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CPU advice being sort.
I currently have a Foxconn 45GM mobo in my PC with a Pentium 2200 Dual core CPU, the mobo is only 32 bit so although I have 4GB of RAM only 3.25 is usable.
I was going to buy this mobo ASUSTeK Computer Inc. as it will support up to 16GB of RAM.
I am not a gamer so I don't need a power PC at the moment, and my RAM is normally at about 35% when I perform my tasks. The CPU often and quite easily gets up to 100% and as a result my PC is laggy and quite un responsive.
What I wanted to know is would a Pentium Dual Core E6600 3.06GHz which costs about £65 offer much of an improvement on what I already have or would I have to go for a something like a Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz which costs about £140, and would there be much of an improvement also.
In a nutshell what I want to know is, is it worth buying a new CPU and MOBO to breath some life into my PC or just not bother and wait a few years until I can afford a much more powerfull mobo CPU combo?