Hi. I live in Argentina, and i'm travelling to the US in about a month. The prices there are aprox 30% cheaper, so i'm thinking on taking advantage of the situation.
I'm currently running an athlonx2 3600 (90nm model), with a 9600gt and 2gb of memory. I play ocassional games (COD4, CIV, future diablo) at 1440x900, watch movies and stuff like that.
I'm planning on getting an intel dual or quad core (45nm). What do you recommend? will i see an improvement in every day use and games if i get, for example, an e8500 or a q9300?
What processor do you recommend? my priorities are energy efficency, silence, longevity (not planning on upgrading for at least 3-4 years) and, of course, performance. I'm not overclocking, so that is not an option.
90% of the time the PC is idling, so energy efficiency is extremely important.
Thank you to everyone, and i'm sorry for my poor english.
I'm currently running an athlonx2 3600 (90nm model), with a 9600gt and 2gb of memory. I play ocassional games (COD4, CIV, future diablo) at 1440x900, watch movies and stuff like that.
I'm planning on getting an intel dual or quad core (45nm). What do you recommend? will i see an improvement in every day use and games if i get, for example, an e8500 or a q9300?
What processor do you recommend? my priorities are energy efficency, silence, longevity (not planning on upgrading for at least 3-4 years) and, of course, performance. I'm not overclocking, so that is not an option.
90% of the time the PC is idling, so energy efficiency is extremely important.
Thank you to everyone, and i'm sorry for my poor english.