Want To Upgrade .... Please help!!

[mockman5]

So here's the deal people,I've got around $340 to spend on my machine.
I had a DuoCore[athlon 6000+ and m2avm mthrboard & 4gb of ddr2,800mhz[patriot]
I needa buy a processor,motherboard and Ram.
I've olready got a single MSI 4870x2 & CoolerMaster's Silent Pro 600 watt Psu
So i wont be buying any GPU.
I hope you people understand my condition as I'm so confused rght now. .
I had a plan to upgrade it to q6600. .Buh' again as i said "I'm confused".
Please help me out in buying the best in the budget that i've.
CAN YA?? I hope you all will...

 

[alvine]

$46 4gb ddr2 800 ram
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231122

$95 asus p5q se
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131335

$229 intel q9400
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115131

total= $370

 

[mockman5]

I wus thinkin if i could ge' a board that can support ddr3,that's the main reason of me taking out my ddr2.
in this case i case i shouldnt sell my rams??

 

[sid_nag17]

get the phenom II 920 am3 socket or am2+ for $199 if u wanna run it on ur present mobo or get a gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P for $140 and spend the rest on the ram it should be less than $340

 

[mockman5]

I'm interested in buying Intel this time.

 

[sid_nag17]

do u plan to sli or crossfire?

 

[sid_nag17]

oh sorry my mistake u already have a beast of a gpu!!!

 

[someguy7]

If your current board can run the phenom II there really isnt a good reason IMO to make the switch to Intel. Your interested in the q6600 so I assume you want or need a quad core. Hopefully you need one and just dont want one just cause.

The only reason to buy ddr3 ram right now IMO is for a Intel i7 system simple because you have no choice in the matter. For a core2 system ddr3 is a waste of money. Even for the AMD route the AM3 cpus which are nice by the way, dont need ddr3 memory or a ddr3 board. They will run in a AM2+ board with a BIOS update.

So if your current board can run the new AMD cpus that is your best bet. You will not anything new but the cpu.

If you switch to Intel you need a new board and cpu.

Lastly you do not need or is it worth to run either system with ddr3 ram at this point in time. The prices have come down but it still not worth it.

 

[mockman5]

i thought bout q6600 buh' as the prices have came down i can buy a bit higher model.
My board cant run any new possessor,it can only run Duo core..NOT EVEN CORE 2 n that to from AMD.

with the budget i have i think i should go for "Q9400 and EP45 UD3R",so far as i've liked it...
is there any other possessor worth buying in this much budget,or shall i go with my earlier choice 'Q6600',le' me know ASAP.

 

[sid_nag17]

dude ur mobo supports phenom II why do you wanna spend money on an intel quad core and lga 775 is dead wait for i7 prices to drop till then use a phenom II 920 or 940.

http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?modelmenu=1&model=1568&l1=3&l2=101&l3=496

here is the link to ur mobo it clearly states that it supports am2+ cpu's. just update ur bios and ull be good to go!

dont spend money on the c2q's now!

 

[someguy7]

i thought bout q6600 buh' as the prices have came down i can buy a bit higher model.
My board cant run any new possessor,it can only run Duo core..NOT EVEN CORE 2 n that to from AMD.

with the budget i have i think i should go for "Q9400 and EP45 UD3R",so far as i've liked it...
is there any other possessor worth buying in this much budget,or shall i go with my earlier choice 'Q6600',le' me know ASAP.

You've got to be kidding me.

 

[mockman5]

yeah..i am willing to buy it.

 

[mockman5]

dude ur mobo supports phenom II why do you wanna spend money on an intel quad core and lga 775 is dead wait for i7 prices to drop till then use a phenom II 920 or 940.

http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?modelmenu=1&model=1568&l1=3&l2=101&l3=496

here is the link to ur mobo it clearly states that it supports am2+ cpu's. just update ur bios and ull be good to go!

dont spend money on the c2q's now!

dude,i've got that beast wch wont run on this board.
and thats not it!!
the processor that i have aint supporting..
So No AMD this time...thou its good to an extent buh' INTEL is better.

 

[mockman5]

THAKS thou...

 

[bossman34]

With your budget you should seriously consider AMD. Intel may be better at the high end (Ci7), but AMD and the Phenom II are great processors. Both the 920 and 940 are equal to or better than the Q9400.

And don't worry about DDR3 as performance gains are minimal.

 

[someguy7]

The OP has a x2 6000 and goes it can only run duel core. It cant even run a core2. You couldnt even make this stuff up.