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worth it to upgrade my current processor for gaming?

by taylormoe Mar 1, 2010 4:17AM PST

I have a:
Athlon 64 (V) 3500+ 2.2 GHz
2000 MT/s (mega transfers/second)
Socket 939

I was thinking of a Phenom to go with an ATI 5770.
is it worth the money to upgrade the processor for this?

Thanks!

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Exactly what are you proposing to upgrade ? You're

by VAPCMD Mar 1, 2010 7:12AM PST

pretty limited if you're trying to upgrade a socket 939 MB.

VAPCMD

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Time to break away

by Willy Mar 3, 2010 12:55AM PST

I agree, Socket 939 is pretty much a dead-end. You'll be best served looking into newer offering to include mtrbd. and the required cpu, etc. and go from there. You may spend more, but you'll far ahead at least for now and of course its your wallet.

tada -----Willy