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Originally Posted by Jan Kyster
I'm afraid you'll be disappointed by that upgrade then. The difference is so small that I doubt you can feel any difference...
Why not go the overclocking way instead.
Instead of spending $500 on a dubious upgrade, spend some $50 on a good CPU fan, one or two chassis fans and then OC the heck out of the good, old Athlon 
It is capable of running really fast... |
I've been thinking on that. I can overclock it to 4800mhz per core without even messing with the voltage. The problem is that my Mobo is AM2, and I can't find cpus for that socket, at least in spain (buying outside makes the shipping costs go sky high), and if my CPU dies because of the overclocking I will have no choice but to upgrade the whole system. If I could find AM2 processors, I would probably buy a faster one and save more money to get a more decent rig later.