At the moment i have a amd64 4400 x2 cpu in a Asus A8N-SLI motherboard running 2gb of ddr memory and a 8800gt 320mb card . Would upgrading to a 6000 or higher be any good. I cant afford to replace whole lot or get a new pc at the moment so would spending £60 on the cpu be worth it, i mostly use my pc for gaming fps and online but everyone seems to be whipping me at the moment. It could be another 7-8 months before i can afford a new machine.
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cpu upgrade-is it worth it
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tbh ide either wait till the Phenom II's start dropping or wait till you get a whole new system i dont think ull see much of a difference..
I was thinking of doing a similar upgrade a while back now im just gona wait for the Phenom II 940 Black Edition drop price a little.
in the mean time why dont you see if you can overclock your current chip?
I was thinking of doing a similar upgrade a while back now im just gona wait for the Phenom II 940 Black Edition drop price a little.
in the mean time why dont you see if you can overclock your current chip?
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get a 720.
In that case you can't get a 6000+ since it's AM2 surely? Best chips you could consider would be either the 4800+, Opteron 180/185 or possibly an FX60 if you can find one.
What's your 4400 clocked to? Most managed 3ghz quite easily.
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Agreed - if your motherboards up to high FSB's then you should get a decent clock.
I clocked my old 165 on a DFI SLi-DR - managed to take it from it's stock speed of 1.8ghz all the way to 3ghz. All done using air cooling too.
However, if you fear for your mobo's ability then just stump up the cash for a chip higher in the pecking order or go for a cheap C2D or possibly even PII setup.
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I got this off a certain website....Amd Athlon 64 Retail Skt Am2 6000 3100mhz 1mb 89w
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 6000+ 3.0GHz 2048KB L2 Cache Socket AM2 Processor (Boxed)
Additionally, the elegant design of the AMD64 architecture allowed for the planning of dual-core processors from the ground up, which means that the AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core processor is designed to fit in the same 939-pin infrastructure as single-core processors. All that is required is a BIOS update, saving our partners the costs of redesigns and obsolete inventory. Enhanced Virus Protection is a feature of AMD64 technology...........
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 6000+ 3.0GHz 2048KB L2 Cache Socket AM2 Processor (Boxed)
Additionally, the elegant design of the AMD64 architecture allowed for the planning of dual-core processors from the ground up, which means that the AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core processor is designed to fit in the same 939-pin infrastructure as single-core processors. All that is required is a BIOS update, saving our partners the costs of redesigns and obsolete inventory. Enhanced Virus Protection is a feature of AMD64 technology...........
I'm fairly sure that will be some misinformation or a typo.
I think they're incompatible and by the looks of it wikipedia does too: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socket_AM2
For a start AM2 has 940 pins rather than 939. Plus its onboard memory controller is for DDR2 rather than DDR1 as far as i know.
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I think they're incompatible and by the looks of it wikipedia does too: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socket_AM2
For a start AM2 has 940 pins rather than 939. Plus its onboard memory controller is for DDR2 rather than DDR1 as far as i know.
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Some lazy person has simply copy-pasted the description off the socket 939 X2s
Highest Dual-Core processor for your mobo is the Toledo (90nm) 4800+ ~ 2400MHzEDIT: Make that the FX-60 ~ 2600MHz
i know i copyied n pasted ...i said i got it from a website......never mind ,looks like im just going to save up after all....lol.thanks anyway, i am after a phenom 940 setup.....mite just put it on me christmas wishlist...
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You would get at least £80 for your CPU/MB/Mem at auction, socket 939 cpu's, ddr1 and s939 m/b's are still in demand, surprisingly. Put another £40 to it and get an E5200, 2GB ddr2 and a budget MB. Your GFX although not top end is still quite capable and will benefit from the increased CPU power of the E5200.
I have an AMD 4400+ X2 and a 6000+ X2...both being used in seperate machines. I have noticed the difference between them both considerably...I was using the 6000+ for gaming until I switch everything to Intel last year for gaming and havent looked back since.
Like everyone else has said, save up and get what you want for the price you can afford. Altho, you could try what I normally do, buy each part one or two at a time each month...the reason I do this is to wait and see if certain parts drop in price or if something better comes along at an affordable price. For example, I bought my Q6600 in Oct for £122. its now like £140 to about £170 in some places. So I am glad I bought it at the time I did rather than wait to buy everything at once. Just my 2 cents.
Like everyone else has said, save up and get what you want for the price you can afford. Altho, you could try what I normally do, buy each part one or two at a time each month...the reason I do this is to wait and see if certain parts drop in price or if something better comes along at an affordable price. For example, I bought my Q6600 in Oct for £122. its now like £140 to about £170 in some places. So I am glad I bought it at the time I did rather than wait to buy everything at once. Just my 2 cents.
& that's what I also meant (i.e. lazy website, not you)