First post, by EvieSigma
I have a Socket 939 box (a Compaq Presario) that I want to upgrade the CPU in, but I noticed that dual core Athlon 64 chips for that socket are surprisingly expensive for what you're getting, and that single-core Athlon 64s at the same clock speed with the same amount of cache cost a fair bit less. This system runs XP Home Edition and that's all it's likely to ever run, is it really worth it for me to pay extra for a second core in an OEM system that's fundamentally limited?