AMD Athlon X2 4400+ (socket 939)
-2.2GHz Stock (I pushed it up to 2.8GHz stable)
-2 X 1MB L2 cache
-$75 shipped in US
I also have a ASUS AN8 SLI-SE (socket 939) mother booard i used with this processor
-NForce 4 SLI Chip Set
-$75 shipped in US
2GB OCZ Platinum Memory used with this...
amd athlon x2 4400 (socket 939) CPU OCed to 2.8 GHZ
ASUS AN8 SLI SE motherboard
2GB OCZ Platinum Memory (4 X 512MB) stable at 2-2-2-6 426MHz
ZALMAN 9700 CPU
this system worked great for me, played everything i threw at it, just needed a upgrade. any questuons just let me know
$350...
best = not efficent = format the harddrive lol but i knoiw there are programs out there that clearout stuff like that but they cost $$, my best advice is to just uninstall ind old ones, reboot and install the new ones.
every processor is differentas far as OCing goes. If your unstable at lower voltages, try to keep the memory at stock timings and frequencys, might help. and kep the CR at 2T