Nforce4 A939 Mother Board & New CPU?

[jamesjpersak]

I have an somewhat old computer I want to bring back to life. I have the nforce4 A939 Mother Board and I need some help selecting the highest performing CPU I can mate up to this Board. Considering the age of this board It should be easy to find a match. I just don't know what to select.

Thanks Everybody for the help!
Jim

 

[o1die]

http://www.starmicroinc.net/product/ADA3400DAA4BY/-AMD-Athlon-64-3400-Venice-22GHz-512KB-L2-Cache-Socket-939-Processor---OEM-ADA3400DAA4BY/ (affordable; you could overclock this cpu some)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/AMD-ATHLON-64-ADA3800DAA4BW-2-4GHZ-CPU-Socket-939-/330695873672?pt=CPUs&hash=item4cff029488 (dual core 512 cache, affordable)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/AMD-FX60-Socket-939-2-6GHZ-Unlocked-Dual-Core-CPU-Fan-/280835508261?pt=CPUs&hash=item416319c825 (too expensive; could get a new am3 cpu/board/ram for a few dollars more)

 

[blueboy400]

I have an somewhat old computer I want to bring back to life. I have the nforce4 A939 Mother Board and I need some help selecting the highest performing CPU I can mate up to this Board. Considering the age of this board It should be easy to find a match. I just don't know what to select.

Thanks Everybody for the help!
Jim

The fastest CPU would be the FX-60
It's 2.6 Ghz, Dual-Core with an unlocked multiplier, but still very expensive on ebay
The athlon 4800+ is a good dual core, 2.4 Ghz
Also the Opteron 185 is as fast as the Fx-60, but with a locked multiplier

I have a 939 system as my backup with a 4400+ dualcore (2.2 Ghz) in it and it's showing its age. Win 7 + facebook games choke it up. But it still does fairly well on games like Fallout 3 and Oblivion with the HD 3850 GPU.