Which processor to choose for an old PC?

Question

Iron

Hello. I had one question and I think there are people who will give good advice.
I have a PC that is 10 years old and I still have to work and work on it. The question of changing to something newer is removed immediately (Characteristics at the end I will point). So I wanted to change the processor for better performance and settled on two options:

1. Intel® Core™2 Quad Q9650
   
2. Intel® Core™2 Quad Q9550
   

The Q9650 (3.00 GHz) has a higher price and frequency difference from the Q9550 (2.83 GHz).

Question: does it make sense to take the Q9650 with my components or I won’t see much difference from the Q9550?

Add. information:

• Motherboard specification
  
• PC specifications
  

Answer 1

In performance, the difference is at the level of error, so you can take any.

Answer 2

Take the one for which you don’t feel sorry for the money.
If the first is more expensive by 200 rubles, then you can take

Answer 3

There is an analogue of the Q9650, this is the
Xeon E5450 converted from 771 to 775 socket from China, but you need to reflash the motherboard BIOS for support. Worth used about 1500 rubles on Ali. It would be nice to know another cooler, tdp will rise, will it cope, most likely a boxed one ...

Answer 4

The processors are almost the same.

If you have to choose, and if the price is not much difference in favor of the Intel® Core™2 Quad Q9650, then take it. And so in general, and Intel® Core™2 Quad Q9550.

Answer 5

I recommend putting xeon there for a thousand rubles, the bios is there : https://xeon-e5450.ru/socket-775/bios-gigabyte/#P31G31
the processor is hotter and the old cooler is not the fact that it will cope, the difference in price between the xeon and the quad should be spent on a new cooler.

Answer 6

1) Choose what you find cheaper, compatible with the motherboard. You will not see a real difference between 4 cores.
2) 4 cores will give a noticeable performance boost when working in the browser. Provided that the system is on an SSD and 8 RAM.

Answer 7

To get a SIGNIFICANT acceleration of the system:
1. Add RAM.
2. If you can insert an SSD drive under the system.
The second will greatly speed up the PC.
Replacing the processor will not give a visible acceleration of the system in office tasks.