upgrade?

Soldato
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hey :)

just got some extra cash.. £150.. i was just thinking what could i upgrade on my pc? dont want to spend much... just to make a bit faster. i use my pc mostly for internet, music, movies etc... i do game and i love my games runing on max settings (4aa is ok with me) now i was thinking of buying a cpu (phenom 9850-9950) to upgrade my 5000+ x2 amd but i see they all are gone now and replaced?!? by phenom 2?

my specs
amd 5000+ 3.1GHz (zalman 9500 cooler)
8800gt 700/1000/1750
500gb hdd
asus m2r32 mvp
antec 900 case


my screen resoliuton is 1280x1024 and this 8800gt runs fine most of the games.. ;) what do you lot think i should do? :confused:
 
If your gfx are fine you could get new mobo/cpu and ram

Gigabyte GA-MA770-UD3 AMD 770 (Socket AM3/AM2+) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard + Battlefield 2: Complete Edition Game £69.99 (£60.86)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 7850+ Black Edition 2.80GHz (Socket AM2+) - Retail + Battleforge Game £56.99 (£49.56)
OCZ Gold Edition 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 Dual Channel (OCZ2G10664GK) £37.98 (£33.03)
Sub Total : £143.45
+VAT 164.97

hmm... my motherboard should be fine im sure it supports new amd x2 cpus :) and ram i forgot to mention it in the first post but i have 4gigs already :) ill look into cpu will it be much faster than my 5000+ BE ?
 
Your specs are decent! are you sure you need more power? Is there something specific where you are struggling?

erm... not really.. feels a bit slow sometimes.. but i can live with it :) just had the extra cash... i've posted a thread on MM for used phenom x4 :) one of the am2+ :) should last me for long :) if i find one..
 
i did see that cpu... but i believe its just too much for what i need and use my pc.. ill wait for a week-two maybe someone got a used one :) if not ill think about 940 :)
 
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