- Apr 19, 2017
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To clarify: I have two young siblings(one is 17 other is 20)that are real hardcore desktop users, and on common ground they can't stand having to take turn one per each day on an computer. so I've decided to make both of them happy by ordering one brand new desktop.
so here's the deal: their old desktop can still kick; what I'm planning is to sqeeze the last of what it has to offer since it offered much that one might call it mediocre over the course of 11 years. By doing so i want to start from upgrading its museum grade CPU which still uses AM2 socket motherboard (cpu is anthlon II 64 7750 on gigabyte brand motherboard. idk what model though)
By doing little research into it though, I've found out that somehow AMD tried to push new back in the day phenom line CPUs onto am2 socket by literally downclocking the phenom by half and rebranding it as an anthlon, which in result outputted not so great performer.
The plan is to make the best of what it should offer untill my older sibling collects the money to buy his own new desktop later, and when he gets his own desktop aswell, i plan on taking their old desktop for time capsule(collector here)
So my question is this. what is the best cpu that i could possibly get for an AM2 socket (gaming one can work perfectly if it has) and if there isnt; could anyone probably know and shed a little info about if gigabyte did BIOS update to push support for AM2+ on their motherboards. and if not, should i downgrade?
reminder: i only have a little trouble with the cpu since i dont exactly know what was best back in its day from AMD. other than that, everything on that old Desktop is severely modern updated, from its gpu which nvidias what they like to call gt640 1+1 multimedia plus gaming low performer package(which i plan downgrade to something that performed better in its day, to keep with the capsule theme) 3 sticks of ram 2+1+1 from different brands(which i replaced according to single brand to avoid potential instability. 620w psu which i bought brand new as a head start.
so here's the deal: their old desktop can still kick; what I'm planning is to sqeeze the last of what it has to offer since it offered much that one might call it mediocre over the course of 11 years. By doing so i want to start from upgrading its museum grade CPU which still uses AM2 socket motherboard (cpu is anthlon II 64 7750 on gigabyte brand motherboard. idk what model though)
By doing little research into it though, I've found out that somehow AMD tried to push new back in the day phenom line CPUs onto am2 socket by literally downclocking the phenom by half and rebranding it as an anthlon, which in result outputted not so great performer.
The plan is to make the best of what it should offer untill my older sibling collects the money to buy his own new desktop later, and when he gets his own desktop aswell, i plan on taking their old desktop for time capsule(collector here)
So my question is this. what is the best cpu that i could possibly get for an AM2 socket (gaming one can work perfectly if it has) and if there isnt; could anyone probably know and shed a little info about if gigabyte did BIOS update to push support for AM2+ on their motherboards. and if not, should i downgrade?
reminder: i only have a little trouble with the cpu since i dont exactly know what was best back in its day from AMD. other than that, everything on that old Desktop is severely modern updated, from its gpu which nvidias what they like to call gt640 1+1 multimedia plus gaming low performer package(which i plan downgrade to something that performed better in its day, to keep with the capsule theme) 3 sticks of ram 2+1+1 from different brands(which i replaced according to single brand to avoid potential instability. 620w psu which i bought brand new as a head start.
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