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Originally Posted by Xan
Hi
CPU Intel Core 2Duo E650 (over clocked to 3.5 )
my son needs a new chip in his mainboard so i thought he could have my old one and i get a new upgrade :-)
Would i see much performance increase?
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I'm not 100% sure as my experience with modern intels is mainly on laptops.
According to the passmark website there is about a 33% performance increase from the e6550 to the e8400 though this is at stock speeds and yours is quite heavily overclocked. I think You will notice it but Im not sure its worth the £149.99 price tag. Though if you are upgrading to a quad core at least you could call it an investment
Here's the passmark link for common CPUs and their scores if you are interested.
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/common_cpus.html