Soldato
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A few years ago I built my parents a PC around a Phenom II x2 545. It wouldn't unlock to a x3 or x4, but it has been sat happily and neglected at 3.7GHz for the past four years (and I'm pleasantly surprised that even with 4 years of dust it's still idling at 31c!). But My parents are now requesting a new PC as theirs is slow.
However I'm thinking that if the CPU and motherboard is still fine for Chrome, Youtube and Word, I could do a clean install of Windows 7 (they're on XP now), up the RAM from 2 to 4GB and add an SSD for a lot less of their money.
I might as well put the specs too:
ASRock 760GM-GS3
Callisto Phenom II x2 545 @3.7GHz
2GB DDR3 1600
500GB HDD
So is the Phenom still good enough?
However I'm thinking that if the CPU and motherboard is still fine for Chrome, Youtube and Word, I could do a clean install of Windows 7 (they're on XP now), up the RAM from 2 to 4GB and add an SSD for a lot less of their money.
I might as well put the specs too:
ASRock 760GM-GS3
Callisto Phenom II x2 545 @3.7GHz
2GB DDR3 1600
500GB HDD
So is the Phenom still good enough?