I currently have an AMD 3500+ on an ASUS A8N SLI Deluxe Mobo (socket 939) and 1GB (2x512 matched pair) Corsair ram with an ASUS Nvidia 7950GT video card (512mb). I have a WD Raptor SATA HDD. Would I see a noticeable improvement upgrading the CPU to the dual core AMD CPU The FX-57 is the fastest chip I can find for the 939, is there a faster socket 939 out there?
Without doing a complete system upgrade, would just this change make a difference in overall performance and games that I would notice? With my current system, it seems to be the most cost effective upgrade at the moment.
2007-06-27 11:06:52 · 4 answers · asked by Rik N 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
You'd be better of getting an Opteron 185 Dual Core instead of the FX-57. It's clock speed is higher...and it's dual core. If money is an object, then take a step down to the Opteron 180. Both are socket 939.
Opteron 185:
OEM version
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103002R
Retail version:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103002
Opteron 180:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103582
2007-06-27 11:17:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes dual core is better, but instead of buying a new cpu, buy a new motherboard with a am2 socket, instead of the 939 socket b/c next time you wanna upgrade you wont be able to, b/c all 939 processors are discontinued
2007-06-27 11:11:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It probably wouldn't noticeably change the system performance. Yes you can get a bit more performance, but without other major upgrades, like a new motherboard you probably won't notice a huge difference.
2007-06-27 11:12:21 · answer #3 · answered by J Kirsch 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there's a bunch of people who do and recommend what to do here.
and the ASUS boy's are great, will help you out free of charge.
its a forum full of people that do this kind of think all the time.
2007-06-27 11:13:35 · answer #4 · answered by gr0undh0gd4y 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋