AMD Phenom II X4 925 - worth while upgrade ??

[Snow-Munki]

Hi,

currently I only have the Athlon X2 4000 @ 2.2ghz. Runs of the Gigabyte GA-MA69GM-S2H.

Checked the site and the Phenom chip works:

http://www.gigabyte.eu/Support/Motherboard/CPUSupport_Model.aspx?ProductID=2579&ver=#anchor_os

So for about £106, worth while upgrade ?? Don't want to spend loads so looking to get a new motherboard, i5 etc etc.

The Athlon II X4 are about £80 so I'll just be paying an extra £20 - £30.

Thanks,

 

[blaineoliver]

If you game, then yes, the phenoms are faster clock for clock, than the athlon IIs. If you only game on older games, you may find a faster clocked dual core will be better, and a lot faster than the 4000.