My current machine is a custom build running an AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ (2.21GHz) processor in a decent motherboard. I've been offered the chance to pick up a machine from work for a teeny, tiny price - this is an HP machine running an Intel Core 2 6400 (2.13 GHz) in a motherboard of unknown provenance.
Is it likely to be worth my while "upgrading"? I've noticed of late that my AMD computer seems to be running slow, but it's possible this is just due to the accumulation of rubbish on the HDD and the registry.
If I run the same version of SiSoft Sandra on both, am I going to get usefully reliable benchmarks to compare - or are there any useful online benchmarking tools I can use?
Is it likely to be worth my while "upgrading"? I've noticed of late that my AMD computer seems to be running slow, but it's possible this is just due to the accumulation of rubbish on the HDD and the registry.
If I run the same version of SiSoft Sandra on both, am I going to get usefully reliable benchmarks to compare - or are there any useful online benchmarking tools I can use?