I'm running the following motherboard in my bargain bin gaming machine.
http://www.biostar.com.tw/app/en-us/mb/content.php?S_ID=173
I currently have the 3.20ghz PentiumD (940 SL95W) processor in it. I see that the board supports a 2.66ghz Core2Duo chip (E6700 SL9S7). Obviously the E6700 runs at a faster FSB speed and uses less voltage. Both chips have the same amount of L2 cache (4MB). The E6700 runs at an overall higher clock speed.
I am running Windows XP (32bit). I currently have 2GB of 533mhz RAM (Kingston).
Is the E6700 significantly better than the 940? Will the 2.66ghz E6700 significantly outperform the 3.20ghz 940? If so, where is a good place to get the E6700 chip? I've checked NewEgg and a few other sites but they all seem to be carrying the E6750.
I mainly use the machine to play games and I already have a GeForce 8800GT with 512MB of RAM on it. I do the occassional DVD encoding but other than that I do not use many applications that are CPU intensive.
http://www.biostar.com.tw/app/en-us/mb/content.php?S_ID=173
I currently have the 3.20ghz PentiumD (940 SL95W) processor in it. I see that the board supports a 2.66ghz Core2Duo chip (E6700 SL9S7). Obviously the E6700 runs at a faster FSB speed and uses less voltage. Both chips have the same amount of L2 cache (4MB). The E6700 runs at an overall higher clock speed.
I am running Windows XP (32bit). I currently have 2GB of 533mhz RAM (Kingston).
Is the E6700 significantly better than the 940? Will the 2.66ghz E6700 significantly outperform the 3.20ghz 940? If so, where is a good place to get the E6700 chip? I've checked NewEgg and a few other sites but they all seem to be carrying the E6750.
I mainly use the machine to play games and I already have a GeForce 8800GT with 512MB of RAM on it. I do the occassional DVD encoding but other than that I do not use many applications that are CPU intensive.