Dell Dimension 8400 CPU Upgrade to Dual Core. I have a Dell Dimension 8400 with a Pentium 4 Prescott DT 3.2GHZ CPU. I want to upgrade to a Dual Core (maybe Intel E6600)? Can I do this? I think I have a Socket 775. How do I know for sure before I buy? Also,...

a dual core for a budget system anymore unless the expected life of the system is no more than 1 year. Even the tri cores are going to hit a wall before you stretch the legs of the 4870x2. That's why I said the x3 is unbalanced for your build. You're paying...

and therefore do not need very powerful systems. Games from a couple years ago, even the ones today, see performance increases from clock speed, not cores, so I think you could get a few years off a dual core system. What other kind of parts will be needed,...

this is my first quad core build (I've built three dual core machines but never a quad) so if there is anything special I should know about building and maintaining a quad core system please let me know. CPU: AMD Phenom 9950 Agena 2.6GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache...

Dual Core For most builds, quad core CPUs are now the norm. If you have a very low budget or very minimal needs, dual core is OK. I'm still using a fast dual core, and I assure you if I had a need to upgrade it would be done.... but if I were to build a fresh...

and multiple cores. :D :lol: I'm pretty sure VS doesn't support dual core builds but I thought that one proc would do the build and another any other apps running. Plus with the explosion of dual core popularity I think Microsoft will prolly do somthing...

Core i7 vs Phenom II. I am curious as to why many of these benchmarks seem to prefer the Phenom II, if the core i7 is the better performer? . I am curious as to why many of these benchmarks seem to prefer the Phenom II, if the core i7 is the better performer?...

Modular Active PFC Power Supply compatible with core i7 ASUS P5QL/EPU LGA 775 Intel P43 ATX Intel Motherboard Intel Pentium Dual-Core E6300 Processor BX80571E6300 - 2.80GHz, 2MB Cache, 1066MHz FSB, Wolfdale, Dual Core, Retail, Socket 775 Patriot...

bright and shiney comes along that can't be stuck in their current system, then its a new build again. This will be the thinnest section from me and would need help from those that actually build/use these systems. [*][ff0000]- This PC is...