cpu upgrade what next ?

[shawdy]

I currently have a phenom 9650 on a Asrock N68-S mobo.

At some point soon i would like to upgrade just the cpu, but im unsure what if any the next cpu would be that would work with my motherboard.

I don`t want to spend that much money on this, so a i7 cpu and mobo is ruled out already.

any help ideas appreciated..

 

[Gashman]

well, think all of the current Phenom II processors will slot into AM2+ motherboard, might need a BIOS update, not sure about speed increase i guess you'd have to wait for one of the people more upto date with AMD to answer that. but even then for dual-core your talking about £70 - 80 and quad-core more like £100, unless of course you can find them somewhere else online.

 

[Redmint]

http://www.asrock.com/mb/cpu.asp?Model=N68-S

You're in luck, your motherboard supports a decent number of AM3 CPUs.

You could even run this CPU:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-273-AM&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=1328 if you wanted a hex core.

However for gaming this would be a nice upgrade:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-263-AM&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=803

The only limitation is that your motherboard isn't compatible with the 125W CPUs such as the Phenom II X4 chips.

 

[k3vst3r]

New board an 1055T?

 

[JPNUFC]

If you want a decent spec on a budget I would go AMD PhenomII they are much cheaper than the intel chips!