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soonerboy

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I have a question concerning cpu's.

How much of a difference is there between an Intel P4 3ghz vs an AMD Dual Core processor?

I'm considering building a system to replace my dell deminsion 3000. I've had the dell since december of 2004 and it's been a great system over the years. When I bought it I didn't think I'd need another computer for years. Guess I was right. Honestly I probably don't need a newer system. I just repaced the 160gb hard drive with a 500gb and added another 1gb of ram. I'm pretty happy with it at the moment. It's running fast as ever. However I use photoshop cs3 and do a lot with video editing. If I can build something that will blow my P4 away then I'm more than willing to do so. Would any gains be worth the money spent building a new system?

Thanks in advance for any and all help it's greatly appreciated!
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Hi! Yes new dual core or quad core cpu's would be alot faster compare to P4.For video editing and photoshop quad core would be a better option especially Intel cpu's.
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Would this be better than the P4 3ghz I have now?

http://www.tigerdire...mp;sku=B69-3250

This motherboard would fit into my Dell Dimension 3000 case.
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Yes it would be.How much money you want to spend?
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