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jason93

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My CPU now is an Athlon X2 4800 (socket 939) and I just purchased a BFG 8800GTSOC2E 640MB card and I'm looking to upgrade my CPU, MOBO , and ram. These are the two I'm looking at:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103773
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115029&Tpk=intel%2b6750


I want to keep the cost under $400 for the CPU, MOBO, and ram. Which CPU would work best? Keep in mind that I don't overclock. and since I don't it seems like the 6000 would be the better buy. Feel free to give some other opinions.

Thanks for your help!
 
You honestly don't really need a CPU upgrade if all you're trying to do is get better gaming performance. Is that 4800+ OC'd? If not, OC it. Your CPU should be good enough for another 6 months at least. By that time, there should be some cheap quadcores out from both AMD and Intel that you should consider upgrading to.

You're right, if you're totally against OC'ing, then the AMD is the best choice. However... why not OC? These Core2's are so simple to OC and won't compromise stability/reliability. If you must upgrade now, I'd strongly suggest the E6750 and OC it to at least 3.2Ghz. Seriously, all that modest OC would require is changing one and/or two settings in the BIOS.

A good board for it would be the Abit IP35-E from mwave.com for $90 - $20MIR. A good cooler for it would be the Scythe Ninja Plus Rev.B or Tuniq Tower.

A good board for the 6000+ would be the Biostar TForce 560 for $80. A good cooler for it would be the Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro.

Out of curiousity, what PSU do you have? and what size monitor do you have?
 
Yeah man oc the shit out of that 4800+ and wait to see what amd will bring to the market with there quads.
 
What are you planning to do with this newly upgraded PC?

If it's just mostly gaming, then just get a better video card like the GTS 640MB or even the GTX.

If you do upgrade to a socket AM2 or C2D, then get this set of DDR2 RAM:
G.SKILL F2-6400CL5D-2GBNQ 2 x 1GB DDR2 800 RAM - $70
 
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