AMD CPU Upgrade?

[domthecondom]

Hi Guys

My Current board is a Gigabyte GA-M57SLI-S4 (rev 2.0)

From what I understand I can fit any AM3 processor in the slot but I will loose the HT from HT 3.0 to HT 1.0(I have no idea what this is)

I have this list here http://www.cpu-upgrade.com/mb-Gigabyte/GA-M57SLI-S4(rev._2.0).html Is it worth me looking at the Phenoms or shall I go down the Athlon II X4 630/635 Route?

I have DDR2 RAM in my PC so I won’t loose anything there as I understand AM3 Processors have DDR2 & DDR3 controllers.

 

[HeX]

What CPU are you running atm?

 

[domthecondom]

I am running the AMD Athlon X2 6000 (3.0hz Dual Core

 

[HeX]

Well the X4 635 would be a good cheap upgrade for you.

If you can find a Phenom II 720/940/945 for cheap those would be a good choice also.

 

[~>Dg<~]

noticed in mm phenom 955s going for like 85-95 thats where id be if board takes it or x4 athlon and clock it.

argghh 955s not supported

http://www.cpu-upgrade.com/mb-Gigabyte/GA-M57SLI-S4(rev._2.0).html

 

[domthecondom]

Hi guys

Quite likely to go for the Athlon II X4 635 its £90 from a competitor

However it does state on the Gigabyte site that if I put a AM3 chip in my AM2 socket it will lower the HT from H3 to H1 (5000 kb/s to 2000kb/s)

As I’m going from a Dual Core to Quad Core what implications are we talking about? I mean am I going to see a failure in the Processor or is this likely to be barely noticeable? I don’t play many games mainly WoW but I get 20FPS with my GTX260 in 25 Man Raids and I have been told WoW is CPU heavy more than GFX (hence the upgrade)

Thanks guys

 

[HeX]

Hi guys

Quite likely to go for the Athlon II X4 635 its £90 from a competitor

However it does state on the Gigabyte site that if I put a AM3 chip in my AM2 socket it will lower the HT from H3 to H1 (5000 kb/s to 2000kb/s)

As I’m going from a Dual Core to Quad Core what implications are we talking about? I mean am I going to see a failure in the Processor or is this likely to be barely noticeable? I don’t play many games mainly WoW but I get 20FPS with my GTX260 in 25 Man Raids and I have been told WoW is CPU heavy more than GFX (hence the upgrade)

Thanks guys

Why would you pay £90 from a competitor, when it is £80.99 here...

There won't be any failure from using HT 1.0.

You will only really find yourself with a bottleneck if you use a quad core AM3 and max all cores to 100% in a very memory intensive task.

Other than that it'll work fine.

 

[domthecondom]

£81 – Sorry Im posting this on a Friends behalf as he’s not a member (and apparently a nab cake)

He said he will get it from here in that case )

He said TY all for your help and when he gets home he’ll sort his access out

 

[Phatzy]

what games he play a phenomII 945 is better in games than a athlonII 635 because of the 6mb cache but if you can find one cheap enough.

 

[buchtis]

Phenom II X4 945

Got one myself and couldn't be happier with it. I'm not an enthusiast overclocker but i've managed 3.40Ghz on air (stock is 3.0Ghz).