Should I send my 6000+ back?

Week ago I bought a 6000+ from newegg, now I'm having second thought about it, it's fast but not as fast as I thought it would be after 3800+ x2. AMD is discountiniung 6000+ sometime soon in 2008. I requested RMA in plans of upgrading to 6850, but now thinking is it worth going for more expensive 6850 3Ghz (not OCing)? Can $130 (what I would get back for processor after restocking fees) + $60mobo = 190$ premium justify the performance increase? Probably 6850 can last longer then 6000+. Is it better to stay with AMD for a while and later upgrade to Intel? Have another day to decide whether 6000 is staying or going.

Basically, this question should have been asked before the purchase was made. Yes, the Intel 6950 will be faster, but between the restocking fees and the higher cost of the motherboard, it will get expensive fast. Your AMD 6000+ can be overclocked for better performance and it should even be able to run Crysis if you have a good enough video card to back it up. Unless you're running some cpu intensive tasks that demand the fastest cpu around, I'd stick with the 6000+ for now.

The thing is I got my AMD in hopes that it will work with my existing motherboard. At the time of purchase $160 vs. $400 for E6850 and Asus motherboard didn't seem option worth going for. But then my motherboard turned up to be dead indeed, and I had to get another motherboard anyway, I thought of returning 6000+ and getting C2D.

Seems like you will pay 100 -200 dollars extra for a faster processor and get like 10 FPS increase in a game.... which can be accomplished by overclocking your graphics card a little and turning up the fan......

Too late to change the CPU decision. You already have 6000+ and a new AM2 motherboard; restocking for both would be a hassle and further downtime. Had you stopped to view some benchmarks when finding out the old motherboard was the problem, sending back the lone 6000+ and getting Q6600/E6850 + P35 motherboard would have been the best core upgrade.

However, Windows start-up and responsiveness depend more heavily on the condition of your HD/RAM and OS installation. You can still get a more responsive system by upgrading the system HD to a 150GB Raptor, if you haven't, and by making sure you have enough RAM not to cause swapping under application usage.

How to find out how much RAM you need may vary a bit between Windows versions; I usually look at the peak "Commit Charge" in Task manager after running my most demanding load and then round up the required RAM to fit dual-channel configurations.

I think that one sentence defines your problem and gives your answer. Never fall for hype, not just in computer processors, but in anything. Hype gives promises that are rarely fulfilled. Hype gets you to spend money on a product, and after you get it, you ask the question, "Now what?". Instead of listening to hype, take some time and find out what product performs best in the price range you have in mind of spending. Then you will be far more satisfied with what you buy.

Yes, there are a lot of AMD fans around, and a lot more Intel fans, simply because there are more Intel products out there. You need to learn to look beyond the fandom and to look at your real needs. If you want the fastest computer and don't care about the cost, then there are products that will satisfy your need, at least until next month when new, faster products come out. Better to stop and figure out what you really need and why you need it, and only then put down your money.

One last thing about hype and fans. There are a lot of people who will talk about a product as being the best thing since the discovery of fire who do not actually own that product. Its too easy for someone to write that you should buy "X" cpu or whatever while they themselves own something older, slower, etc. So don't allow other people to spend your money. After all, the money is yours, not theirs.

if you are doing any video encoding like CCE, then C2D & C2Q's will absolutely fly!!

Well I'm going to open my AM2 board today that came in yesterday from Newegg. I wasn't sure whether I should send it back or keep it. I'll probably hold of switching to Intel untill the better times and better processors. Initally I also wanted to stay with AMD to keep my old hardrive and Windows install. I had 4 OS installed total. 2 xps and 2 vistas 32 and 64. Everything should be intact as it was? Both the old and new boards are from Biostar, I think the chipsets are different. Or should I reinstall operating system?

The x2 6000 is a very good processor. The price difference does not justify the small performance increase. Keep it, and enjoy it.

Just installed 6000+ and pretty happy with it. Seems like even Windows liked the "new" mobo, just exactly like good ol' times, didn't even ask for new drivers except fot Audigy card which I put in another slot. No biggie. Very fast also. Now I can finally say that I'm one happy AMD fan, don't know how the thought of betrayal even crossed my mind. I'm out to playing my games...now the money I saved on not returning anything about $200 or more with shipping I can invest in 8800gt, if I only can find a cheap one in stock anywhere...

yeah if you are mainly using your pc for gaming and everday type tasks I don't think it matters what cpu you went with. both are prob too fast for what you'll be doing. things are gpu limited like usual.