MSI K9N6PGM2-V WHICH PROCESSOR TO GET?

i am wondering which processor i should get. right now i have an amd athlon 64 x2 5000+. i want to get a quad-core but i am not sure which one is the best to get. i have 4gb of ram and a geforce 9800gt 512 mb video card. I am looking to play current games. most of the minimum system requirements for the games are i want to play are higher than what my cpu has. here is a link to the suported processors:

http://us.msi.com/index.php?func=prodcpusupport&maincat_no=1&prod_no=1472#menu


I wan't the fastest one that i can get, or something that is the best all around mostly for games. If there is a couple different cpu's that are similar and i can get something that is more cost effective, then i might go with that. What do you guys think. thanks

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=10009199

this seems to be the fastest quad-core i could find that is supported by this MB. a 95 watt cpu is the limit, this processor is 95w.

Or for the same price at zipzoomfly you can get the Phenom 9750 95watt, which is supported by your mobo. It should be a huge upgrade. Make sure you have decent airflow and flash your motherboard to the latest BIOS!

Phenom 9750 95watt at zipzoomfly - $105

Oh wait... neither of those are are available... Well try and find a Phenom 9650 or 9750 and don't get a 9600! The 9600 has a bug that is incompatible with Windows Vista and 7, get the 9650 instead.

Dooms101 has you on the right track - that's about the best you can do with that board ...

Here ya go =)

AMD Phenom x4 9750 Agena 95watt - $80 @ TigerDirect

Enjoy that amazing deal while it lasts

thanks alot! i'll get the 9750 once i save up the money, hopefully they will still have it in a few weeks.