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Currently im running a AMD Phenom II X2 550 BE 3.1 GHZ
any sugggestions??
Im Running a ASUS M4A78 Plus MOBO
any sugggestions??
Im Running a ASUS M4A78 Plus MOBO
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Does that board have the ability to unlock the CPU? If not, you might consider a low-cost board that does. No guarantees of course but if your CPU will unlock it would be a cheaper solution than an upgraded CPU.
The mobo doesn't comes with core unlocker and spend money in a mobo with it is waste money in old technology unless that he goes with AM3 mobo, that also will means new DDR3 RAM.
I join to trents question, I think that best option here is a CPU X3 with L3 cache or wait for BD.
Are you sure that board will unlock X2's???If this: http://www.apevia.com/searchresult.asp?keywords=DREAMER II is your case and you want still use your current DDR2 RAM, I suggest your go with a MSI K9A2 Platinum: http://www.yourstoreonline.net/atx_am2_790fx_pcie_ddr2/id1078422/product.html?scomp=googlebase
Yeah, it's expensive but a very good mobo but very hard to find one new since this mobo is AM2/AM2+ socket.
Almost any board will fit that case. The real question here is what do you use the machine for? If it's just gaming you already have a good gaming chip (for most games) but maybe need a better board to get a higher overclock - and see if you can unlock to a quad. If you use it for video encoding, newer games, or anything else that uses more than two cores then you should probably go with a quad - maybe a 645 if you want to keep it cheap?recomennd any good boards that will fit in my case? apevia dream 2 case
Are you sure that board will unlock X2's???
Almost any board will fit that case. The real question here is what do you use the machine for? If it's just gaming you already have a good gaming chip (for most games) but maybe need a better board to get a higher overclock - and see if you can unlock to a quad. If you use it for video encoding, newer games, or anything else that uses more than two cores then you should probably go with a quad - maybe a 645 if you want to keep it cheap?
Huh? That are lots of great dual-core gaming rigs out there running 4+ GHz. No reason not to overclock just because you can't get to a quad (with your current board).
Do the specific games/apps you have actually use more than two cores and, if so, how much of those cores do they use? Some games may use over two cores but don't use them much, so there's very little improvement from a dual-core to a quad.