I'm currently upgrading to this processor from an Athlon II X2 255 and I'm wondering if there would be a noticeable difference in performance?
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Depends on what you're using it for, but I would say in most categories yes, you'll see a difference. I used this to revitalize an aging gaming PC and saw immediate improvements in performance. If you're doing audio/video rendering you'll likely see a benefit. Office work/email will probably show less of an improvement.
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The .3ghz won't make a huge difference. Both get incredibly hot, so a high quality cpu cooler is necessary.
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well that comes with an athlon ii so should be no problem with that cpu and its a good cpu as i had it and loved it
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This is a first gen. processor. It is still plenty fast and you probably would not know the difference unless you are a heavy number cruncher or high resolution gamer
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In terms of speed and power this would be a huge difference. The issue is that you will have to purchase an AMD compatible motherboard. Try to get a motherboard with an AM3+ AMD 990FX chipset so you can upgrade to the 8 core CPU such as the FX 9370, or the FX9590. Have fun!
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Yeah, actually it would be a pretty drastic improvement, considering the 4770k has the highest single core cpu performance and if you have a decent cooling system you can get some serious results.
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It's just an Athlon processor at that point. If you aren't wanting to use the gpu I would get either an FX chip or Intel chip depending on your preferences. This should still work but it's not as good as either of those. The AMD APU's are really designed to be a cheap solution for an integrated chipset setup.
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depends on the reason you want a faster processor. For intensive games and video editing, more cores and faster processor would help. Otherwise, want you have should be sufficient.
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Depends on how much you are paying. If the E8400 is free, or next to free, sure, go for it. But there are much better processors that should be compatible with your motherboard, that will give you better performance enhancements. For example a core 2 quad, or even a faster E8xxx series chip, like an E8500 or E8600.
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I had the exact same processor in my laptop (Lenovo Y 550) and this processor swapped out with it no problems. I believe its the same socket set for your computer as well.the only thing slowing my laptop down now is the hard drive.anything more than 4 gigs of ram and you're not really going to see a noticeable difference in performance.this processor however have to use what do you definitely see a huge bump in speed. opening and closing windows will be smooth if you're playing games you're looking at a much higher setting on your graphics and it handles programs like Dragon speak and word without any effort. I hope this helps.
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Should be fine with your CPU - be careful with overclocking though, if you intend to do that. Otherwise, it's a fine motherboard and hasn't given me any issues.
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Just checked, the Athlon II x2 240 is indeed AM3. This means that the x4 965 should work, unless Dell's motherboard is proprietary for some reason (90% sure it is not). This processor should be all that you need and more, even heavy gaming is easy with it. Good luck!
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No, you cannot upgrade the processor as far as I know. It is not intended for intensive workload although it is much better than regular desktop PCs even if these have more CPU processing power. The reason being that it is designed as a server. It runs very efficiently 24/7 and is mostly silent. You can add more RAM but it is recommended that you use a server graded module.
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I have been building systems for years. I had a spare Quad Core 2.5 with 4GB of RAM so I built it up as a 'proof of concept' test system. I was able to get everything installed and configured but the performance was terrible--even with a single channel. The images were badly pixelated and unwatchable. I ended up building a new i5 system with 16GB of RAM and it could not be better. I was able to view and record all 6 channels at once without glitches. So, IMHO, processor performance is a critical factor here.
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I do not know the model you indicated, but I have several different models of Intel Core i3 and I have never noticed significant differences in performances. I have only noticed performance differences among i3 processors from different generetions (for example between first and forth generations). Really important (and useful) differences in performance are only detected betwen i3 and i5 or i3 and i7.
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I have not had any bottlenecking which is one of the main reasons I bought this card. I have a AM3+ board with pci express 2 because AMD has not really released any good express 3.0 boards, I heard in some reviews that there was no bottlenecking and they were right.