Hey Everyone, new to the forums. I was just looking for a little advice in my future upgrading plans whilst i have the time and money.
Currently i have a "Gaming" system i have built myself (ie not from dell, hp etc) and i upgrade things here and now as i see fit.
MY Computer Spec:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+
Asus M2N4-SLI DDR2 Mobo (I have never updated the fireware/bios)
4x 1GB DDR2 800Mhz PC2-6400 Gold XTC CL5 Ram
**Recently upgraded to**
PALIT GTX 470 1280MB GDDR5 Graphics Card
Huntkey Titan 650W PSU
Now my question is regarding the CPU, I know the memory and Mobo need upgrading aswell, but 4gb is "Acceptable" for Gaming and the such for me for now, it will be upgraded to 8gb shortly after the CPU
Ive been looking along the lines of either
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+ 2.90GHz or
AMD Athlon 64 X2 7550 2.5 GHz
Both of the above are around 40 GBP, but have researched as much as i could and both seem to be the same but would need a little advice onto which is the better of the two, or would pose the better upgrade.
ORRR Do i go for something like this below (If it will be supported by my Mobo) but thats around 80GBP
AMD Phenom X4 Quad Core 9850 2.50GHz Black Edition
The CPU's above all suggest they are AM2 Compatabile.
ALso, if there are any other CPU suggestions which are viable as upgrades then please by all means pass them over.
Anyways thanks for any advice or help, its muchly apprecaited
Currently i have a "Gaming" system i have built myself (ie not from dell, hp etc) and i upgrade things here and now as i see fit.
MY Computer Spec:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+
Asus M2N4-SLI DDR2 Mobo (I have never updated the fireware/bios)
4x 1GB DDR2 800Mhz PC2-6400 Gold XTC CL5 Ram
**Recently upgraded to**
PALIT GTX 470 1280MB GDDR5 Graphics Card
Huntkey Titan 650W PSU
Now my question is regarding the CPU, I know the memory and Mobo need upgrading aswell, but 4gb is "Acceptable" for Gaming and the such for me for now, it will be upgraded to 8gb shortly after the CPU
Ive been looking along the lines of either
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+ 2.90GHz or
AMD Athlon 64 X2 7550 2.5 GHz
Both of the above are around 40 GBP, but have researched as much as i could and both seem to be the same but would need a little advice onto which is the better of the two, or would pose the better upgrade.
ORRR Do i go for something like this below (If it will be supported by my Mobo) but thats around 80GBP
AMD Phenom X4 Quad Core 9850 2.50GHz Black Edition
The CPU's above all suggest they are AM2 Compatabile.
ALso, if there are any other CPU suggestions which are viable as upgrades then please by all means pass them over.
Anyways thanks for any advice or help, its muchly apprecaited