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Upgrading older AMD 64x2 3800+ 2.00 Ghz, 896MB RAM!

#1 ginger_g

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Posted 11 November 2011 - 04:03 PM

I need advice on upgrading an AMD 64x2 3800+ with 2.00 GHz, 896MB RAM. This system gets slower and slower as my operating system (WinXP) and software get upgraded. It is dual core but I have another system with a single AMD 64 3800+ with 2.41GHz, 992MB RAM that is faster. The dual core is limited to the 2.0 GHz RAM. These systems are only used for office work but the boot process and larger programs (Outlook and Virus software) really bog it down. Any advice is appreciated

#2 killerx525

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Posted 11 November 2011 - 04:43 PM

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System: CPU- AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition Oc'ed to 3.8GHz, CPU Cooler- Noctua NH-D14, RAM- G.Skill Ripjaws X F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL 8G Kit(4Gx2) DDR3 1600, HDD- Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATAIII, GPU- Asus EAH6950 1GB Crossfire Oc'ed 900/1310mhz, MB- Gigabyte 990FXA-D3, Case- Coolermaster HAF 932, PSU- Corsair TX-750 V2, Soundcard- Realtek High Definition Audio Sound, OS- Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-Bit

#3 ginger_g

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Posted 11 November 2011 - 05:28 PM

Thank you Killerx525

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Posted 11 November 2011 - 09:13 PM

I would strongly upgrade the ram first and see how that goes before we jump in upgrading the processor as you have a AM2 socket and it is quite hard to find a AM2/+ processor nowadays. If your looking for more speed in the processor, you could try overclocking it to a higher frequency but there are some risks to overclocking.