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HELLO EVERYONE...

I HAVE AN OLD COMPUTER ...;-

Dual-core [email protected] ghz  1.60 ghz ram 2gb
card nvidia geforce 9500g
windows 10[/size][/size]

IS IT WORTH UPGRADING TO MAKE IT FASTER SAY BIGGER RAM/ VIDEO CARD/ ETC,
WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST THINGS TO CHANGE ?   We would need to know what MBoard it is to check on what's doable...I will say no. I have and use old computers and do not believe it is worthwhile trying to upgrade them.   

A year ago I would have say otherwise. Now the price of new computers is at a rock bottom price.   

Look at this:
New Computers Under $300.
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We would need to know what MBoard it is to check on what's doable...

You might be able to upgrade to a Quadcore like a Core 2 Quad, but it all comes down to what motherboard you have and what it supports as patio stated. Your CPU is a socket 775 as the Pentium E5300. I have TWO of the 2.7Ghz E5400 systems and I havent tried them with 10, but they show that they are on the weak side of processing power with Windows 7 and video games I have played on them.

You might be able to upgrade to a Core 2 Quad such as this one linked for around $80, but it all comes down to what motherboard you have. By the way the Core 2 Quad is an old CPU, but it was top of the line way back in 2009. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Core-2-Quad-Q9650-3-00GHz-12M-1333FSB-Socket-775-SLB8W-CPU-Processor-/221861107674?hash=item33a7f3d7da:g:OOoAAOSwI-BWJGxA

You might also need to upgrade the CPU heatsink was well to keep this CPU cool running. The E5300 is a much cooler running CPU than the Core 2 Quad.

It also might make more sense to BUY a new computer which will give you Windows 10 with a warranty, probably a larger HARD drive, as well as more RAM. So it depends on what you have for budget to WORK with and what games you want to play etc?


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