Upgrading my processor

[thatbonokid]

Hello life savers! im back for some pro advice!

Im running this mother board on a phenom 560 3.3 dual core http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/AMD_AM3/M4N68TM_V2/#CPUS

I have a AMD 560 on h100 watr cooling, 4 gigs ddr 1333, and an ati 5850 with an aftermarket cooler.


All of my games run pretty decent besides Battlefield 3.

Im curious as to what i should upgrade in my computer to get an enjoyable performance out of it. Ive been seeing the 4 core phenoms running around 100 dollars, which do you think i should pick up? ive got about 130 dollars and want to make the best upgrade. Thank you for your time.\

 

[Knufire]

Best option would be a Thuban based CPU (960T and all Phenom II X6) or a FX-8xxx if you splurge.

 

[thatbonokid]

could you send me some links of the best/value priced for this motherboard? i didnt even know they made this. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103995 what is the difference between that and
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113007&Tpk=955


refresh me please.

 

[thatbonokid]

what do you mean by splurge lol. Link me the best processor i could buy for under 120 bucks, i see alot for 100$ that i think would do good. I can up the speed by 500mhz on any other processors, easily. without voltage

 

[thatbonokid]

When i search newegg, there are 0 available thubans also. all out of stock or deactivated

 

[Knufire]

Already explained. The 960T is a Thuban based CPU a hexacore with two locked cores. The 965 is a normal Deneb quad core.

You can't buy any of these new. You have to get them used.

I thought the whole point was trying to find CPUs that work in the motherboard you have...

 

[thatbonokid]

yeah, any am3 should work in here. Just wondering if i should get one of the 955-975 BE's or does this 3.0 960 have better performance?

 

[RGone]

Equal. Get any of the one's you mention since they are all disappearing from the retail market as new. Soon there will not be any.

 

[Knufire]

960T is only slightly better. If you have a hard time finding one, just get a Deneb X4.

 

[thatbonokid]

http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0376784

Would this work better than my 560 BE? how does it compare to a 955 BE?

 

[thatbonokid]

they also have this one http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0382798

 

[thatbonokid]

I can pick those 2 up, or i can order this one. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113007&Tpk=955

 

[Knufire]

Out of all of those, I'd get the 1045T.

 

[thatbonokid]

okay. am i going to be able to change the multiplier on it to get from 2.7 to at least a 3.4ish?

 

[RGone]

Not on a 1045T since it was an original cheap locked 6core.

 

[Knufire]

It's not a Black Edition. The box is purple. You can still OC via FSB though, dunno how high it'll go.

 

[thatbonokid]

how would overclocking work on this thing then? if i got the 955, wouldnt it be better since i could sit it around 3.8? im about to go purchase one so quick input would be greatly appreciated

 

[RGone]

Order the 955BE and be done with it.

 

[Knufire]

Really these all perform within a few percentage points of each other. It doesn't really matter.

 

[thatbonokid]

the 955 BE is open box OEM or something. the 1045t is new. is the 955 better than the 1045t?