What CPU should I buy?

tarleton · #1 11-15-2007, 07:58 PM

Hey,
Currently I own a Amd Athlon 64 3200+ CPU and was thinking about upgrading to a Amd 64 x2 4200+ CPU. I have three questions is this a good upgrade? Will it mean twice as fast speed? Will it work on a asus a8n-sli se motherboard (socket 939)

Thanks

Generator · #2 11-16-2007, 05:14 AM

yes it would be worth the upgrade,,your mobo can take a athlon 64 x2 4800 cpu 939 socket..thats the highest they went on 939 sockets,,then they went to 5000 am2 sockets. i use to have a amd x2 64 4200 and there fast..ugrading to a dual core is your best bet. check out the 939 4800 x2 64 your find them really cheap now. also there cache size is bigger. they use 1 mb cache each core,,the x2 64 4200 has 512kb cache per core. just make sure your psu is 400 watt or over. if your getting a x2 64 4800 cpu. the 4800 x2 939 are getting rare now there hard to find...you can get on ebay and some online stores ,,so have alook around.

tarleton · #3 11-16-2007, 07:29 PM

Hey Thanks for all the useful help. I got one for 100

Disk_Contented · #4 11-20-2007, 08:26 AM

Waste of time. The difference in performance is not worth the price.

Generator · #5 11-20-2007, 09:07 AM

i disagree..xp 3200 going to a xp 4800 dual core with 1mb cache on each core..thats if he got the 4800 if not the x2 4200 will out perform a 3200 single core. also the x2 4200 and 4800 has cool and quiet technology built on the chip..he,s going to notice less noise and less heat..i running a x2 6000 amd and i can just about hear the cpu fan running
its that quiet. much better than the single core cpus that have fans running at 2500+ rpm,, and sounding like a jet engine..i think the extra to pay is worth it,, for quietness and more speed plus multitasking apps.