Hardware upgrades on 12 year old stationary PC

[Barney [CA]]

(2019-01-14 00:00)MariusMM Wrote:  I found a Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 + cooler for about 35 pounds, will that work on my motherboard, and will it make a difference from my current CPU?

That will work. All socket 775 cpus will work and i think the Q9550 is the second "best" with 4x2.8ghz. just slightly less ghz than your current, but more cache and more cores. The only better with 4x3ghz is the Q9650.
As mentioned above and confirmed by Swift, the Q6600 is better for overclocking and slightly cheaper, but if you cba to get into that, go for the 9550 or, if you find a cheap one, a Q9650. Both definately an upgrade compared to your current cpu.

Of course you can try a cheap SSD, but i'd always go for Samsung(850 EVO or seagate). Never let me down...

I'd suggest to not buy 2x2GB ram. Always the risk of them being not compatible. I bought some used 2x4GB so i would suggest the same, but i think my old 2x2GB could fit into your system so you could try them and if that fails buy used 2x4.

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check your current sticks, they might be the same. i could send these to you. feel free to pm.

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€: oh, just recognized i got 4x2GB kingston. you get those on ebay from china for under 20 euros