CPU choice

CMDR Steve-O · **Posted:** Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:14 pm

I think I read that in the latest BIOS update for my board, I'd look up the link but the internets @ work don't like complicated web pages, let alone ASUS' version of a website:P

Denty · **Posted:** Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:25 pm

feel free to correct me if im wrong, but dont the am3 cpu's have 2 extra pins on the cpu?

deandulong · **Posted:** Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:54 pm

nope the AM3 has two less right now that why they are backwards compatible but i was readin something about them becoming 241pin and 241pin socket mobos.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socket_AM3

CMDR Steve-O · **Posted:** Wed Mar 25, 2009 1:58 pm

"However, AM3 processors are backwards-compatible with Socket AM2+, contingent upon a BIOS update for the motherboard."

http://event.asus.com/mb/AM3_CPU_Support/
my M3A32 MVP Deluxe is on the list, but not the M3A (which is a 770 compared to a 790FX southbridge)

Denty · **Posted:** Wed Mar 25, 2009 2:46 pm

oh. i had my thoughts backwards

Dr_BenD_over · **Posted:** Wed Mar 25, 2009 3:00 pm

Watch it with Asus. There were a few people that got AM2+ Phenom 2 and then discovered Asus had pulled support.

deandulong · **Posted:** Wed Mar 25, 2009 3:19 pm

So then am i safer to go with a 3.0 dual core then instead of the 3.0 quad phenom II?

CMDR Steve-O · **Posted:** Wed Mar 25, 2009 3:21 pm

Safe is a relative term heh. What were you going to do with this computer again?

Denty · **Posted:** Wed Mar 25, 2009 3:46 pm

I think the dual core 3.0ghz will suite your needs just fine

deandulong · **Posted:** Wed Mar 25, 2009 4:43 pm

System is for gaming mainly, right now its a 2.4 64 X2 with 4gigs of 800mhz ram and a 3870512mb vid card figured the cpu is the bottleneck so going to the 3.0 64 X2 and possibly a 4870 1gig aswell.

CMDR Steve-O · **Posted:** Wed Mar 25, 2009 4:48 pm

Cool, IMO the hard drive is the bottleneck.

/more money than brains
//mmmm brains!

Monkeydee · **Posted:** Wed Mar 25, 2009 5:48 pm

deandulong wrote:

System is for gaming mainly, right now its a 2.4 64 X2 with 4gigs of 800mhz ram and a 3870512mb vid card figured the cpu is the bottleneck so going to the 3.0 64 X2 and possibly a 4870 1gig aswell.

with all that the 6000+ would probably still be the bottleneck for gaming. my 5200+ (2.6ghz 2MB cache) is a bottleneck for me and i have similar system to yours (4GB 800mhz ram and a 3870 512MB).

Topsecret66 · **Joined:** Wed Jun 18, 2008 3:09 pm **Posts:** 1366

Yeh im not a amd fan for gaming cpus anyways.

I'd use a AMD for a BT system. But thats about it

Denty · **Posted:** Thu Mar 26, 2009 12:07 am

Once 939 was obsilete. it's been intel all the way for gaming, waiting for amd to really pull their heads out of their ass

Flama22 · **Posted:** Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:27 am

Denty wrote:

waiting for amd to really pull their heads out of their ass

I donno I think the Phenom II's look pretty good and if I was building now, and it was my money being spent, I'd seriously be looking at them. Sure I'd love to have an i7 but for the price/performance they seem to be positioned quiet well. It's an even sweeter deal for people who have motherboards that can be flashed to use them and I think AMD did great by keeping compatibility between their otherwise confusing socket changes.

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