i need an upgrade (939) ! HELP?

I would sell what you have now and build a new system. I am in a worse situation than you because my pc is much older and slower (2400+) and I am just saving up from scratch. But that is my game plan anyway..

I wouldn't waste money in upgrading at this point.

im in the same situation as you with a old 939 board. Just save up for a new one like im doing.

Do you realize what a bad deal an FX-60 is for $200??? $100... not soooo terrible, but still not a value. Add to that an FX-60 is meant for OC'n so any used ones you come across have likely been pushed hard. Time to jump ship... it's sinking!

thanks for the responses so far,
jitpublisher, i have found a few amd fx-60 x2 939 cpu's on ebay etc, that would work on my mobo, for around $200, those are dual core cpu's...but does anyone know how they compare to the current cpu's out?

I think you are little over reactive here.
DDR2 is not THAT much faster than DDR. Not much at all in fact.
He does need a dual core processor and a big GPU upgrade.

As my other post mentioned, I am also running a socket 939 system, and I have found nothing yet that requires me to upgrade to get decent performance. Would I like better performance, of course...but it's not anywhere close right now of me laying out cash for a complete new build. They will have to release something much more demanding that Crysis before I feel that I would need to spend money for a complete upgrade. But then, I don't play on a 24 inch monitor with everything turned up as high as possible and complain when my frame rate drops below 60.

That would be about the top of the line for your motherboard, and yes it would work.
How does it compare? If you are talking AMD, a 4800X2 socket 939 CPU will benchmark FASTER than a 4800X2 AM2 processor with DDR2 memory in fact. But, there are much faster CPUS out there.
The newer AMD's like the 6000+, and the new quad cores, both AMD and Intel will simply blow it away.
If you are going to spend $200 on a CPU......DO THE ENTIRE PLATFORM CHANGE AND UPGRADE EVERYTHING. You can buy a q6600 quad core CPU for $200, that will run circles around that FX CPU over and over and over and over. These will also scale with a new GPU and get the most performance out it.
If you are going to spend over $80-$100 on a CPU, this is simply not worth it.

do u realiz wat a bad deal it is to get fx62 for $200 when u can get a quad core with that money ........plus ebay cpu r used and have been OCed so they wouldn be reliable......
i don c a point on spending money on the old PC when clearly u could get a new one if ur reach a lil deeper in2 ur pocket

my worry at the moment, is if i spend the extra cash and do a full upgrade...how long are we going to have am2 platforms? lets be honest, am2 isnt really cutting it against intel at the moment, so they might have2 do something dramatic to regain the ascendancy. would that possibly mean a whole new platform? i might be getting to excited about this, but what do you guys think are the chances of that happening? the other option is upgrading to an intel pc, but then they've had their current platform for ages already...how long...
thats my major concern right now, i know i cant afford top of the range on everything...but i'd like to get pretty good stuff now, and when i have more cash, upgrade the cpu again...but if the platform changes quickly, then im in the same boat as i am now.
am i being melodramatic?
if i do just get the fastest cpu for a 939 now, i could possibly hold out until a new improved platform is released, alowing me a long span of time for possible upgrades? am i thinking to much? probably, but its better to be safe than sorry

IM gonna put a different spin on things,

i have a

4400 X2 939
2GB RAM

and a 8800GTX i get 20-25fps in crysis with ultra settings, 1680x1050, with no AA.

just update the gfx and wait it out for nehelam

Phenom is a native quad-core.

I'd get just a new video card first. I would go for the 4850 at about $150, and try some of your games before shelling out $200 or more for an complete upgrade. Some core2 duo cpus are already being closed out. Dell home had the 6850 for only $100 about 5 weeks ago. And fry's.com had the 6550 for $115. Look for a good combo at newegg or fry's.com. I live near a fry's store, and their combo specials are the lowest priced around.

O yeah thats true Phenoms are 4 core native, they lack the on die cache though to be performance contenders.

upgrade option to "wait out" the storm.
amd x2 5000+ black edition (socket am2) = $82
gigabyte ga-ma78g ds3 mobo (socket am2+) = $90
super-talent 2 x 1gb ddr2-800 4-4-3-8 mem = $50
xigmatech s1283 HSF = $38
shipping = roughly 16 bucks....total financial outlay = $276

sell your s939 stuff, and there's the extra $$$ you need for a 4850 (or even a 4870!!)...

you can go with cheaper memory options for sure, i only mention the supertalent sticks because those timings are just sick-fast! and with the black edition 5000+ oc'ing via the multiplier, you can keep those timings because you've no need to oc the memory (unless you want to, in which case you an reasonably expect ddr2 950 @ 4-4-4-12, which is still lightning!).

best part is, you're ready for an am2+ processor, and if you're talking about waiting another 18+ months, well...at least your am2 processor will run in an am3 system, or conversely your am3 processor "should" run in am2+ (if the boardmakers keep up on the bios updates this time!!!). so you're covered either way.

you can wait for nehalem, or not...your life is your own, and i wouldn't presume to tell you how to live it. i just like to present options...
ps...if you go intel now, it won't be upgradeable to nehalem. different socket altogether, with zero backwards compatibility. sorta like s939...

but yeah...just my two cents. hope it helps!