Newbie needs some info anyone wanna help??

Posted by Frank25 (A) on January 4, 2006 at 10:02:57

Ok I have a basic knowledge of computers and have built a few for family and friends in the past maybe around 5 years ago or so. I have a lot of questoions and if anyone could help that would be great. My current system is a P3 800mhz/100fsb/256 with 768megs ram and a 40gig 5400 hard drive, and although it works fine for web browsing and stuff like that, its slow at more demanding tasks such as mp3 encoding, ripping and multitasking. So Im looking to put together a better system on the cheap. So I have a few questions

1. Whats the advantage of Dual processors? A freind of mine has an older Intel mother board with dual P3 900mhz 2mb Xeon processors that I could get for around $50 or so.

2. What is a P3 Xeon processor? Would a pair of p3 900mhz 2mb Xeons be a big step above my current p3 800mhz processor? Can a Dual Xeon setup be used as a desktop for regular non-server duty??

I know this stuff is quite old and outdated, but for $50 its worth a shot isnt it?? I would just upgrade my cpu/mobo with this one and keep my current hard drive and memory. Do you guys think it would be a significant upgrade>?
thanks

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Topic - Newbie needs some info anyone wanna help?? - Frank25 10:02:57 01/04/06 (2)

I'm a big fan of dual processor systems - dwill123 13:24:43 01/04/06 (1)

Re: I'm a big fan of dual processor systems - Frank25 14:06:10 01/04/06 (0)

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