My friend just gave me his old Dell Inspiron 530 (Core 2 Duo E7300 CPU). From what I've read it should be a nice jump in performance and efficiency over my current setup?
Trying to keep my budget to a minimum ($150). I need new MB and RAM...
I would like to OC to at least 3.0GHz. My intention is NOT to OC the crap out of this but just enough to keep gaming smooth (COH, L4D, KF, Race07, COD 4&5).
This is to hold me over until i5 becomes an "affordable" option (a year or so). Currently using Win XP which is why I only have 2GB of RAM, but will most likely upgrade to Win 7 when its ready so I will need at least 4GB (2x2GB sticks) I assume?
Please give me your feedback... Thanks in advance!
Trying to keep my budget to a minimum ($150). I need new MB and RAM...
I would like to OC to at least 3.0GHz. My intention is NOT to OC the crap out of this but just enough to keep gaming smooth (COH, L4D, KF, Race07, COD 4&5).
This is to hold me over until i5 becomes an "affordable" option (a year or so). Currently using Win XP which is why I only have 2GB of RAM, but will most likely upgrade to Win 7 when its ready so I will need at least 4GB (2x2GB sticks) I assume?
Please give me your feedback... Thanks in advance!
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