What Should I do? 2.2 ghz, 2.4 or 2.6 on a bad budget

[Astaldoath]

Im kinda broke atm no job, but i need a cpu upgrade for my dell. I can get a 2.2 shipped for 48 bucks, 2.4 will be 72 bucks and 2.6 will be 100 bucks. I will be buying it with my state income tax money. So what Im asking is will there be a big enough difference between the cpus to justify the price?

[Escape]

Jiga what?
What kind of processor?
Intel?
AMD?
On a 50 dollar budget I would hit an opteron 146-150, and OC it all the way to 2.8GhZ...
For 100 dollars you can get a nice dual core 170 Opteron and OC it past 3GhZ.
Uless ofcoarse you have an even older soket...
Then you want to go for a 3000++ with good stepping...
Give your system specs please...

[Astaldoath]

Originally Posted by Escape

Jiga what?
What kind of processor?
Intel?
AMD?
On a 50 dollar budget I would hit an opteron 146-150, and OC it all the way to 2.8GhZ...
For 100 dollars you can get a nice dual core 170 Opteron and OC it past 3GhZ.
Uless ofcoarse you have an even older soket...
Then you want to go for a 3000++ with good stepping...
Give your system specs please...

heh sorry. No this is an old *** dell. the board only supports up to 2.6 ghz intel p4s So it can only be one of those p4 processors. The board is intel so no over clock.

p4 1.6 ghz
ti 4800 graphics card
512 mb ram.

[piperchris19]

Find out what socket type you have and then look on Newgg for some processers. You will probably be able to find a better deal.

For example if you have a socket 478:
Intel P4 3.0GHZ - $79.99 Free shipping
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819116027
Intel P4 2.8GHZ - $71.99 Free shipping
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819116215
Intel P4 2.4GHZ - $63.00 Free shipping
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819116140

[Synth]

Originally Posted by Astaldoath

Im kinda broke atm no job, but i need a cpu upgrade for my dell. I can get a 2.2 shipped for 48 bucks, 2.4 will be 72 bucks and 2.6 will be 100 bucks. I will be buying it with my state income tax money. So what Im asking is will there be a big enough difference between the cpus to justify the price?

Well, if you can't afford a new platform AND cannot OC, get the 2.6ghz. Every mhz count on Intel systems IMO.

Does your board support HT (just curious) ?

[ed1380]

Don't spend money on upgrades if you're broke and have no money coming in(other than a one time tax check). If the tax check is huge then sure, but if it ain't tht big, rethink your priorities.
2.2ghz btw, $50 just for an extra 400hertz. it won't have that big of a performance diference.