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Posted: 1/5/2012 3:14:25 PM EDT
I have a computer with a Pentium 4 3.0 GHz single core processor.






The MB will accept a Pentium D 945 3.4 GHz dual core processor.












Would I notice a non-trivial improvement with that swap?







ETA: Running WinXP SP3 & 4GB ram (well 3.5 recognized)

















 
Link Posted: 1/5/2012 3:21:32 PM EDT
[#1]
The Pentium D 945 will outperform a 3.0ghz Pentium 4, you should see a noticeable performance boost in CPU intensive tasks.
Link Posted: 1/5/2012 3:38:31 PM EDT
[#2]
Cool. any recommendations for an inexpensive (~$50) quality video card? Also looking for a 20"-22" Monitor for < $100.





Link Posted: 1/5/2012 3:46:09 PM EDT
[#3]
This is a pretty good deal for $60 after rebate: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121441. It should be able to run most modern games at a playable frame rate.
Link Posted: 1/5/2012 4:12:32 PM EDT
[#4]
Hmm. Looks like what I'm looking for but I don't fuck with that rebate shit anymore.



I won't be playing games with this, I'm a software developer and I'm hoping to make this a decent backup development machine (Visual Studio 2010).




How 'bout this...




Link Posted: 1/5/2012 4:14:20 PM EDT
[#5]
Quoted:
Hmm. Looks like what I'm looking for but I don't fuck with that rebate shit anymore.

I won't be playing games with this, I'm a software developer and I'm hoping to make this a decent backup development machine (Visual Studio 2010).

How 'bout this...



That should work fine for your intended purpose.
Link Posted: 1/5/2012 4:15:40 PM EDT
[#6]
Link Posted: 1/5/2012 5:24:50 PM EDT
[#7]
Thanks.


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