Upgrading an old socket 939 board

[takepantsoff]

I have an a8n-sli deluxe board with an athlon 3200+, 3gigs of ddr ram at 400 and a 9800gt


I have been looking at an opteron 180 for $55(which is 2.4ghz dual core) and I plan to overclock it so I can run fairly new games at decent frame rates.


How will this work out? thanks guys!!


Im very interested in Batman Arkham City and Crysis Warhead. Thanks!!!

 

[CDdude55]

It would be better for you to save for better parts, you might be able to run those games with everything on low, but even then i'm sure your system will struggle.

Even just moving up LGA 775 would allow you to access chips that are worlds more powerful then what's on the ancient Socket 939 platfrom. If i were you i'd gradually save up and pick up a nice Sandy Bridge chip and Z68 or even P67 board, or if you don't need that much power and want to go a bit cheaper, then i'd go over to the AMD side and probably pick up either an AMD FX 6100/4100 and grab a cheap but decent AM3+ board.

 

[rolli59]

Hard to say but spending money on a 939 system is hard. I have two in the closet and one running. My OPTY is doing fine with a 8800GT installed and does OK at 1280 x 1024 res. I am though not sure how your system is going to do with those two games I am doing fine with Mass effect 2 though. If that is your only option, budget wise I'm inclined to say go for it since it will play most things that is 2 years old or older.

 

[takepantsoff]

well right now I can run crysis warhead and batman arkham city maxed out with no aa at 1920 by 1080 at over 10fps....how will this not give me a 20fps or so improvement? thanks for the help by the way!

 

[takepantsoff]

my budget is $150 by the way

 

[rolli59]

Go for it then! $150 would not get you much else!

 

[takepantsoff]

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2204333&pagenumber=2&RSort=1&csid=ITD&recordsPerPage=5&body=REVIEWS#CustomerReviewsBlock


how does this look?

 

[rolli59]

Don't forget that you need new ram as well!

 

[rolli59]

Hang on http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.956106 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820313072

 

[takepantsoff]

I was going to forget haha

http://www.compbargains.com/_e/RAM_Modules/sproduct/1013286766/Corsair_2GB_DDR3_SDRAM_Memory_Module.htm

 

[takepantsoff]

nevermind your deal is bettter. how often does newegg restock on such items?

 

[takepantsoff]

and could I unlock a fourth core with that motherboard? and how good of overclocking can I get out of it? thanks for all the help!

 

[rolli59]

They often have amazing combo deals!

 

[takepantsoff]

Best answer selected by takepantsoff.

 

[rolli59]

I am not sure about the unlock on that board but it will say in the specs.

 

[lycros]

I can run crysis warhead and batman arkham city maxed out with no aa at 1920 by 1080 at over 10fps....how will this not give me a 20fps or so improvement?

/cry

edit: was this an oem system? Do you have a copy of windows to install?

 

[takepantsoff]

/cry

edit: was this an oem system? Do you have a copy of windows to install?

I own windows 7

 

[lycros]

How about

Mobo - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138332
CPU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116399
same ram

or even better (if it was in stock) http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.954659

 

[rolli59]

That is a good deal http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.954659&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-RSSDailyDeals-_-na-_-na&AID=10521304&PID=4176827&SID=18yhavkbpf9o5

 

[takepantsoff]

how is that comparative to the other board and cpu?

 

[lycros]

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-fx-pentium-apu-benchmark,3120-10.html

has some benches with similar CPUs Athlon II X3 455, Pentium G630, Pentium G860

 

[rolli59]

how is that comparative to the other board and cpu?

It is better than the X3

 

[takepantsoff]

I have a centurion cooler master case by the way I have no idea how to check a model number or something

 

[lycros]

Well every mobo linked so far is micro atx, so it should fit.

 

[takepantsoff]

could they both sli? because I plan on getting a 9800gt 1gb to sli