[SOLVED] Cpu upgrade quad or core 2 duo

[pell380]

i want to change my pc but in low range what you guys will recomend e8400 core 2 duo or any quad 8xxx or 9xxx for gaming ?with ddr2 4gb ram 800bus speed

 

[iam2thecrowe]

i would recommend that 4 years ago. But core 2 duo's are old. Get an AMD system Phenom 2 x4 955's are a good value quad core at the moment. That also allows you to get ddr3 which is faster and cheaper than ddr2.

 

[simon12]

I recommend:
Low budget Athlon x3
Medium Budget i3 2100 or Phenom 955BE
High Budget i5 2500K
Unless you already have a 775 board and DDR2 RAM forget Core 2s.

 

[pell380]

ok not going for c2d but in our country we dont have amd stores they have 0.01% market share its all intel here so now i think i3 2100 would be best choice