Athlon 64 x2 3600+ needs new home

Silver Wolf · Jul 20, 2014

I am trying to find a motherboard for a CPU I have laying around. I am not looking for anything special but I would like to get the best bang for the buck so I can upgrade the CPU later. For now the one on hand must do...

I would like to get something with 4 DIMM slots (2 will work, but 4 is preferred - also if it can support both DDR2 and DDR3 that would be a bonus), 2 pci-express slots (1 will work, 2 is preferred), and it needs to be capable of supporting x3/x4 CPU's so I can get a better CPU later. This is going in a kids computer, so it does not need to be fancy, cost effect is more important than features so long as it has the required 1 x16 pci-express slot.

tiny voices · Jul 20, 2014

That CPU will not fit in any modern day motherboard. You will have to buy a new CPU as that CPU is from almost 10 years ago, and won't really be of any use to you. Even a $60 modern Pentium CPU is going to bet 20-30x as powerful.

Silver Wolf · Jul 20, 2014

tiny voices :

Is there a very cheap CPU and motherboard combo that would provide similar or better performance (stressing cheap here, as the recipient is a 5 year old).

--EDIT--
I do have enough spare RAM for either 2 gb DDR2 or 2 gb DDR3 - and it will be running Linux so 2 gb will get them by until I can upgrade later.

tiny voices · Jul 20, 2014

Get an APU from AMD. Something like an A8 CPU with an FM2+ motherboard. This will be VERY cheap, have excellent performance, and be ALOT more powerful.

caqde · Jul 20, 2014

Or if you want to go really cheap you can go for an AMD AM1 motherboard they are very low powered and provide ok performance and are still faster than the 3600+ x2

like -> http://pcpartpicker.com/p/QRf38d

or

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/bZ8tWZ

Silver Wolf · Jul 20, 2014

caqde :

I am going to have to think about this one - it seems to be the cheapest solution so far outside of buying a used AM2/AM3 motherboard for the current CPU... And it would have a longer future upgrade life...

tiny voices · Jul 20, 2014

Actually those AM1 setups have no upgrade path at all. Those tiny little CPUs are as good as you can get. For using the internet and word, they are fine, not for anything else really.

Silver Wolf · Jul 20, 2014

It is for a 5 year old... He plays online games kind of like facebook style games (not on facebook though), and he watches an occasional movie on the computer. Not much else.

tiny voices · Jul 20, 2014

I would not recommend an AM1 build. I STRONGLY recommend an FM2 build with an APU like an a6 or an a8.

Silver Wolf · Jul 20, 2014

Looking at the FM2 boards the combo of a CPU and motherboard will run me at the very least $90 according to that pcpartpicker.com web page everyone seems to use. I need cheaper. I was hoping for like $30-40 range for super cheap motherboard - going with a new CPU and motherboard will run at least double what I was hoping to get it for... I will keep looking, maybe I will find a super deal on an FM2 package, but it seems doubtful.

Like I said, this computer is going to serve a 5 year old - so it does not need to be an uber system, just as good as I can afford.

caqde · Jul 20, 2014

tiny voices :

An upgrade path for AM1 at the moment is unknown. But the CPU's should be more than enough for the current use case for the next few years. Although it is possible that AMD will bring the Puma based chips to the AM1 platform and possibly their successor some time in the future.

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