Upgrading my AMD Athlon II X4 3.0 GHz

thebach

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I have a Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3 (Socket M3+) motherboard with AMD Athlon II X4 3.0 GHz processor over clocked to 3.3 GHz. I want to upgrade this computer but I have very little money right now. I was planning on just upgrading my processor and ATI Radeon HD 5450 1 Gig graphics card. Is there a processor that will go with this motherboard that would be a decent upgrade and maybe be over clocked? thanks
 
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A major upgrade.
You can tell the rev of your board by looking at it. In the lower left hand corner near the expansion slots it will say the rev.

thebach

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Sep 19, 2016
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Ya Speccy was wrong it's socket M3+ not sure what rev though Speccy is saying chipset rev 02. Suppose to take FX / Phenom II / Athlon II / Sempron 100 Series processors just not sure how much upgrade an FX would give me.
 

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A major upgrade.
You can tell the rev of your board by looking at it. In the lower left hand corner near the expansion slots it will say the rev.
 
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