I have an old PC and i do some gaming ... ( GPU = HD7750 )
Games like Battlefield 3 and Crysis .
My board is a Asus P5K-E wifi .
I'm thinking to replace the old Cpu ( intel Core2 Duo E6550 @ 2.33GHz ) with a Xeon E5450 @ 3GHz.
I know that i have to mod the Socket by cutting the plastic ears . ( Anything else ? )
How much of improvement u thing i'll get ?
At CPU Mark rating the Core2Duo E6550 gets 1550 and the Xeon E5450 almost 2,5 times faster at 4300 .
Is it worth it ?
My other thought is instead of Xeon to get an Core2 Quad Q9550 for almost the same price 45-50$
Waiting for ur help ...
Games like Battlefield 3 and Crysis .
My board is a Asus P5K-E wifi .
I'm thinking to replace the old Cpu ( intel Core2 Duo E6550 @ 2.33GHz ) with a Xeon E5450 @ 3GHz.
I know that i have to mod the Socket by cutting the plastic ears . ( Anything else ? )
How much of improvement u thing i'll get ?
At CPU Mark rating the Core2Duo E6550 gets 1550 and the Xeon E5450 almost 2,5 times faster at 4300 .
Is it worth it ?
My other thought is instead of Xeon to get an Core2 Quad Q9550 for almost the same price 45-50$
Waiting for ur help ...