Athlon 64 X2 4000 upgrade

[gaby04]

Hey everybody, i was looking to upgrade my Athlon 64 X2 4000 processor. My motherboard can take am3/am2+/amd2 processors. I want to a cpu that's a little better then mine .My budget is around 50-70.


After searching i have found these 2 processors that look ok. i just want your opinion on which one is better.

the AMD Athlon II X2 260 Regor 3.2GHz for 67.00

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...&cm_re=Athlon_IIX2_260-_-19-103-873-_-Product

or


AMD Phenom X4 9850 for 60.00

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4082332&Sku=A79-9851



Thank you

forgot to mention my motherboard is only 2000 /1600 MT/s

 

[johnb35]

What model of motherboard do you have? We would need to know that before we suggest anything as there are some motherboards that only support certain cpu's.

But from the cpu's you linked to, one is dual core and one is quad core. So technically the quad core is better. What do you do with your system? Any high end gaming?

 

[spynoodle]

As johnb35 said, you'll need to confirm compatibility with your motherboard. If it is compatible, the 9850 looks like a much better option. If a program takes advantage of 4 cores, it will blow away the Athlon II X2. Even if a program only takes advantage of 1 or 2 cores, it will be about the same speed as the Athlon II X2.

 

[Candlepally]

uh depends if your gaming only id go for the Athlon II hands down, it will be faster in games, the Phenom 1's where not impressive, often loosing to the Athlon 64 X2 line. I had a Phenom 9650, I went back to my X2 6400 because I simply lost about 10-15% in games. Then my x2 died so I used my retired X2 5000. But might I suggest Looking for a good deal on an Athlon II X3?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103886

here is a great chip for 79 and it will smoke a Phenom X4 9850 in all but the heaviest rendering or video editing, and in that case it will be about equal thanks to the clock speed advantage. The loss of L3 doesnt hurt it as the Phenom 1 has only 512k L3 per core, and its not efficent at all.