Some users have recently had their accounts hijacked. It seems that the now defunct EVGA forums might have compromised your password there and seems many are using the same PW here. We would suggest you UPDATE YOUR PASSWORD and TURN ON 2FA for your account here to further secure it. None of the compromised accounts had 2FA turned on.
Once you have enabled 2FA, your account will be updated soon to show a badge, letting other members know that you use 2FA to protect your account. This should be beneficial for everyone that uses FSFT.
I guess that would depend on alot of factors; like what cpu you have, how much ram you have, what type of ram, etc etc. Post your current system specs.
I just upgraded from a 1.8ghz P4 s478 to a 2.6ghz P4 s478 using my same mobo. Windows is a bit snappier and I can go up a resolution (or 2 maybe) in games. Not a dramatic boost. I was scoring about 10600 in 3dmark 2001se before and now get about 13800, about a 30% increase.