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Originally Posted by EuroDuke
Do you notice a real difference between the core2 and what you're currently using (assuming it's amd)? Trying to decide if and when to take the plunge.
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I did notice a real difference, but I was using a dinosaur. I had an AMD Athlon XP1900+ from about 3 years ago. I don't game all that much, so as long as I had 1.5gb of ram I was golden.
I just couldn't dispute EVERY review site out there basically saying that for the money the C2D machines blow the AMD rigs out of the water for a lot loss money. I just had to switch from an AGP video card to a PCI express, along with buying DDR2 RAM, an ATX 2.0 power supply, a new motherboard, an SATA hard drive, etc.. I ended up not keeping anything from the old tower itself. Got a fancy new Lian Li aluminum case to boot. It uses 120mm fans instead of 80mm so it's a lot quieter.