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Building/upgrading question
I have a HP a6620 tower that my dad gave up on because it was "unreliable."...just had a bad RAM card. Anyway, it seems like as good a tower as any to learn some PCing on. It already has Windows 7 HP, 64bit. I already picked up a graphics card with s-video so I can use it as my multimedia machine (of course, when I upgrade TVs one of these days, I'll get a better card w/HDMI). I'm going to pick up some more ram (replace the bad one and bump it up a bit) but am also looking into a better processor. It's currently sporting a 2.5GHz Dual Core but would like to go 2.8+GHz Quad for video conversions (kills the 2.5) but don't know what I need to get. There are two different socket types?? If so, how do I know what's what? I'm currently looking at the Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550...this seem like a good processor or does anyone have any recommendations? I'd like to stay around or below $300.
Any help/advice would be appreciated!