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mowglismlxl   10-25-2009 at 08:53:55 PM

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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Raidur   10-25-2009 at 09:38:29 PM

Phenom II X3 720

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819103649

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loneninja   10-25-2009 at 09:48:57 PM

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.

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mowglismlxl   10-25-2009 at 10:36:31 PM

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

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rand_79   10-25-2009 at 11:08:55 PM

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


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MU_Engineer   10-26-2009 at 12:02:01 AM

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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mowglismlxl   10-26-2009 at 12:08:40 AM

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

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swifty_morgan   10-26-2009 at 12:16:23 AM

MU_Engineer wrote :

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.




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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MU_Engineer   10-26-2009 at 12:18:57 AM

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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mowglismlxl   10-26-2009 at 12:23:23 AM

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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geofelt   10-26-2009 at 12:28:51 AM

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

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MU_Engineer   10-26-2009 at 12:31:32 AM

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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mowglismlxl   10-26-2009 at 12:33:43 AM

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

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mowglismlxl   10-26-2009 at 06:39:19 AM

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

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