Still struggling to find the best CPU possible for old HP Pavilion p6243w

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Here is a link to HP's website about the specs on this PC,
h20564.www2.hp.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c01852859

I had bought and paid for a Phenom x4 9850. The 95W one, not the 125W. Which are almost impossible to find by the way. I have found several 125W ones but that doesn't' do me any good because my board only supports 95W.

I don't know much about computers, I'm basically regurgitating what little I've learned in the last few weeks while trying to get mine to run Skyrim at a reasonable frame rate.

I want to buy the best CPU possible, but the one Phenom x4 9850 I found that was 95W was on PCHub.com and those people are worthless, their shipping is astronomically bad. Trust me, I got suckered in for an over priced/used CPU on the 30th and I'm still waiting for it to show up in the mail so I can return it and eat the 20% restocking fee.

I'd skin a baby for whoever would take a moment and help me find the best CPU possible for my antiquated motherboard, I really would be very grateful that's for sure.

Some other information in case you're curious,

This is what I've bought and it all works.

8gb DDR2 ram
PSU - Antec HCG-620M
GPU - GTX 950
 


I wasn't under selling it by the way, I am not sure what sandy is or even ivy i3 dell. Are they processors? I know what ebay is though!
 
I have a similar desktop to yours. I too was thinking about buying the best Phenom in am2+ as mine is the Athlon 64 x2 5050e.
I wonder if I would see improvement.
Here is a list of CPU heirchy.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/cpu-hierarchy,4312.html
Thing is the CPU is $60 (Canadian) used. While a new mobo/cpu/ram would run you $200 (Canadian) so choices, choices, choices. Better to bite the bullet and drop $200. But remember HP has proprietory cases, so you may well need a new case at $50, but you can find cheap ones that are used for $10.

From that website this is your list of CPU's. I bet the top one is the best CPU to get. Question is how cheap can you get a good one?


Processor upgrade information

TDP: 95W
Motherboard supports the following processor upgrades:
NOTE: Only socket AM2+ processors are supported with this motherboard.

AMD Phenom II Quad-Core

AMD Phenom II Triple-Core

AMD Phenom Quad-Core (A) 9xxx series (AM2+)

AMD Phenom Triple-Core (T) 8xxx series (AM2+)

AMD Athlon X4

AMD Athlon X3

AMD Athlon X2 (B) (AM2+)



The highest I can go is the Phenom X4 9950. If it was cheaper I'd be into it. Get 4 cores instead of 2 but still no hyperthreading like the i3 or i5 cpu's. Can totally multitask without it crashing.

Does your system crash?

Did you buy that stuff for your computer, or were you thinking of upgrading everything later on?

 


My system doesn't crash except when I stick that second stick of ram in, my motherboard apparently only supports 4gb of ram and that is IT! It was worth the $13 (US) gamble. I already bought that stuff so I'm basically committed to my PC now. All that stuff has installed fine, the GPU was a very very very tight fit though but it's in and runs.
 
Can't Imagine....
Your best bet is targeting tri core CPU's anyhow, Skyrim won't benefit from a quad worth a darn, it needs two fast threads not to lag all to hell. A lot easier to get a 95 W tri core and you won't see a difference to a quad, if any.
 


So AMD Phenom II Triple-Core is what I'm looking for because the difference in gaming is negligible between that and what I was originally after, the AMD Phenom II Quad-Core. Since the difference is negligible and it's easier to find 95w triple cores then that's what I should be looking for, the best one of those? Did I understand that correctly?

 
Phenom II X3 720 will give you slightly faster Skyrim performance anyhow, faster per thread clocks. But it's till going to lag like hell in the cities. The game needs 2 4Ghz thread from AMD to look decent imo.
 


I should bite the bullet and swallow my pride and just use the Phenom x4 9850 that's coming in the mail, some day not soon, shouldn't I?
 


Darn, that actually gives me confidence that the processor I ordered might actually be good for me and that I should just deal with PCHub's awful customer service and polices.
 


Cancel whatever order you have placed or refuse delivery, take the good PSU and GPU you have bought and put them into one of these(the first one preferably):

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-inspiron-620-Desktop-I3-3240-3-40GHz-8-0-GB-ram-500-GB-hard-drive-Windows-8-/162090806385?hash=item25bd5d6c71:g:fwMAAOSwJhNXUD8s

http://www.ebay.com/itm/DELL-Optiplex-7010-MT-Desktop-PC-i3-2120-3-30Ghz-2GB-DDR3-500GB-incVAT-/112050824925?hash=item1a16bfe6dd:g:XfUAAOSwZ1BXf2Jl

What you were trying to build and any one of these do not even compare. While those AMD chips will not really give you reasonable FPS in Skyrim, these i3s will run it flawlessly.
 


I'll order the first one, but kept the chip sent to me because it arrived before I read your message. That can still go into the machine I got and I'll give it away to my mother. Thank you for your time and help and your advice and even the time you took to shop for me is appreciated. With the chip I got Fallout 4 is running at a solid 45 fps inside Diamond City and about 60 fps outside of battle and around the wasteland. That's pretty good if you ask me, I only assume it'll get slightly better with the new PC coming by the end of the month
 
Used or Refurbed units are the best way to go, because they come with the o/s. An extra cost of $150+.
Then you can wipe and format the HD then get the code and reinstall o/s and Office if it has it.
I should look for something similar. But will keep the old system for shady downloading p2p torrents (music and movies).
If I can snag a Phenom x4 $30-60 for what a x3 costs $15. I'd be happy. Then slam in some DDR2 16GB RAM for $20.
Still have Office. Maybe then can network that system to use its Office.
I am sold on an i3 system myself.
Massive lag, I didnt realize internet bogged down my system so much. Maybe Vista helps it along that way too.
 



Vista definitely helps, I used that OS right up until they released Windows 8. Very heavy on resources.
 
I think MS has gotten shadier. Vista is alright, just needs lots of RAM. W7 I hear rave reviews but that too has at its "End of Life" soon. That is why lots of refurbished units are on the market. I usually check out newegg.ca for refurbed units, but I wonder if I can snag one with MS Office. Non list Office. Look at MS shady yearly subscription for software. What a rip-off for the home user. Online classifieds looks promising, tons with W7 and Office.
 
Yes tons of free word programs out there. Converting keeping alignment & spacing is the issue, especially when working on a huge document.
I have used OpenOffice, its good too.

Im gunna start seriously looking into networking, see if I can have 2 computers running side-by-side and the main system (2014/2015/2016) having easy access to the other's Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) program on an old system (2008). Then be able to easily print it off, or move to email either on old or new system. Should be another long investigation period for me.
 
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