processor upgrade

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I have a pentiun 4 2.8ghz What would be a nice not too expesive upgrade, and is a dual core twice as fast as a single core?

[idata]

Hi there,

Without knowing the board, it is very difficult to tell you which CPU you can think of buying?

First to check is:

Board CPU Compatibility website.

Then check the CPU details on the website:

http://ark.intel.com http://ark.intel.com

All the best,

Regards,

Aryan

[idata]

There are four types of dual cores as far as i am aware of!

here is the page to tell you about three of them: http://www.techjunkiez.com/2008/03/10/difference-between-intel-core-2-duo-vs-intel-dual-core-vs-intel-pentium-d/ http://www.techjunkiez.com/2008/03/10/difference-between-intel-core-2-duo-vs-intel-dual-core-vs-intel-pentium-d/

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im getting a intel core 2 duo e8400 at 3.0ghz and 6mb of cache plus it has a fsb of 1333