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Upgrade from a P4 3.2 GHz to an AMD 64 X2 4600+ ...worth it?

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Hey all,

I've got about $350 bucks to spend, and I'm thinking about upgrading my motherboard and CPU. Currently I have a P4 3.2 GHz (HT), and I'm wondering how much of a difference I'd see going to an AMD 64 X2 4600+?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819103627

Even though I have the cash, I don't want to spend it unless I can expect to see a sizable jump in performance, mainly in gaming.

The rest of my specs are listed below, in case you're wondering. Thanks in advance for any replies!

P4 3.2 GHz (w/ HT)
ATI Radeon X1950 XT 256MB (Sapphire)
Asus P5RD1-V Motherboard
Geil 2 GB DDR 400 RAM
120GB SATA 1.5 HDD
Soundblaster Audigy
Antec TruePower Trio 550W PSU
Antec Nine Hundred Case

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It would be a world of difference in performance improvement. The AMD will run faster, cooler and markedly better. But if you're spending that much money, might as well go for C2D. Microcenter has E6400 for $160, add asus P5W from newegg @ $150 and you got yourself an AMD killer.

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And if that P4 is a socket 478 I would totally buy it from you for $50.
edit: Oh no. I just looked up your mobo and it's an LGA, oh well. Good luck.

Two pieces of advise though. If you are on DDR1, then go to a s939 nForce4 mobo and an Opteron 165.
If you are on DDR2 then by all means upgrade to a p965 board and e6300 or e4300 and oc.

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i would agree with Eniqmah, you can get a C2D e6300 or e6400 and a good overclocking boarding for that price and be running at 3.0ghz easy. which is plenty fast enough for gaming, with my rig i play all games on max settings, quake 4, oblivion, etc....AMD has nothing on the C2D's.

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