Best chip for $ old dog P5GZ-MX (i'm broke)

[cbay]

P5GZ-MX

Man i hate to throw good money after bad, but i need to keep this old dell running for another month or so.

Got the 945 chip in now, but it's getting hot. Is there a better cpu out there that doesn't break the bank. I

saw a few online that were crazy expensive.

Plan on building an i3 in a couple months, but i need this one to perform better in the meanwhile (trade on it daily).

Any options out there????

Thanks in advance,
Chris

 

[clutchc]

Any of the dual core chips near the bottom of the list would be an improvement over the single core you have now... if you can still find one. They've long ago reached end of life. Maybe ebay.
http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_Socket_775/P5GZMX/#CPUS