Is it worth upgrading my CPU

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destinyawaits

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Hello there,
I'm willing to upgrade my CPU slightly, for not too much money because I will not stick to that PC for much longer. I've got an AMD Athlon II X2 250 and willing to upgrade to something like AMD Phenom II Quad-Core 955 since the price of it is kinda low I believe. My MoBo is ASRock N68C-S UCC. So I am willing to ask.. is it worth the upgrade for the money, and why.. I would love a detailed information since im not that good at hardware. I would also take any recommendations into consideration.
 
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If you're really just looking to breath new life in to your computer, upgrading your hard to an SSD from a traditional hard drive will absolutely make it feel like its flying. Even though your motherboard likely only supports SATA II, putting a current SSD in will give it a huge boost.

On top of that, the CPU upgrade mentioned is a good one if you find your CPU is spiking all the time. I built a workstation for someone a long time ago, on an X2 250, and did this exact CPU upgrade to the Phenom a couple years later. I also did the SSD OS drive upgrade at the same time....and that workstation is still going strong and is being used by the owner of a financial advisory firm. I actually asked him recently if he felt like he wanted...
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If you're really just looking to breath new life in to your computer, upgrading your hard to an SSD from a traditional hard drive will absolutely make it feel like its flying. Even though your motherboard likely only supports SATA II, putting a current SSD in will give it a huge boost.

On top of that, the CPU upgrade mentioned is a good one if you find your CPU is spiking all the time. I built a workstation for someone a long time ago, on an X2 250, and did this exact CPU upgrade to the Phenom a couple years later. I also did the SSD OS drive upgrade at the same time....and that workstation is still going strong and is being used by the owner of a financial advisory firm. I actually asked him recently if he felt like he wanted more speed but he has no gripes about his machine, and he's got a brand new Intel-based laptop with an SSD to compare performance to. That's saying something, but clearly its enough power to support what he's doing.

Definitely consider what others are saying though, in regards to just upping the entire system. You can build an entire AMD-based system with a nice APU these days for cheap, especially without high end graphics needed.
 
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