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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6819115131

^ that's my current processor

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6819103696

^ that's the one i'm eyeing

mine is more expensive, but the 2nd one looks better, so idk wtf, not saying if something is more expensive it's better or anything

and can someone explain motherboards to me? what makes one better than the other? what specs to look out for? what it can handle and what it can't handle?

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The 45nm Core2 Quad matches the 45nm Phenom II in clock for clock performance.

What that means, is both those chips at the same speed will match each other in performance (one will slightly win on some test, and vice-versa). So "upgrading" to that chip will give you little performance upgrade, and would be a waste of money.

Your chip is a socket 775 chip, the AMD will in on way fit on your board at all.

If you want to get really in depth with this, you need to get on teamspeak with me on day and ask me whatever, and I will try to explain it.

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that sounds awesome, let's do it some day

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