I have no understanding of cpu upgrades at all, other then i know i have to make sure my motherboard will be able to use it. So some help or info would be appreciated greatly.
Here is what i have now
Windows XP
AMD athlon 64x2 5000+ (two cpu's at 2.6ghz each)
500 watt power
ASUS M2A-VM motherboard.
Now i have two questions mainly.
Assuming i could find an upgrade with my board what would be the difference between what i have now vs something of similar speed but triple/quad core. When i looked at the list of cpu's my board could take none really seemed to be much faster, the fastest i saw being : Athlon IIX2 255(ADX255OCK23GM),3.1GHz,512KB,rev.C3,65W,SocketAM3 or Phenom IIX3 740 (HDZ740WFK3DGI),3.0GHz,95W,rev.C2,SocketAM3,Triple-Core
neither of which really seems that much better, other then adding extra cores. And of course all of em that i looked at were discontinued anyway. Am i just kind of out of luck unless i try to figure out overclocking or a flat out mother board upgrade?
Here is what i have now
Windows XP
AMD athlon 64x2 5000+ (two cpu's at 2.6ghz each)
500 watt power
ASUS M2A-VM motherboard.
Now i have two questions mainly.
Assuming i could find an upgrade with my board what would be the difference between what i have now vs something of similar speed but triple/quad core. When i looked at the list of cpu's my board could take none really seemed to be much faster, the fastest i saw being : Athlon IIX2 255(ADX255OCK23GM),3.1GHz,512KB,rev.C3,65W,SocketAM3 or Phenom IIX3 740 (HDZ740WFK3DGI),3.0GHz,95W,rev.C2,SocketAM3,Triple-Core
neither of which really seems that much better, other then adding extra cores. And of course all of em that i looked at were discontinued anyway. Am i just kind of out of luck unless i try to figure out overclocking or a flat out mother board upgrade?