I managed to buy one of these CPUs for $20 and was wondering if this CPU still shined in any area of computing? Or is it just to old to be useful now?
well its basicly not that bad.
it depends what your goals are with that chip.
For gaming its still not a bad chip if you pair it with a midrange gpu upto a GTX960 or R9-380 for example.
It's not going to break any records, but it's still a decent CPU.
It trades blows with the FX 8350 in games, and AMD fans swear by that CPU all day long. You'll be fine.
its roughly like the i3, i think, dont quote me on that though. i own one.
I have a Dell Optiplex 980 with that chip. Great 4 core. I did streaming and video editing with that machine. I even rendered stuff in blender.
if you can find a mobo that supports overclocking, then overclock that fucker and its still a good chip.