What are your full system specs including current CPU, motherboard, powersupply ext and what is your budget?
Message edited by outlw6669 on 07-25-2008 at 11:21:53 AM
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If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce today would cost $100, get a million miles to the gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside.
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It depends but you should be fine with a something form the 5000 series. Intel is really much better in the cpu department but AMD is so much cheaper...
thanks for your answer!
I have an MSI K9N4 Ultra-F motherboard
2x1 GB DDR2 Ram
500W Chieftech PSU
and my current CPU is an Athlon 64 3200+
my budget is about 100$
I would recomend a 5000+ BE when it comes back into stock.
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If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce today would cost $100, get a million miles to the gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside.
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AT least you know it's the CPU holding you back. Other people have come asking what's wrong with their new 8800GT and when we finally dig out their system specs, it's their old CPU holding it back. Worse yet is when they are on another CPU socket and have little to no CPU upgrade options only to end up feeling they wasted all their money on the video card.
$100 is a good budget for an AM2 CPU and will put you well up in the X2 5000 series. (X2 5400+, 5600+, 5800+) It's a good idea to check with MSI and see what CPU's are supported on your specific motherboard revision before buying one. Also, specific CPU's may require you to flash the bios to be properly recognized.
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MSI P6N SLI Platinum, Q6600, 2GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer PC8000, SLI BFG 8800GT OC 512MB, SB X-Fi Fatality, Antec TruePower Trio 550W, Windows XP pro
Wow, that sucks.
This morning the 5000+ BE showed out of stock.
Now it shows as a deactivated item In that case, as pauldh suggests, any of the X2 5000 series will give you the best performance for your $.
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If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce today would cost $100, get a million miles to the gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside.
PSA
Thanks for your answers!
Yes i just flashed my bios yesterday so that wont be a problem : )
I have on last question.. whats the difference between black editions and normal editions?
The Black Edition CPU's have an unlocked multiplier so you can easily overclock them.
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If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce today would cost $100, get a million miles to the gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside.
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