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So I have a computer of my moms that is not being used frequently or for anything but Internet and Itunes.

It's a Acer T180 with an Athlon 64 3800+ (2.4Gz, AM2), OEM board, and 1GB of PC5300 DDR2

I want to heart transplant it with my...

Sempron 3000+ (1.8Gz, 754s), OEM board, and 2GB of PC3200 DDR


Without spending a single cent, for now, is the heart transplant going to show any performance improvement.

Basically is it a good free swap or should I just stay with the Sempron till I buy a new board upgrade?
 
It would be a downgrade. While the Acer only has 1GB of RAM, the 3800 is a much better chip than your Sempron 3000.

The Acer T180 can handle up to 4GB of RAM and Athlon 64 x2 CPU's. You might do better putting a little into it and using it for now. $60 would get you this:
Newegg.com - AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ Brisbane 2.9GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM2 65W Dual-Core Processor ADO5600IAA5DO - Processors - Desktops

$20 would get you another gig of RAM:
Newegg.com - Rendition by Crucial 1GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory Model RM12864AA800

It only has a 250W PSU, but you could swap your current CPU if need be.
 
It would be a downgrade. While the Acer only has 1GB of RAM, the 3800 is a much better chip than your Sempron 3000.

The Acer T180 can handle up to 4GB of RAM and Athlon 64 x2 CPU's. You might do better putting a little into it and using it for now. $60 would get you this:
Newegg.com - AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ Brisbane 2.9GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM2 65W Dual-Core Processor ADO5600IAA5DO - Processors - Desktops

$20 would get you another gig of RAM:
Newegg.com - Rendition by Crucial 1GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory Model RM12864AA800

It only has a 250W PSU, but you could swap your current CPU if need be.

Wait, wait, wait. Sorry Let me clarify I want to put the Acer heart into my emachine. I want to keep everything else in my emachine. I would put the athlon in my emachine and keep everything else too. My Geforce 210, my 480w psu, etc.

The acer would get the sempron and board.

So what your saying is the acer athlon with 1gb of ram is better than the sempron with 2 right?

Im ugrading mine and the acer gets the scraps because it doesnt need the power.
 
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