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upgrading amd cpu

DarkWhisper

DarkWhisper

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Im doing work on my sisters pc, man theres a lot of dust, and i was wondering what amd cpu will work in her computer. she running a amd 64 x2 6400 3.2ghz but theres no overclocking bits on her board. its a msi k9n6gm, ive just put vista on and as am typing this her cpu is running 10% but when i run defragger it shoots up to 80-100% it has 2x2g 800mhz ram.
spec me some cpus that wont be thrashed to death. its am2
 
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If her cpu is only running at 10% why does it need upgrading, not much software/games that will stress that cpu, maybe upgrade the gpu instead?
 
The GPU is the issue, i was running a x2 6000 until a few months ago and it run everything i threw at it, but i had a 4870 in my rig. Upgrade her GPU and you will see a huge improvement.
 
dude defraggler or any defrag even the built in window one will use over 80% cpu
thats what they do they eat cpu etc, 6400+ is still powerful and just as fast as a mainsteam dual core now adays

jup the X1800 is slow, heck get a 4870 1GB and you will notice the diffrent!
 
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