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recommended processors for playing games?

Discussion in 'PC hardware help' started by kmk42019, Oct 1, 2007.

  1. kmk42019

    kmk42019 Member

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    I currently have an athlon 3500+ but want to upgrade. Any recommendations?
     
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    A core 2 duo, but then you would need a new mobo to support it since you have an AMD... Currently Intel processors are the best...
     
    Waymon3X6, Oct 1, 2007
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    I have an AMD 3500 as well :) Yeah waymon is right, Intel Core Duo are leading the pack right now, and the decent chips are pretty good value for money too. I just bought an e6750 - 2.66ghz for $242 (I live in Australia) and a quad core q6600 2.4ghz is about $100 more than that. But yes you need a new motherboard, and consequently new RAM as the intel 775s mostly (if not all) use DDR2. Probably looking at a new power supply too but it's worth it to upgrade from the good ol' 3500 to something more mighty.
     
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