Looking to upgrade AMD CPU, suggestions?

[W.O.T. Stang]

Im currently running an AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600, but im looking to upgrade, possibly to a phenom.

Unfortunatly im running an Nvidia 570 SLI chipset, so i wont be able to take advantage of some of what the phenom has to offer.

Basically im wondering what my best upgrade path would be? If I read correctly, the intel chips have the advantage right now, but i'd like to get something farily highend to keep up. I play a lot of WoW and from what i've heard a lot of the FPS performance is cpu dependent.

Ive been looking at AMD Phenom 9950 BLACK EDITION Agena 2.6GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 2MB L3 Cache Socket AM2+ 140W Quad-Core Processor - Retail , and AMD Phenom 9950 2.6GHz Socket AM2+ 125W Quad-Core Black Edition Processor - Retail. But i'm really not sure what the difference is, or even how they stack up to a c2q/ etc.

Any suggestions on the best upgrade? Or what kind of performance increase I will see from my current CPU?

 

[sirmonkey1985]

wait til the deneb cores are released next month before going with the 65nm phenoms.. see what the pricing is like.. and even if you dont have an am2+ motherboard a phenom core will work perfectly fine.. just might be a tad slower.. but doubt you will notice any difference even in WoW..

 

[alg7_munif]

If you can wait then it is better to wait but between those two, get the 125W version because it is cheaper and probably cooler.

 

[hossdaddy]

according to Abit KN9 SLI your board is not compatible with anything above the X2 series. If you arent dying to do the upgrade I would wait to see what the deneb's come out with.

 

[xdivenx]

It doesn't list it as being compatible, however it does not say it is incompatible. Quad cores are not included on that list. However, nonworking e series are. There is a chance Phenoms could work on your board, just google around.