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Whats the best upgrade?

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Hey guys i wanted to know what the best cpu upgrade i could do for under $120.

I have a Athlon 64 X2 5000+ 2.6 GHz
running on:

GA-MA74GM-S2
w/
Radeon HD 4670
2X2 GB ram
400 W PSU

recommendations?

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Phenom II X3 720

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If your gaming or more of casual use I agree with the Phenom II X3 720. If your one of the few who renders on a regular basis or does other tasks that can make use of 4 cores, than the Athlon II X4 620 may be your best upgrade option.

Reply to loneninja

thanks guys. it will be sweet running a triple core... is it compatible with my Mobo model?

Reply to mowglismlxl

what revision of the board do you have? version 1.x doesnt.. version 4.x does.. for example.

Message edited by rand_79 on 10-25-2009 at 11:09:29 PM

Reply to rand_79

i got rev 1.x

Reply to mowglismlxl

mowglismlxl wrote :

Hey guys i wanted to know what the best cpu upgrade i could do for under $120.

I have a Athlon 64 X2 5000+ 2.6 GHz
running on:

GA-MA74GM-S2
w/
Radeon HD 4670
2X2 GB ram
400 W PSU

recommendations?

I'd agree that at the moment, the Phenom II X3 720 would be the best choice. I'd also look at the $99 Athlon II X4 620 since it is a quad-core chip and sometimes noticeably outruns the triple-core X3 720 in heavily-threaded games. I'd probably also look at eventually replacing that HD 4670 since you could get a pretty good boost in gaming performance by moving up to an HD 5750/5770 when they come down in price in a couple of months.

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Reply to MU_Engineer

will the Athlon II X4 620 be compatible with my mobo its a rev 1.x

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MU_Engineer wrote :

If you're a gamer get one that has l3 cache on it. If all you have is $100, get the 720. If you want a quad core pick up an 810 if you can swing it.

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mowglismlxl wrote :

will the Athlon II X4 620 be compatible with my mobo its a rev 1.x

It should be. For some reason the Athlon II X4 620 isn't listed there, but the almost-identical 605e adn 600e are, as are a bunch of Phenom II CPUs.

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MU_Engineer wrote :

It should be. For some reason the Athlon II X4 620 isn't listed there, but the almost-identical 605e adn 600e are, as are a bunch of Phenom II CPUs.

yea im looking at the support list. Does the F1, F2, F3 mean i have to update my BIOS in order for the mobo to recognize the cpu?

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Reply to mowglismlxl

It's not what you are looking for, but consider a second monitor.

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mowglismlxl wrote :

yea im looking at the support list. Does the F1, F2, F3 mean i have to update my BIOS in order for the mobo to recognize the cpu?

Yeah, I think that is what it means.

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MU_Engineer wrote :

Yeah, I think that is what it means.

yea i think so haha. i found some BIOS updates... hmmm.... i wanna be sure the Athlon II X4 620

works before buying it.

If not the triple core phenom seems nice

Reply to mowglismlxl

the Athlon II X4 620 is not supported for my rev 1.1... not until rev 3
that sucks.

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