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How is anyone supposed to answer that?
What do you use the PC for?
I have a Barton 2500+ that's as quick on most office based tasks on my works E8400.
The Barton is nearly 5 years old were as the E8400 is 2 months old.
Sorry i didnt make myself clear, Im into gaming mostly
It's still not an exact science. IMHO you're just better off leaving it until games start to run slower then look at upgrading. How much RAM and what graphics card do you have?
God i feel like a school kid thats been told off by his teacher
Heres the rest of my spec:
P5Q Deluxe
Vista Ultimate 64
Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3700Mhz
8Gb Kingston Hyper Ram
XFX 4890
WD SATA Black 640GIG HD
OCZ 700W PSU
Antec 1200 case
Get that E8400 clocked faster4+Ghz
How hot? What is your cooler? Trust us you are good for 4ghz as a minimum on your setup.