CPU upgrade advice.

[vesuviouz]

Hi Guys.

I have an old PC which my nephew has asked for to get into PC gaming. though i think the processor is knackered.

Asus M4A79XTD Evo AMD 790X (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard (old motherboard)

AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 965 Black Edition 125W 3.40GHz (Socket AM3) Processor (old processor)

Could someone please spec me a CPU i can buy and fit to get the machine going again for him? im not great with matching which parts will work with what. i know its a bit of an ask as the machine is quite old now, any advice would be greatly appreciated.

cheers
Ves.

 

[vesuviouz]

I dropped it and bent the pins. got them all straight but the computer never booted up again. thats the only part i ever took out of the PC, so it has to be the problem.

 

[vesuviouz]

Ahh. i think i may just buy a second hand one off ebay and try that to get him started. thanks for the excellent advice jbh11.