Worth upgrading my mobo and RAM?

[syliam]

Hey,

So I'm planning to buy a 5770 1GB and a Phenom II 955 AM3 to use with my BIOSTAR MCP6P M2+ and 4GB of DDR2 PC2-6400 RAM. Is it worth upgrading to maybe an Asus M4A785TD-V and DDR3?

Also, my current AM2+ mobo is perfectly compatible with the AM3 processor?

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ (AM2)
Mobo: Biostar MCP6P M2+
GPU: nVidia GeForce 8600GT 1GB
RAM: 4GB DDR2 PC2-6400
PSU: 600w OCZ StealthXStream
OS: Windows 7 64-bit

Thanks!

 

[vznoobie12]

Yeah, 955 is compatible with your mobo. Should be fine out of the box, but if anything, you may need to update bios.

Upgrading depends on your current budget. I definitely do recommend getting an am3 mobo with ddr3 ram down the line, if not now.

 

[gkay09]

^ Just make sure you get the 95W TDP revision of that CPU as there are 2 variants available - 125W (Most probably not supported by your mobo) and the 95W(With a BIOS update it might support the CPU but still is not present in the CPU support list though)

As for the performance, I highly doubt you would notice any performance improvement with DDR3...

 

[syliam]

I actually emailed someone from Biostar, and sadly my mobo doesn't support the 955. The latest it supports is the 945 95w, which isn't a Black Edition.

Beginning to doubt if it's really needed to update, I only really play Dragon Age!