Core 2duo 3.0 ghz limitation?

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I'm wondering what limitation does these old c2d have model is e8400.
Will it able to handle multitasking, will it handle running torrent nonstop in the back ground, while watching movies. Or doing streaming, n net surfing?
Can it handle 1080p movies without any issue or lagging?
Can it handle, streaming to other devices, while I'm working on it and downloading torrents?

Does who have it , it will be great if u can reply as well.
 
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Even when I doing them all together. Well most of them together.

I was thinking of going i3-4150 n spend around $170-180 for used complete tower pc without Hdd.

So maybe I can do this which will be for $20-30 for desktop used refurbished dell 760 or Hp do 7900 with c2d3.0 ghz n using my existing 3gb ddr2 ram
Or
Is using c2d better in dell 780 or Hp 8000 or Hp 6000 with 2gb ddr3 ram (10600 bus speed). As they come with it. Or add 2 Gb more. $40-68

Oh wants to run Windows 10.
 
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It should be able to handle those things. As far as games, it depends on the game. I was still using an e8400 when cod ghosts came out and was playing between 50-60fps on high settings. It also handled crysis, farcry and others at 50fps and above. Mine was overclocked to 3.6ghz and using 8gb of ddr2 with an hd 7850 gpu though it was bottlenecking the graphics card slightly.

A 4th gen i3 will likely be better especially with the hyper threading and will allow you to play games that call for 4 cores since it at least has 4 threads despite being a dual core cpu where the e8400 didn't have ht. Being much newer the ipc performance is much better also.
 
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Wow great, since I have no knowledge of overclocking I will not do that in any case.
I'm quoting tower prices next to models as desktop is $10-12 cheaper.
If I go for ddr2 models of Hp or dell I can use my ram ( but in few years till it last the ram will be worth nothing). Models Hp dc7900 $41 , dell 760 $39 dell 960 $39.

But if I go with ddr3 models of Hp or dell or Lenovo ( ya we have those here as well) the ram might sell for something even though it will be only ( 8500 or 10600) . Models Hp elite 8000 $59, Hp 6000 $55, dell 780 $52-55, dell 380 $50. Lenovo q45 $47

The board are same for either ddr2 and ddr3 models . Intel q45, the different are the spec and their psu in tower n desktop. Strangely Hp dc7900 have strong psu 375w in tower while for rest tower is near 305-320w.

So would u recommend these system or should I try to find a unbranded one. Price might be in same range.

lastly, will c2d will be better than g840 processor?
As this is what I also got offer for.
G840, Asus p8h61mxl2, 2gb ram (10600 one from those branded machine), casing with antec green 380w . All used for $55
Same spec but board different Intel dq67sw for $70.
 
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Depending how much ram they have I would look at whichever systems have more ram or use ram you can easily get/upgrade. 2gb of ram isn't very much even for general tasks, the more multitasking you do the more 2gb of ram will hurt system performance. Preferable to have at least 4gb of ram. Some of it will depend on your storage/hard drive as well.

If you only have 1 drive and you're downloading in one program and downloading youtube at the same time they will not only slow down because of your internet but because they're both trying to write to the same hard drive at once. When going with such an inexpensive system you can't expect to do lots and lots of multitasking all at once without impacting performance.

Both c2d and g840 are dual core cpu's, what would help with multitasking would be more threading capability. Either an i3 with hyperthreading or an lga775 quad core like a core2 quad 8600 or something.
 
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