Thanks ... haven't decided if I want to go the i7 route yet. If I can see significant gains with a quad, I may just look for a good price somewhere and stay with the board I have now.
I have an E8400 CoreDuo in an Asus P5K-E motherboard populated with 8GB OCZ Platinum DDR2 memory. The board will accept quad core processors. I use Photoshop and Lightroom for photo editing. Would there be any significant advantage to upgrading the processor to a quad or is this a case where...
Windows Vista Home Premium Service Pack 1 (build 6001)
Board: ASUSTeK Computer INC. P5K-E Rev 1.xx (latest bios installed)
Processor: Intel 3.0 Core Duo 8500 Wolfdale
C Drive: Seagate 500 SATA
D Drive: WD 750 SATA
E Drive: WD 75 Sata Raptor
F Drive: WD 37 Sata Raptor
CDRW: Sata...
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