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Hi, would just like to get your opinion on the best place to purcahse the AMD 64 x2 6000+, as Its actually for a family member, so don;t wanna spend to much on it. OR is there any other AM2 chips that go for a good price. the board he has is a Asus M2NPV-VM...
 
The 6000+ is long EOL (end of life). Most of the new AM3 dual cores are AM2/AM2+ backwards compatible. Check the motherboard's website and the list of supported CPUs.
 
PostmanPot said:
The Phenom2 x2 545 3GHz dual core @ ±R1000 would be the 6000+ replacement. What's the PC used for?
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Its really gonna be much of a office pc, but still gonna be used for gaming, but not intense... The thing Im worrited about is will the CPU work on the mobo?
 
Sparkz0629 said:
Its really gonna be much of a office pc, but still gonna be used for gaming, but not intense... The thing Im worrited about is will the CPU work on the mobo?
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Seems not. The Athlon 64 LE-1640 is one of the only AM2 CPUs still available and it'll work. Not dual core though...
 
The guy at Computers Only said that if i do a bios update, it should work.... is that true?
 
Still going to need to get an AM2 chip to boot and apply the BIOS update :( unless you currently have one and wanting to upgrade to the 6000+
 
If you can update the BIOS go for the 245 or 250 dual cores.

And BTW you can get the 550 Black Edition for around R1100 R1200 so i dont see why you would buy the 545 for R1000.
 
Dan C said:
Still going to need to get an AM2 chip to boot and apply the BIOS update :( unless you currently have one and wanting to upgrade to the 6000+
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It is an upgrade from the 64 x2 3800+, so that shouldn't be a prob. will The update allow am3 to work> obviously not at full speed?
fridgevr said:
If you can update the BIOS go for the 245 or 250 dual cores.

And BTW you can get the 550 Black Edition for around R1100 R1200 so i dont see why you would buy the 545 for R1000.
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I'm now looking at th 245 x2, as i can get it for 699, which is cheaper than the 6000+ anyways....
 
Sparkz0629 said:
It is an upgrade from the 64 x2 3800+, so that shouldn't be a prob. will The update allow am3 to work> obviously not at full speed?


I'm now looking at th 245 x2, as i can get it for 699, which is cheaper than the 6000+ anyways....
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I'm not sure if the latest bios update will allow AM3 for that mobo. I googled a bit, but can't seem to find a positive answer anywhere.
 
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