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I dont even know that to say to that other than to back up what Yawgm0th said.
You traded your P4 530 which clocks at 3GHZ for a P4 630 which clocks the same, the only diffrence being the 630 having another 1MB L2 cache and EM64, not a worthy investment, period.
You traded your P4 530 which clocks at 3GHZ for a P4 630 which clocks the same, the only diffrence being the 630 having another 1MB L2 cache and EM64, not a worthy investment, period.
Both the 530 and 630 have 1MB L2 caches but the 630 does have SpeedStep which the 530 doesn't though still I have to agree at the waste of $'s on a Dell.
Both the 530 and 630 have 1MB L2 caches but the 630 does have SpeedStep which the 530 doesn't though still I have to agree at the waste of $'s on a Dell.
now, but for simple future-proofing it makes no sense. You could just get it in the future, when it's cheaper, or you when you could afford something froim Intel that actually has a higher clockspeed (and works on the same chispet, as Intel is screwing around with different chipsets and letting old ones die). Besides, it's pretty hard to future-proof a PC if it can't use dual-core. That provides huge benefits now, which will increase dramatically as software starts to take advantage of it in the near future.
GIgabyte GA-990FXA-UD3
AMD FX8120 @ 4GHz
Patriot 1866MHz EL series 2X4GB DDR3
Powercolour HD 6970 2GB w/XFX 8800GT 512MB Hybrid PhysX
Creative X-FI titanium HD w/Technics class A 300W amp and tower speakers
PC P&C 500W PSU
2TB Seagate
Coolermaster 690II w/Corsair H100 tucked under the hood
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