Intel or AMD?

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Slimebeast said:

Socket AM3

The green ones. Awkward. They're hidden. Two CPUs are hidden, but show up when you copy paste on that page. They were:

Phenom II X4 965  3400MHz 125W     -
Phenom II X4 965  3400MHz 140W     -

And the little "-" marks that they aren't supported I assume.


Most programs aren't slow but in some games like Bad Company 2 and others who like CPU power I feel it. I get only 25fps in Bad Company 2 (1920x1200 and 2xAA). 

I'd like to have a Phenom II X4 to be able to support a Radeon HD 5870 or something. My current CPU is an Athlon X2 6000+ with a Radeon 4850 GPU.

Yeah, I would suggest either a Phenom X4 955 or 945. Probably the latter as its got a 95W TDP so ought to be more power efficient and should give longer life to you motherboard components as they won't get as hot.

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=2874&dl=1#bios

Choose the FDD bios.

Also download this:

http://www.gigabyte.com/MicroSite/121/tech_a_bios.htm

That will allow you to flash your motherboard in windows.