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Core 2 or X2?

look at the E2xxx and E4xxx series then, they are just about the best budget chips on the market and you can clock the nuts off them.
 
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This cpu should clock to 3Ghz without too much trouble ;)
Would be a nice upgrade!
 
Corasik said:
Most applications dont make full use of dual core, let alone quad though. The 9500 is 2.2Ghz, and the 8200 is 2.66Ghz and will overclock far above that. As Phenom is roughly clock for clock matched with Conroe/Kentsfield Core 2's, and the Penryns's are slightly faster than that, in applications which only use 1 or 2 cores, the E8200 is probably 25% faster than the 9500. In apps which do use all 4 cores, the 9500 would likely be 30-50% faster. So its not as clear cut as you suggest.

The 8200 should use less power at stock, so its a better choice for a "business computer" running office applications, and the 8200 will overclock further making it a more obvious choice for overclockers.
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mainly i was saying that amd is not totally crap as others make it out to be, and i thought he had AM2 mobo anyway... but regardless extra 2 cores will come in handly eventually and quads are not really any more expensive atm and im sure everyone who is active on ocuk will switch to quad within a year. so unless you change computers every couple months (like some) id recommend a quad for everything.

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