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- Dec 30, 2004
I'm getting my hands on a Compaq Presario desktop for free that I'm going to give to my mother in law to replace her 12 year old Dell. It's got 2gb of RAM and an E2160. Supposedly the motherboard only supports 2gb max, so no room for upgrades there.
Do you guys think spending $30 or so on a used LGA775 processor would net a noticeable difference over the E2160? If so, what are some of the 'top performers' from the 775 era? I was an AMD guy at that time, never paid much attention to Intel's offerings. Since it's an OEM motherboard and case, I probably won't even attempt to OC it.
Thanks!
Do you guys think spending $30 or so on a used LGA775 processor would net a noticeable difference over the E2160? If so, what are some of the 'top performers' from the 775 era? I was an AMD guy at that time, never paid much attention to Intel's offerings. Since it's an OEM motherboard and case, I probably won't even attempt to OC it.
Thanks!