Best CPU for my card?

[bnot]

Hey gang


I have recently bought a 7850 2GB but it's being heavily bottlenecked by my AMD 630, I'm looking for a CPU which is under £100 which would get rid of or at least reduce the enormous bottleneck I am receiving now.


This is my current motherboard: http://www.biostar.com.tw/app/en/mb/introduction.php?S_ID=362


I feel as if I may be slightly disadvantaged due to the fact it doesn't support AM3

 

[User4798]

Not having am3 is a problem bit you can get a mobo for $50 and a phenom x6 1090t for like $120 witch is very good and a massive upgrade.

 

[payturr]

You cannot get a 1090t for anyway near that price man.
If you wanna upgrade you're gonna have to both replace the board & processor. I would save up, and if you could, maybe you'll be able to buy a Core i3 & a board for it soon enough, I don't know the pricing for it in euros/pounds, so I'm sorry.

 

[mohit9206]

what is the amd 630? never heard of it. yeah a new board and cpu are required. so intel is obviously the way to go. core i3 and h61 mobo is a good choice

 

[User4798]

Can't you get a 1090t for that price? I front one on amazon tho?? Maybe it was used? Anyway I also thought an i3 might be a good aswell and a cheap mobo because that's a cheap and good upgrade. On.y thing then is that you'll have to get ram because its DDR3.

 

[payturr]

mohit9206 - it's probably an older Athlon/Athlon II

User - most likely used, you go on eBay for new and it's easily 300$, they're rare. Yeah, it'll be a very big system upgrade, so he will need to save up at least 200£.

 

[bnot]

This is the AMD 630:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103704


As for Going intel/new MOBO

I did expect having to get a new board but I would rather go for AMD if possible, in my situation it really is price>performance.

 

[FinneousPJ]

Does your board OC?

 

[Kamen_BG]

Go for an AMD chip that is compatable with AM2 or AM2+ motherboards like the whole Phenom line.
If you're an overclocker go with this one/
http://www.amazon.com/AMD-Phenom-1045T-2-70GHz-Processor/dp/B006G76LZY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1356716960&sr=8-1&keywords=amd+phenom+ii+x6

Otherwise go with the Phenom II X4 965 BE.
http://us.ncix.com/products/?sku=46281&vpn=HDZ965FBGMBOX&manufacture=AMD&promoid=1033