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Hello all,

 

I have this motherboard: http://us.msi.com/product/mb/K9N6PGM2V2.html#hero-overview and this CPU: http://products.amd.com/pages/DesktopCPUDetail.aspx?id=562  Yes, I realize this system is old, and probably not worth upgrading, but it makes a good experiment platform. I wondered what suggestions would be for the best "bang for your buck" CPU that I could upgrade to. Budget under 100$(if possible, if not possible budget no object)

 

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Erty

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Hello all,

 

I have this motherboard: http://us.msi.com/product/mb/K9N6PGM2V2.html#hero-overview and this CPU: http://products.amd.com/pages/DesktopCPUDetail.aspx?id=562  Yes, I realize this system is old, and probably not worth upgrading, but it makes a good experiment platform. I wondered what suggestions would be for the best "bang for your buck" CPU that I could upgrade to. Budget under 100$(if possible, if not possible budget no object)

 

Thanks

 

Erty

honestly best bang for your buck would be an intel pentium g3258 dual core.

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Hello all,

 

I have this motherboard: http://us.msi.com/product/mb/K9N6PGM2V2.html#hero-overview and this CPU: http://products.amd.com/pages/DesktopCPUDetail.aspx?id=562  Yes, I realize this system is old, and probably not worth upgrading, but it makes a good experiment platform. I wondered what suggestions would be for the best "bang for your buck" CPU that I could upgrade to. Budget under 100$(if possible, if not possible budget no object)

 

Thanks

 

Erty

Pentium dual core or the Athlon 860k.. both are absolutely great choices. 

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his CPU socket is AM3. Would that work with any of the vishera processors? 

I know but AM3 was made so it can support DDR3 right? and the motherboard says DDR2..

 

if it is AM3 6300

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I know but AM3 was made so it can support DDR3 right? and the motherboard says DDR2..

 

if it is AM3 6300

 

his CPU socket is AM3. Would that work with any of the vishera processors? 

List of compatible processors is here:  http://us.msi.com/support/mb/K9N6PGM2V2.html#support-cpu

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List of compatible processors is here:  http://us.msi.com/support/mb/K9N6PGM2V2.html#support-cpu

its AM2 then the 9850 is the best

 

I know its am2 because the 9550 is on the list which is AM2 (I know because I have one

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I think he either linked the wrong board or the wrong CPU

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I think he either linked the wrong board or the wrong CPU

No I definitely linked the right ones. I do realize how confusing it sounds. Give me a second to check to make sure. That is definately the motherboard. It is an MSI K9N6PGM2-V2.(read it right off the board)

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No I definitely linked the right ones. I do realize how confusing it sounds. Give me a second to check to make sure. That is definately the motherboard. It is an MSI K9N6PGM2-V2.

did you mean the 250e?

 

EDIT: that is AM3 too

 

I figured it out its a AM3/AM2+/AM2 mobo

 

I vote AMD Phenom II X6 1055T

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This is what the computer tells me, it could be a 250e theres no way to tell for sure because the cpu cooler is on it. Also theres 4 gigs of ram in the system. It's only saying 2 for some reason, but that's another day.

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did you mean the 250e?

 

EDIT: that is AM3 too

 

I figured it out its a AM3/AM2+/AM2 mobo

 

I vote AMD Phenom II X6 1055T

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well we fixed it

How can a motherboard be compatible with all those sockets? I thought the sockets were different sizes and such.

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How can a motherboard be compatible with all those sockets? I thought the sockets were different sizes and such.

AM3 was designed to be backwards compatible since like now people didnt want to push for the new RAM

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AM3 was designed to be backwards compatible since like now people didnt want to push for the new RAM

Good to know. Could I then also upgrade the ram to DDR3? or do i just stick with the DDR2 that's in there.

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nope DDR2 only 

:( Oh well, I could at least put it dual 4gb kits. I'm sure DDR2 is very cheap now considering we are on DDR4 haha

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How can a motherboard be compatible with all those sockets? I thought the sockets were different sizes and such.

AM3 CPUs work in an AM2 board at reduced HyperTransport frequency (capped at 1GHz), and AM2 CPUs work in AM3/AM3+ boards. That used to be the beauty of AMD.

 

A phenom II 965 BE would be a decent upgrade, but I think you are best served saving your pennies to do a full upgrade to an i5.

 

Also an FX series may or may not work, depends on if the BIOS for the board was updated or not. Some were and after taking a look at the info on the website, this one was not.

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