present🎉)
I would absolutely love to do that. But a proper rig for all that is hard to find and would cost about as much as my truck
@@Jaindike i have a socket 775 intel extrem edition motherboard if you manage do get the cpu
DDR2?! Where did you even find those relics.
Came with the inspiron luckily
@@Jaindike if ever decide to test the Phenom II, I have my old one, we just need to get it to you somehow.
you paid $15 for the e6700? they go for like $5
For a 15 year old chip im suprised it can even run gta 5 its awesome for its age not gonna lie
"Run" is subjective lol. But it did start it so good enough
How good is this processor for web browsing and watching 1080p60 videos on RUclips?
I have an old system from 2007 with “Intel Pentium Processor E2180”. I’ve tried to install “Core 2 Extreme QX6700”, but unfortunately, the motherboard cannot handle the voltage required for this CPU.
I wonder if I install “Core 2 Duo E6700” will I be able to use the computer for web browsing and watching RUclips on HD?
Depends on the OS, but on tiny 10 it will be useable. You can definitely use it for simple browsing like you mentioned, but its not going to be exceptionally fast, and windows 7 would be a better option. I'd recommend looking up all the supported CPUs for your mobo and finding a base core 2 quad like the q6600. Many of them are supported even on old OEM 775 mbs.
@@Jaindike I’ve tried to install Core 2 Quad Q6600, but unfortunately, the serviceman told me that the system can boot with this CPU, but it’s not working properly. I’m not sure if it is worth trying Core 2 Quad Q6700 on this system.
My mobo model is “P5VD2-VM” from Asus with the latest BIOS revision. I think all these issues are caused by the crappy VIA P4M900 chipset.
All I need from this PC is to be able to play RUclips 1080p60 videos and browse the web.
I wonder if the “Core 2 Duo E6700” could be capable of that.
I'd still use an old Core 2 Duo to do risky stupid stuff on it instead of killing my own CPU lol.
lol. I remember I had a centrino laptop I would download risky files on in case it bricked itself to
@@Jaindike I have an ancient eeepc netbook (701 4g surf) and I used to do something like that instead of downloading files on my Thinkpad (T410). Funnily enough, that eeepc netbook outlasted my Thinkpad that died 3 years ago. Good days.
I don’t know what the first Core 2 Duo was either but I have in my basement an:
INTEL ©️‘05
INTEL ®️CORE2 DUO
6300 SL9SA MALAY
1.86GHZ/2M/1066/06
L632A985
…and, yeah… somebody must be making over six figures just to come up with a processor naming scheme that confuses everyone and is laughing their way to the bank with every paycheck. Sadist!
Nice!
EXCLUSIVE INSIDER NEWS. Musk's new supper computer uses the first core 2 duo.
Lol It's like a poor e6700 clocked to 15ghz
You need to run it on win 7..and with more appropriate gpu.. not a 3060.. older games do not run that well on modern gpu.. at max go for 1060.
I just build a Core 2 Duo rig with a mechanical drive for my niece a few weeks ago. It runs regular Windows 10 decently enough for general tasks. Socket 775 is an immortal platform, it would seem.
Gotta love socket 775. Had some crazy chips
yo can you review my core 2 duo E7500
Sure! I'll be going through the different iterations of Intels core 2 duos
try the Xeon of the day.. and didn't the e give you a clue?
8gb ram is perfect spot
I Just down a core 2 duo in a PC that was about to be trown away by my uncle soo you can understand why in here
Now totally obsolete since windows 11 24h2
Use a SSD, you cheap. That's the bottleneck.