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6 minutes ago, xariskouves said:

i could overclock it to 3.01+ Ghz but the PSU wont let me

Here lies the problem with upgrading stuff this old.  You get into a situation where you end up adding ~$200 of parts to a system that is basically worth nothing.

 

For $200 you can get a whole "new" i5-2300/2400/2500 tower AND a GPU.  Dont let MHZ fool you, the 2nd gen i5 can do twice the calculations per MHZ and it has twice the cores.

 

Something like this plus an ebay 750 Ti.
https://www.newegg.com/hp-compaq-6200-pro-business-desktops-workstations/p/1VK-001E-3KBA0

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Just now, xariskouves said:

i know but its dangerous to add a CPU because i had never before and i m8 break it 

what cpu do u think is going to fit ? (LGA 775)

Based on what you have, this is the fastest you can add... Core 2 Duo E6850.

 

HOWEVER, it uses just as much power as your current chip overclocked.  So you also need a PSU.

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1 minute ago, xariskouves said:

its not worth it because i was going to buy second pc for my bro and i thought if this pc would leave u know

Its just not really worth upgrading.  Give it to him as is and let him do whatever with it.  Its like throwing money at a lemon car at this point, you do it because its fun and interesting, not because it makes sense.

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1 minute ago, xariskouves said:

i was thinking about buying an old-new pc that has:

i5 3470(something like that)

8gb DDR3 ram

iGPU

 

there is no reason to go 3000 series over 2000 series for the most part, they perform very similarly.  So if an i5-2400 is sigificantly cheaper, grab that.  ~$133 gets you that HP I linked above if you are in the states.

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