I'm looking to squeeze a little more life out of my old computer while I save some real money for a whole new gaming build. I have an am2+ mobo, looking at possible am3 cpu's or best possible upgrade for cheap. I know am3 is compatible with am2+ in most cases, and from what I've found on line there are a number of compatible am3 cpu's available.
What are the best options for upgrading for most performance, Stick with am2+ or move to am3? What kind of performance can one expect from running an am3 in an am2+ socket? Lastly what does it take to run an am3 in an am2+ socket, is it plug and play or is some bios or other work required?
Thanks!
Current build:
MSI 785GTM-E45
CPU AMD Athlon 7850 Dual-Core
Ram 8GB DDR2 800 PC2-6400.
GPU MSI GeForce GT 730 DDR3 4GB
The ram and GPU are recent upgrades, got the GPU free and the ram here: http://ebay.to/2yCzw02
was running 4gb ram, 1gb gpu.
