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Upgrade advice
Hey guys,
Currently I have a Pentium D 820 with 3 GB of DDR2 667 RAM installed. I want to upgrade but don't want to spend that much money. I would like to get an i7 but I can't afford that however, this Pentium D is really getting old and starting to show its age so I'm thinking of putting in a stopgap upgrade, at least until I fully upgrade in about a year and a half.
I've picked out an Asus LGA 775 Motherboard and a Pentium Dual-Core E6600 3.06 Ghz so I can reuse the current RAM I have installed along with all my existing internal and external devices.
Motherboard: Newegg.com - ASUS P5QL/EPU LGA 775 Intel P43 ATX Intel Motherboard
CPU: Newegg.com - Intel Pentium E6600 Wolfdale 3.06GHz 2MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Desktop Processor BX80571E6600
Do you guys think this would be a decent stopgap upgrade to boost performance to more modern levels or could I pick out something better (keeping it under $200 and reusing my current RAM)? Any and all suggestions are welcome and appreciated. Thanks.