which one?

[wezzy0_0]

hi all i have been given a starter pc for my son and would only like to spend around 100 on it to keep it going for around 2 years, up to speed or nearest dam it,
at the mo its a old K9AG Neo2-Digital motherboardhttp://uk.msi.com/product/mb/K9AG-Neo2-Digital.html#/?div=CPUSupport

running win 7, amd athlon 64*2 4800+ 2.5 ghz with 5gb ram

just wanting to know which processor to upgrade too to get the best out of it

any advice much welcome,,, sorry if this is the wrong section for the post but its my first and will not be my last,,,cheers wez

 

[RJC]

Hello and welcome to the forum

I would probably look at one of the quad core cpu's, but I would not look at spending too much on the system.

But, what are the main uses of the system, you could just leave the 4800 cpu in there.

 

[wezzy0_0]

cheers for the reply, really the system is going to be used for the likes of playing counterstrike, and a couple of the source mods,, i think his graphics card is ok for it its a zotac gts2505 512mb,, so really want a cpu to cope,,, but to last the pc out, dont mind paying that bit extra for a decent cpu, if i can squeeze that bit of power/life out of mb to keep it running for the longest i can before building a decent one if this counterstrike/halflife phase continues with him

 

[wezzy0_0]

bump

 

[window]

I think it would be better to wait until you can afford to upgrade the mobo and cpu together.

 

[wezzy0_0]

right cheers,, will leave as it is

 

[Gibbo3771]

Probably better waiting, a good £300 budget will get you a decent entry level machine capable of playing even the latest games at decent settings.

I personally wouldn't sink any money into that dead tech.

 

[old gamer]

My brother in law had my old 4800 system ages ago and his son uses it for games with my old 8800gts and it still copes quite well