As you can see in my sig I have an older processor, an Athlon 3200+. Today in a email from Newegg I found I can get the Athlon 3400+ for $40. I'm trying to decide if I should drop $40 to get a small speed boost, or keep saving until I have enough to purchase what I need for a newer build. The new build probably wont happen 'til at least fall, most likely later.
if you can sell your cpu for like 25dollars then yes, but if you cant sell it then dont do it
E6300 @ 3.51GHz 1.392v
Asus Maximus Formula
Antec 550Watt Psu
Mushkin DDR-1206@ 5-5-5-15 / 2.28v
Zalman CPU Cooler CNPS7700
6408800GTS(OC 691MHz Core/2.132GHz Mem)
2x80mm case fans +2x120mm case fans
dont listen to them lol, just see if you can sell your cpu, if you can its worth it to pay 10-15bucks for a new one
E6300 @ 3.51GHz 1.392v
Asus Maximus Formula
Antec 550Watt Psu
Mushkin DDR-1206@ 5-5-5-15 / 2.28v
Zalman CPU Cooler CNPS7700
6408800GTS(OC 691MHz Core/2.132GHz Mem)
2x80mm case fans +2x120mm case fans
all i know is that the s939 3800 x2 at 2.0 ghz has overclocked for me to 2.6ghz on multiple machines at stock voltage with a 20 dollar cooler. my vote is to wait for a bigger jump though, or to just overclock it a bit. I got a 3000+ (754) up to 2.4 on stock cooler.
Well it looks like it's practically unanimous... I'm not going to try to sell my old CPU, it's been moved in and out of my mobo several times, and I don't really want to buy a better CPU cooler so I can OC. I've tried OCing with the stock fan, and anything more than 10Mhz gets way to hot for my liking.