First post, by johnyept
A friend just gave me his old computer, these are the specs:
- Board: Asus P5G41T-M
- CPU: Core 2 Duo E8400 3Ghz/1333 FSB
- RAM: 4GB + 2GB (didn't see the exact specs)
- VGA: NVidia GeForce 210 1GB
- SSD: Samsung 850 EVO 120GB
- HDD: Seagate 1TB (he took his, I'll add one of mine)
What is the best Core 2 Quad to replace the current CPU, taking the low price in HUGE consideration? I Googled a bit and found the Xeon E5450 3Ghz/1333 FSB for about $/€15 on aliexpress, seems to be a great replacement, but I'm not sure if the BIOS needs to be modded.
What games will these components be most adequate for? Windows XP/7 games up to around 2010? The board says it's DirectX 10 compatible.
RETRO-W95/NT4: ASUS P3B-F, P3 550, 192MB, GF2+VD2 PCI, AWE64+VIBRA128, 80GB IDE
RETRO-W98/2K: ASUS A7N8X-E, Sempron 2.8+, 512MB, FX 5700LE 256MB, SB Live! CT4830, 320GB IDE
RETRO-WXP/7: ASUS P5KPL-AM EPU, XEON E5450, 4GB, GTS 450 1GB, 120GB SSD, 1TB sATA