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ryanpwns   01-21-2009 at 02:43:18 AM

right now i have a amd 3800x2 and im looking to upgrade on a 100 dollar budget, but im not sure what i should get, i play some pc games and pretty much do just everyday pc things, i play wow mostly and some other fps games, i have a pretty good video card 9600gt and my cpu is for sure bottlenecking it so from what i seen is the amd 6400x2 with the 1x2 mb of catch and there is another one, amd 6000x2 that has 1mb of catch both seem pretty good compared to mine, wish one would be a better performer in games, or is there another one for 100 dollar budget that is better, i also plan to overclock wich ever one i get buy at least 300 mhz thanks alot in advance.

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B-Unit   01-21-2009 at 03:02:35 AM
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+1 for the 7750 assuming of course that you can get a BIOS update to support it.

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magicbullet   01-21-2009 at 03:04:26 AM
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what CPU are u currently own??? assuming it's a 4400x2???? this CPU and higher wont bottlenecking ur videocard.

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spathotan   01-21-2009 at 03:07:00 AM
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He said hes using a 3800X2 magicbullet.

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spathotan   01-21-2009 at 03:08:12 AM
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B-Unit wrote :

+1 for the 7750 assuming of course that you can get a BIOS update to support it.



Good point, forgot about that. What motherboard are you using Ryan?

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someguy7   01-21-2009 at 03:13:56 AM
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The 3800x2 came in socket 939 and AM2. The OP didnt mention what type of ram the system has to it may be a 939. If its AM2 check to see what your board/bios can support and toss the fastest cpu it can support in it

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ryanpwns   01-21-2009 at 03:36:36 AM
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i have a amd 3800x2 with a m2n e-sli mb ,4 gigs for ram 1x4 gig sticks 667 mhz running in dual channel, msi 9600gt oc video card and ive decided to upgrade to a am2+ mb so pretty much any cpu under 100 dollars that can fit in a socket am2+ mb and the reason i say it bottlenecks my video card is cause all games play the same fps pretty much no matter what the rez is anywhere from 800x600 to 1280x1024 same fps game included are far cry 2, crysis, and wow and when i overcloak my cpu from 2ghz to 2.3 ghz i see about 6 fps average on those games so that indicated a cpu bottleneck for me

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spathotan   01-21-2009 at 03:38:09 AM
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It is bottlenecking you without a doubt. The 7750 with a new AM2+ board will suit you very well. 780G or 790GX boards will be a sound upgrade. Or maybe a nvidia 750a if you want to eventually run SLI.


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ryanpwns   01-21-2009 at 04:00:18 AM
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ya thanks alot i think that is what im going to do, one more lil question how much faster is that cpu then mine? for gamming and everyday use?

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spathotan   01-21-2009 at 04:06:28 AM
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The 7750 will slaughter it. No contest in the slightest. It will also overclock well which is why I sugest a 790GX.

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ryanpwns   01-21-2009 at 04:12:21 AM
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well that is a good enough response for me thanks alot bro for replying to my post, and thanks the rest of you for replying as well, as always fast responses on toms. have a nice night people.

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phil0083   01-21-2009 at 05:01:33 AM
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In theory you could go triple core. provided you dont live in the same state that they'll ship it from (tax would be included) newegg has two triple-cores for under 100. you can get the 8650 Toliman 2.3GHz for 99.99. Its got 3 x 512KB L2 and 2megs L3. sounds like a winner to me!

oh yea shipping is free, at least when i looked at it.

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spathotan   01-21-2009 at 05:14:37 AM
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True, but that chip is much slower clock for clock than the 7750. The 8750 BE is a good buy and overclocks very good, but its over $100.

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