Upgrade Help For CPU

[Zycorpse]

Hey I was wondering what the best but affordable ($200-300 maybe 400) cpu for this MB would be
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I have 1000 watt power supply 8gb of ram installed atm out of 16 (ddr2)
But for my ram and cpu to actually work it needs to be an amd one I'm not to knowledged on cpus but mine currently is a amd phenom 4 x2 (the 2 and 4 my brother mixed up) 64bit quad core at 3.4ghz I need something better been slowly upgrading this guy and this is one of the last prices thank you.

 

[RealGamingwithJohn]

get ddr4 ram and get a 6950x its $1700 cpu. Also get

 

[techgeek]

I'm afraid you have very limited option for upgrading that system. If you could find one, you could get a Phenom II X6 1100T. This is a 6 core CPU, but you'd have to find one used. Also I could find no actual CPU Compatibility list, so there is no guarantee that it would work. Beyond that, the X6 would put a heavy demand on the VRM's and I'm not sure that motherboards VRM's are up to the task.

My advice to you is to save that money and put it towards a new computer.

 

[Zycorpse]

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3447#ov that's my mother board the manufacturer and page said it supports that processor thank you for ur suggestions

 

[techgeek]

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3447#ov that's my mother board the manufacturer and page said it supports that processor thank you for ur suggestions

I was at that webpage, but unless I'm totally blind, I couldn't find any specific information regarding the Phenom II X6 1100T. It list the Phenom II, but I don't know if that means all Phenom II's and all their revisions.

 

[Zycorpse]

Lol its fine it's right under/in the part where it says Get Ready to Unleash the Power of AMD 6-Core CPU
Where it states it supports 6 cores and above that somewhere it says it supports some am3 and somewhere it says the vrm it pretty much bada55 with the 4 split whatever

 

[DSzymborski]

Lol its fine it's right under/in the part where it says Get Ready to Unleash the Power of AMD 6-Core CPU
Where it states it supports 6 cores and above that somewhere it says it supports some am3 and somewhere it says the vrm it pretty much bada55 with the 4 split whatever

Let's not go nuts here - a 4+1 power phase design and the 785G chipset make this a budget/value board. Top-performing boards for these CPUs tended to have various 790/890 chipsets and 8+2. If it says it supports the CPU, it ought to, but you still have to watch the temperatures rather than the marketing materials.

 

[techgeek]

I'm not saying that the X6 won't work, but a 4 + 1 VRM setup is pretty weak. You only get 4 for CPU usage, the +1 is for the RAM I believe. The TDP for that CPU is 125W, that's a lot to demand of a 4 channel VRM. You might find that it's good for desktop stuff, but once you push it, you might experience instability. In today's CPU landscape, only AMD has TDP's over 100W on the desktop. Personally I would want 6 or 8 VRM's for that CPU.

Just as an example, I built my son an AMD system back in 2009. It had a Phenom II X2 550, but I paired it with a M4A78T-E. This motherboard has a 8 + 1 VRM topology. Now this motherboard could handle that CPU pretty well. The VRM's also had a heatsink to cool them. At the end of this systems life (which was about a week ago), it had a Phenom II X4 965.

I'm not trying to discourage you, but I also want to make sure you go in with eyes open. I wouldn't want you to have problems and then say that stupid techgeek told me this would work.