Upgrading my CPU? CAn it be done ?

WazMeister · 20 Mar 2011 at 11:27

Hi,

I currently have a AMD Phenom II x2 550 3.10ghz.

THe following motherboard-
Gigabyte GA-MA790x-UD3P

What CPU's can this Motherboard take that are a worth while and cheap grade just to get a little bit more UMPH!

Is it worth getting a Phenom II x4?

Your advise is much apprechiated.

Cheers

WazMeister · 20 Mar 2011 at 11:30

I also have Overdrive x2 ATI 4890's.

Is it time to upgrade these to something else? What would you suggest... IM not after hte top range graphics card at £300 pounds.. just something better than the 2 cards above.

WazMeister · 20 Mar 2011 at 11:35

WazMeister · 20 Mar 2011 at 12:54

About 180 for a graphics card
about 150 for a CPU

WazMeister · 20 Mar 2011 at 14:46

unlock more cores? From where.. huh?

I dont seem to be able to even run Rift in MAX, got all latest drivers and so forth.

WazMeister · 21 Mar 2011 at 14:31

Ok so if I unlock more cores, what does this mean? Double the CPU power for free? Do I need to upgrade bios I dunno if I have a acc option??? Do most games now support 4 cores???

WazMeister · 21 Mar 2011 at 14:34

What's nb

WazMeister · 21 Mar 2011 at 18:38

Found ACC -
it had Disabled, AUto, ALL CORES and.. forgot otehr option.

I did auto, but nothing seesmt o change
Dirext x still says 2 cores, my computer infor says DUEL CORE...

How do I know if its Quad?

WazMeister · 21 Mar 2011 at 20:43

i set ti AUTO and ALL CORES.

ACC does not seem to activate the diffrent cores........

WazMeister · 22 Mar 2011 at 07:35

Any reason why the 4 cores dont show on?

WazMeister · 22 Mar 2011 at 19:59

Anyone?

Thanks

WazMeister · 25 Mar 2011 at 07:00

mikeyholt said:
Phenom II x4 970 and GTX 460 1GB

These work with my mobo ????

WazMeister · 26 Mar 2011 at 22:23

Are they much improvement over what I already got?