carlstevenson25

Alright everyone im wanting to upgrade my processor ive currently got a AMD 64 X2 5000 black edition,i play alot of games ive heard AMD processors are better for games but dont know if thats right i have no problems with intel cos ive never used so i cant judge,i see alot of people have intel q6660 or something? and AMD have the Phenom is this a good processor? any recommendations are aprieciated thanks

stanrc

Majority of people would say go Intel, but I say it depends on how much you want to spend.

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KamuiRSX

To be honest, the 6400+ BE is the best Dual Core for games on the AMD platform. Now if your board is an AM2+ board, you could go with the the Kuma processor and OC it. Supposedly it's faster than the 6400+ because of the architecture.

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carlstevenson25

dnt mind spending the cash so long as its a quality processor quite fancy a really good one though like the new models what ever they are?

carlstevenson25

so is dual core better for games? yeh my board is am2+ , how do you rate the phenom range?

G|F.E.A.D|Killa

with new games comming out dual cores will fade away.

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maddux

phenoms are good... 9850/9950 BE is good yea?

if you want to go intel you need a new board...if you do

stick with q6600/q9550 or e8400, 8500, 8600

carlstevenson25

thanks mate just read reviews on the 9850 be and 9950 be they look really good think ill go for the 9950 be thanks again

logan

You might try checking out the 8750 BE... its a tri core, but will overclock higher that the 9950, and costs less. People also say that they are awesome for gaming. 2 cores for the game, and another for background stuff.

On your mobo, you might get 3-3.1GHz out of the 9950, while the 8750 will hit 3.2GHz, and costs about $30-$40 less.

Both are good choices, just wanted to give you a few more options.

Good luck with whatever you do.

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jaclipse

You'll need a new mobo if you wanna get am2+ support and headroom for overclocking. If you wanna maintain your sli you'll need a 750a or 780a or if you wanna go crossfire get a 790gx or 790fx