Processor Upgrade Sense

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That's a good, well-written article. It seems to come from an AMD fan viewpoint, but it's a very muted, and only comes in through factual context.

I agree that upgrading the processor is not always an optimal upgrade. Until recently, the computer I mainly use is effectively 7 years old. The motherboard, processor and RAM have never been changed, just the video card, sound card and speakers, an added optical drive, and hard drives. In my almost every function I use it for, it's just as fast as my other system, with a processor 2.8 times as fast with RAM 4 times as fast. I've switched to the newer system only due to it's better location and speakers. For a fraction of the price of a new processor, my newer hard drives have increased load speed far more than a new CPU ever could.