Ok here is the deal. I have my current older system and a new super cheap system I recently bought for use at school. I am planning on giving/selling one of them to my little brother.
System 1, my old/current rig
Intel Q6600 OC'd to 3.0Ghz.
4x1Gb DDR2 800 MHz
ATX board, only one PCI Express 2.0 slot.
System 2, my new cheap bare bones PC
AMD Athlon II X3 450 (3.2Ghz) with the 4th core unlocked. I have not tried overclocking yet
1x4Gb DDR3 1333 Mhz
mATX board, 2 ram slots, 1 PCI Express 2.0 slot
The peripherals can be switched around, but for reference, I have a GTX 460 as my main graphics card, the secondary system will have a 8800GT put in.
Is System 2 an upgrade from system 1? Switching to system 2 as my main computer will require switching cases, and reinstalling windows, so a little bit of a pain, but not much. I am not planing on doing any upgrading any time soon, I am trying to save money at the moment. I use my computer for gaming, (I can play BF3 plenty good enough on System 1 at the moment), then for basic internet browsing.
Thank you all for your advice and help. And man this ended up being way longer than I expected.
System 1, my old/current rig
Intel Q6600 OC'd to 3.0Ghz.
4x1Gb DDR2 800 MHz
ATX board, only one PCI Express 2.0 slot.
System 2, my new cheap bare bones PC
AMD Athlon II X3 450 (3.2Ghz) with the 4th core unlocked. I have not tried overclocking yet
1x4Gb DDR3 1333 Mhz
mATX board, 2 ram slots, 1 PCI Express 2.0 slot
The peripherals can be switched around, but for reference, I have a GTX 460 as my main graphics card, the secondary system will have a 8800GT put in.
Is System 2 an upgrade from system 1? Switching to system 2 as my main computer will require switching cases, and reinstalling windows, so a little bit of a pain, but not much. I am not planing on doing any upgrading any time soon, I am trying to save money at the moment. I use my computer for gaming, (I can play BF3 plenty good enough on System 1 at the moment), then for basic internet browsing.
Thank you all for your advice and help. And man this ended up being way longer than I expected.