Upgrade time

[Catalin Ionut]

I think my pc get's a little bit to old(7 years old dual-core, old motherboard...), so i want to upgrade my CPU and my motherboard.

 

I have searched a lot and this is the CPU i will take( If u know another one gooder then this at aprox. this price, tell me)

-Amd Phenom II x4 965 Black Edition it's has 6Mb's of L3 Cache,  2Mb's of L2 and I saw  people OC this thing to 4Ghz . :rolleyes:

 

Of course now I don't know what motherboard should I pick ? I want it to be cheap (60-70 bucks) and still to be able to OC this little phenomenal "beast" :lol: .

My budget is around 200 bucks for CPU and MB.

Oh yah, will it run with an 500W PSU(I allready have an ~100W  Radeon HD7770)?

 

Thanks and have a good one!

[helping]

Why not save more and upgrade rather than move from something outdated to something oudated?

[SkilledRebuilds]

Think like this. Its an oversimplification but....

New CPU's perform better yes

 

Dualcore 2.0ghz 4 years ago, VS  Dualcore 2.0ghz from today.

 

Todays will be faster, with each generation, comes more instructions per clock. Meaning at the same clockspeeds, it can get more done.

I've seen dualcore i3's, smash older quads in almost all things general usage and gaming.

 

Build a new system, even a cheap system has the generational improvements that would smash an older system.

[Catalin Ionut]

I really don't have money to buy anything else.   and the cheapest  Intel Core i3  it's almoust 200 dollars in my country.

[SkilledRebuilds]

Then looking for a 2nd hand machine that is more modern than what you have is great, but a decent step up is needed or you'll just hit the same problems sooner.

Save/Scrape or Bargain, good deals are out there, and some 2nd hand bargains can be had, wish you the best of luck.

FTR - AMD 955, plus an SSD, 4-8GB ram, would do wonders for you...

I added an SSD because it really makes up for the rest of the system, you'll get responsiveness back you thought was lost forever.

[Catalin Ionut]

My specs:

CPU: Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2160 OCed to 2.8Ghz

Mobo: MSI G41M-P26

GPU : MSI R7770 PMD1GD5

RAM: 4Gb 1333Mhz (Runing on 1066, i can't go more..)

 

So a CPU upgrade I think will make my life easyer, but what mobo should I pick for that phenom? :unsure:

[knight_40k]

I use Asus M4A890GTD PRO/USB3 for my 965BE. Pretty much any Asus/MSI board would be good.

 

I agree with the suggestions above, you should try to save up some more cash as $200 doesn't go that far with PC upgrades, especialy on older systems, but in any case the 965 will be a nice CPU for you.

[Catalin Ionut]

Thanks for the reply man. I think this is the best mobo in this price range, I'm talking about "Asus M5A78L-M LX V2"

It has: -Core Unlocker

           -Tubo Key

           - 8 channel HD audio

Now i will look on youtube on the bios if you can change the Vcore.

[WoodenMarker]

I really don't have money to buy anything else.   and the cheapest  Intel Core i3  it's almoust 200 dollars in my country.

Where are you located?

 

Fyi, you need to quote a post or tag a member or else they won't get a notification you replied to them.

[RatedBlam]

Where are you located?

 

Fyi, you need to quote a post or tag a member or else they won't get a notification you replied to them.

This is off topic but in some forum there is a rule not to quote the previous post as it's pointless if you're reading. Those forums don't have notifications though. And to the op the phenom is a nice chip does light gaming but it's outdated, maybe a 6 core FX, not much more expensive if at all. (@Catalin Ionut lonut

[WoodenMarker]

This is off topic but in some forum there is a rule not to quote the previous post as it's pointless if you're reading. Those forums don't have notifications though. 

Well yeah--it's different for this forum as you probably already know.

[RatedBlam]

Well yeah--it's different for this forum as you probably already know.

Yeah, I can't keep track of my posts if I'm not quoted or mentioned. I just thought it could be confusing if you're familiar to those kinds of forums

[Catalin Ionut]

I'm in Europe, Romania. <_<   If I will take that motherboard it's has "CPUs up to 125W" so... i can't OC my cpu on this? My mind says if I will OC that thing i need to up the Vcore and the mobo will can't provide enough power to cpu. I'm right? :blink: