New motherboard or cpu?

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eggyhustles

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i assume my scores are so low because my cpu is bottlenecking?




ECS AMD690GM-M2 AM2 AMD 690G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+ Brisbane 2.1GHz Socket AM2 65W Dual-Core Processor Model ADO4000IAA5DD

2 Kingston HyperX 1GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory Model KHX6400D2/1G

Antec True Power Trio TP3-430 430W ATX12V Power Supply with Three 12V Rails

Western Digital Caviar SE WD1200AAJS 120GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive (main drive)

EVGA 512-P3-N861-AR GeForce 9600 GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card

Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive(soon to be purchased)

200gb ide hd..which is about to die any day now

Old soundblaster audigy 2 zs soundcard..

also some generic cd/dvd burner which is also ide..

what do you guys think i should upgrade?
 
how much money you got? if you looking to improve score, HD or sound cards wont affect it at all. both your mobo and CPU is a bad combination for a fast system. switch to intel and get a p45 mobo with e8400. you'll easily get 4ghz with a mild OC. if you're on a budget, then an e7200 with p43 would be about $100 each in a month or two and performance will only be a few points under an e8400 + p45
 
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I was thinking of going intel..but i'm on a tight budget of 150 dollars..

is my psu powerful enough to handle a 5800+ or 6000+ ?
 
yes, that psu is more than enough. but why would you get another AMD that is not even 50% faster? save it for an intel platform because they are faster clock for clock, and OC much higher. $150 could get you a p31 mobo + e7200 in about a month
 
WhiteFireDragon said:
yes, that psu is more than enough. but why would you get another AMD that is not even 50% faster? save it for an intel platform because they are faster clock for clock, and OC much higher. $150 could get you a p31 mobo + e7200 in about a month
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Hmm...what can 250 get me? i'd also like to be able to use the old parts such as the ram, hdd, videocard, etc
 
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