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Hi I’m looking to make my pc a lot faster at the moment I have and AMD Phenom 9500 Quad-Core Processor 2.20GHz the socket on the motherboard is a AM2 I wondering what the biggest and fastest Processor I can get to this motherboard or if I should change it, the motherboard I have at the moment is by gigabyte is the S-series GA-M57SLI-S4 and supports a AMD socket AM2.

I have 5.00 GB or RAM Which are ddr2 the power supply is an Anermax Noise Taker II 600w and the graphic card is a Geforce 9600 gt512mb gddr3

If u can let me know what can I do to make this a faster or advise me what can I do I would appreciated thanks

Reply to psxxbox2004

If you're main concern is gaming, I'd look towards a new GPU. There are cards in the $150 range that eat the 9600GT. What's your budget?

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Reply to jack_attack

If I were you since you have so much RAM anyway, I'd buy a 770 or higher chipset DDR2 board. Sell the old board and CPU on ebay.

Get an athlon II x4 2.8 gigahertz or higher will be probably what you're after.

Possibly and/or a GPU, depends on budget and what you're really after.

Reply to False_Dmitry_II

Look at the CPU support page

http://www.gigabyte.us/Support/Mot [...] #anchor_os

You can put up to a Phenom II 965 in there. Pretty good compatibility for such an old board, with a BIOS update of course. You can also add another 9600GT and get some pretty good performance out of it.

I say ad a Phenom II 955 BE C3 stepping (cheaper than the 965 version and still overclocks well), an aftermarket cooler, overclock it, and add another 9600GT to run in SLI while you still can before they are all gone. Now that will give you a good upgrade as far as gaming performance goes.

There is this

*Note: If you install AMD AM3/AM2+ CPU on AM2 motherbord, the system bus speed will downgrade from HT3.0(5200MHz) to HT1.0(2000 MT/s) spec; however, the frequency of AM3/AM2+ CPU will not be impacted. Please refer "CPU Support List" for more information.

But I don't know how important it is.

Reply to False_Dmitry_II

my budget is 350.00

Reply to psxxbox2004

I’m a newbie this was me first desktop I build so if I choose to get a new motherboard and new chip and graphic card what should I go for I have 350 to 500 to spend and I want to buy something that will keep up whit new games that are coming out also I don’t know if I should switch to Intel but I don’t think is worth it do to the price AMD is a lot chipper and it seems to do the job. but idk that much about this I just want something that will wont lag and sometimes well let me do a bit of multitasking if u guy well help my I would appreciated so much and thanks for the other posts

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In your place, I would spend $145 on a HD5750, which is a 3-tier jump, if your resolution is up to 1680x1050. If you play at 1920x1080, $160 for a HD5770 (4-tiers) might be better.
Install that, and see how your performance is. If it is good enough, you're done, for less than half your budget. If your CPU becomes a bottleneck, take a look at what Paul did with an Athlon II X3 in the $750 SBM article. Then get an AM2+ 770 board like this Asus: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131618 for $80, and an Athlon II X3 440 for $85: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819103843 for a total cost of $325 + shipping - $10 rebate (if you play that game and win). If you'd rather be certain of getting four cores, then the X4 630 is $100, only $15 more.

Message edited by jtt283 on 03-19-2010 at 06:14:15 PM

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I'd probably go with a 5770 anyway. (the last two cards I've had were 5 tiers or more below the upgrade.) You could also try to overclock that CPU. If you have room in the case for a cooler like the coolermaster hyper 212.

Reply to False_Dmitry_II

Yeah, I'd do the 5770 and try to get a decent OC. I'm not sure how well it does, but if you can get it around 3 or more, it will shine with a 5770.

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Reply to jack_attack

thank u guys so much for ur help i really appreciated

Reply to psxxbox2004

im goin to do this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131618
and http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819103704 and im not sure if XFX HD-577A-ZNFC Radeon HD 5770 (Juniper XT) 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card - Retail or http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] -_-Product

what do u guys think is better

Reply to psxxbox2004

Well, XFX has a better warranty, but both have good reputations.

Reply to jtt283

ok. thk u jtt283

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Reply to psxxbox2004

Thanks. Did you do your upgrade? How did it go?

Message edited by jtt283 on 03-30-2010 at 11:31:25 AM

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perfect thk u for all your help.

Reply to psxxbox2004

Nice. Have fun.

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