At the moment I'm using an e7300 2.66 GHz processor.
I wanted to upgrade to a quad core. I was thinking of getting either a q9400, q9550 or a q9650.
I don't want to overclock because my motherboard doesn't have good overclocking options.
I mainly use my pc for gaming, photo editing, recording tv and internet. I know the q9400 is fine for all of this but if I did get the q9550 or the q9650 would this speed up stuff like load times or should I just use the extra money to put towards an ssd.
Would be grateful for any help and suggestions.
I wanted to upgrade to a quad core. I was thinking of getting either a q9400, q9550 or a q9650.
I don't want to overclock because my motherboard doesn't have good overclocking options.
I mainly use my pc for gaming, photo editing, recording tv and internet. I know the q9400 is fine for all of this but if I did get the q9550 or the q9650 would this speed up stuff like load times or should I just use the extra money to put towards an ssd.
Would be grateful for any help and suggestions.