Recommend a cpu upgrade

[moot]

Hope I'm not breaking any rules by doing this..

Current setup:
ASUS sli board (cant recall the name, A2M-SLI or something), AM2/AM2+ socket
XFX 9800 GTX+
AMD 64 3500+
4GB DDR2 800
Running XP pro..

What would be the best cpu upgrade for 100-125$?

Thanks.

[bj229r]

my E8500 is the most incredible cpu Ive ever owned, but it's 200-ish

[moot]

Yeah that's an Intel cpu

[Fulmar]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103244
AMD Phenom 9600 Agena 2.3GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 2MB L3 Cache Socket AM2+ 95W Quad-Core Processor - Retail
    Original Price: $129.99
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Check your motherboard company's website - see if you need a bios update to support this.

[Getback]

Just upgrade? Do you mean for the current system changing only cpu?

[Hajo]

I believe that AMD64 is a 939 pin...would I be correct?

[Masherbrum]

I believe that AMD64 is a 939 pin...would I be correct?

Correct that is a Socket 939.   That in fact is what I "went from" to my current E8400 (I had a 3500+).

[Fulmar]

http://www.pricewatch.com/cpu/socket_939-2.htm

You can get a 4000+ (2.4ghz) or a Opteron (2ghz) for $104-105.

IMHO, save for a new mobo/cpu combo, you can easily reuse your ram and video card.

[moot]

Sorry for the mixup guys, but the motherboard is an AM2 socket and so is the current CPU.. 3600+ not 3500+. It's a dual core.

I have to figure out another problem before I get to this though.
http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,255860.0.html

[Getback]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103272

This should do the trick and it's cheap. Let me caution you though. You should read skuzzy's post about AMD duo cores first. You will probably have to do some tweaking. You may get spinning clipboards etc.

However, I had one of these and it is impressive. The bad thing was I would get booted about every 3 days. Skuzzy said it was my version of windows xp. It was a school version. Still though this is very cheap and it will do the job.

Good luck!

[moot]

Yeah the spinning clipboard was solved the last three times I reinstalled windows with just one of the AMD patches.. Worked right off the bat everytime. Thanks.

[Getback]

Yeah the spinning clipboard was solved the last three times I reinstalled windows with just one of the AMD patches.. Worked right off the bat everytime. Thanks.

I honestly cannot believe how cheap that is. I'm almost tempted to build another computer using that cpu.