Question about if this is a good cpu for gamming

[leonnee]

Hey I found on comp usa a deal ECS A740GM-M Motherboard with AMD Phenom X3 8450e 2.1Ghz AM2+ for $50 Thats pretty much all i want to spend Is this a good deal or u think i can find better? I have a Pentium 4 right now.
Thanks

 

[etk]

I doubt you could find better for $50, but I wouldn't call it a "good" CPU. Have you OC's your P4? They tend to have some headroom in them.

 

[leonnee]

well my pc is a hp so only able to use software oc and only got it 3.2 from 3.0, but this cpu would be a huge step up from my p4 right? was looking at the charts and seems pretty good. Was thinking i probably can oc to 2.5 or something.

 

[loneninja]

Just so i'm reading this correctly, your getting both the motherboard and cpu for $50 right? If so, that is a really hard deal to beat.

The Phenom I X3 is without a doubt better than your P4, but it's fail compared to many new <$100 processors for gaming.

 

[leonnee]

yeah both for 50.
btw anyone knows if this cpu can unlock 4th core or something? was reading how some versions have a disabled core

 

[jj463rd]

Some motherboards are capable of unlocking disabled cores in BIOS.
Here is the Passmark scores for it.Substantially better than a P4 by far.

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_lookup.php?cpu=AMD+Phenom+8450e+Triple-Core

 

[leonnee]

cool thxs decided to buy it, now if only i can unlock 4th core would make it even better lol

 

[jj463rd]

Be sure you get the right memory for it too (It takes DDR2-800).Plus look closely at all the documents,downloads here
http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWebSite/Product/Product_Detail.aspx?DetailID=864&CategoryID=1&MenuID=20&LanID=0

 

[leonnee]

k thxs for info yea i got ddr on my pc so need to buy new one

 

[duk3]

Is it DDR2 on your PC? I know some pentium 4 processors are on socket 478 and others are socket 775, so if you don't have DDR2 in your computer now you need to upgrade to DDR2.

 

[leonnee]

my is socket 775 but only has ddr saw on ebay for $15 1 gig of ddr2

 

[enzo matrix]

my is socket 775 but only has ddr saw on ebay for $15 1 gig of ddr2

Not bad and if you are running XP that should be more than enough but if you are running windows 7 then I recommend at least 2GB.