Checking with the older email, your Dell is having the Intel 965 chipset, it
does not support the later quad core processors but it can use a faster dual
core processor like the E5800 (3.2GHz) but the gain is not that much.
C.H.Ling
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> My Dell machine has an Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz, same as the subject
> machine below. Do you recommend the same quad core solution for that?
> Does it even exist? I wouldn't know what to look for.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
> On 7/27/2013 12:13 PM, C.H.Ling wrote:
>> To upgarde the machine, there is another option - buy a used quad core
>> CPU
>> (Q8400, 9400... etc) at around $70. It double your machine speed for RAW
>> conversion and video processing. I will put my money on CPU rather than
>> RAM
>> or OS, the gain is much more visible.
>>
>> I just upgraded my two sons' AMD based machine to quad core at $40 each,
>> it
>> makes Canon DPP run much faster.
>>
>> C.H.Ling
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>>
>>> It would appear from this Crucial recommendation
>>> <http://www.crucial.com/upgrade/ASUS-memory/ASUS+Motherboards/P5KC-upgrades.html>
>>> that the original memory was (now expensive @ $67) DDR2. However, since
>>> the machine is now stated to have DDR3 (you can't mix DDR2 and 3),
>>> assuming the 4GB of DDR3 is in two 2GB modules you can upgrade to 8GB by
>>> adding 2 more 2GB modules from Crucial at the modest cost of $42.
>>> <http://www.crucial.com/search/searchresults.aspx?keywords=DDR3%20PC3%20Asus%20P5KC>
>>>
>>> But Mike's reluctance to spend more on what's now a slow machine is
>>> probably well taken.
>>>
>>> Chuck Norcutt
>>>
>>>
>>> On 7/26/2013 12:48 PM, Mike Lazzari wrote:
>>>>> Here's what I have to work with:
>>>>> ASUS P5KC motherboard
>>>>> Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz
>>>>> 4 GB DDR3 RAM
>>>>> NVIDEA GeForce 8600GT-based video card
>>>> I guess I should have asked what you expect to gain from the upgrade?
>>>>
>>>> The only reason I'd bother with installing Win7-64 is if you also plan
>>>> to max out the RAM to 8gigs. That board is getting long in tooth but
>>>> still has plenty of life left. However IMHO not worth wasting pesos on
>>>> it. The cost of Win7 + 4gigs has to be balanced with putting that money
>>>> towards newer hdwr.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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