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School me on modern(ish) CPUs

Intel's branched off all over the place, and clock speeds are less and less relevant - it's hard to keep track of what types are better than others anymore.

So for those who know: the following link lists compatible CPUs for the board I'm dealing with... I want to know which are the best to look at: CPU-Upgrade: ASUS P5GC-VM processor support and specifications

Present CPU is:

Code:

CPU Name                                      Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz

CPU Code Name                              Cedar Mill

Vendor                                      GenuineIntel

Number of Bits                              64

Instruction Set                              MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, ET64, XD, EST

Platform Name                              Socket 775 LGA

Revision                                      D0

Technology                                      65 nm

Original Clock                              3000 MHz

Original System Clock                      200 MHz

Original Multiplier                              15.0

CPU Clock                                      3000 MHz

System Clock                              200.0 MHz

FSB                                              800.0 MHz

Number of Cores                              1

Core #1         

Speed                                      3000.1 MHz

Multiplier                                      15.0

Virtual Technology Supported              No

Hyper Threading Supported              Yes

Hyper Threading Enabled              Yes

Cache         

L1 Data Cache                              16 KBytes

L1 Trace Cache                              12 Kµops

L2 Cache                                      2048 KBytes

Thanks, O gurus!

Best processors on that list are the Core 2 Duo E8XXX processors, unfortunately you need to use a beta version of the bios, and because the mobo is physically limited to 1033 FSB your processor will be crippled.

IMO, best processor on that list was midrange in 2007 and will be crippled to boot, not worth the time unless you need something quick and dirty.

Hmmm, thanks... what this is, is a 32-channel surveillance DVR that's in need of a little power boost... I'm going to max out the RAM at 4GB (only has 2GB now), just looking at what else I can do to help it along. Might suggest an SSD system drive.

Your present cpu is a 631. The jump to an E8400 is about a 4 times increase. This will be quite noticeable. If you want to rate the CPUs, google "Passmark" and search for your CPU score.

An upgrade to just about any dual core and you'll see a difference.
Personally I wouldn't spend anymore than 100 dollars trying to get a new one.

The money would be better spent on a new PC. If you're trying to get more life out of the current PC, the dual core would do it.

Q6600 is a good , cheap increase, you can also OC it to 3.0 easily