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I have an old i5 4460 and 3 4GB dimms of DDR3 1300, and i have a system with a 4790k and 16gb of RAM. If i switch out the CPU and RAM, will i noticed much of a difference? Its a home computer so it wont be gaming, only light productivity loads like Word and Chrome

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Either of those systems are stupid overkill for Word stuff and web browsing. My i5-2400 would handle that with ease, and so would my Core 2 Duo. 

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Intel Core i7-2600 (4C/8T), ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3, 16GB GEIL Enhance Corsa DDR3 1600MHz, Zotac GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1GB, 240GB ADATA Ultimate SU650, Windows 10 Pro for Workstations

 

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7 minutes ago, NovaMan01 said:

I have an old i5 4460 and 3 4GB dimms of DDR3 1300, and i have a system with a 4790k and 16gb of RAM. If i switch out the CPU and RAM, will i noticed much of a difference? Its a home computer so it wont be gaming, only light productivity loads like Word and Chrome

why would you want to switch the ram around? 12 gb is enough for any kind of workload.

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