Upgrading - Need Opinions Plz...

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Hi guys,

Im upgrading this week, so basically this fits my budget at the moment and i think it seems like a fairly decent setup.
Firstly, my current specs:

AMD Athlon 64x2 4600+ (cpu)
ECS-KN3SLI2 Extreme (mbd)
2.5GB DDR2-800 (ram)
GeForce 9800GT 512Mb 256Bit (gpu)

Want to upgrade to:

AMD Boxed Athlon II X4 640 Processor - 3.0GHz Quad Core http://www.comx-computers.co.za/CP-...-Core-Information-Price-Buy-Cheap-p-38088.php
MSI NVIDIA GeForce 7025 Chipset AMD Motherboard http://www.comx-computers.co.za/MB-...board-Information-Price-Buy-Cheap-p-46859.php
Transcend 4GB DDR3-1333 http://www.comx-computers.co.za/JM1...emory-Information-Price-Buy-Cheap-p-41451.php

I will have to use my current graphics card at the moments (budget!!)

Upgraded works out roughly R1700, which i guess sounds pretty good...

Now, your opinion... On a scale from 1-10, what performance increase should i be expecting?
Im a serious gamer :twisted: so that is the primary use for my pc.

Hope to get some good insight here, as im planning to get the parts today.
Thanks in advance :)
 
CPU: R1056.60
Amd socket AM3 ( AM2/AM2+ backward compatiable ) Quad-core athlonx4 645 (3.1Ghz) , 95w ; 4x 128k L1 + 2mb - 4x 512k L2 , 45nm
http://www.prophecy.co.za/product_info.php?products_id=83530

Motherboard: R443.00
MSI AMD NVIDIA GeForce 7025 / nForce630a Chipset, Socket AM3 @ FSB 1000MT/s, AMD Phenom II X3/X4 & Athlon X2/X3/X4 Support, nForce 430 Graphics Support
http://www.prophecy.co.za/nvidia-geforce-7025-nforce630a-chipset-socket-1000mts-p-97292.html

Ram: R212.91
Corsair CMV4GX3M1A1333C9 , value select , 4Gb , ddr3-1333 ( PC3-10666 ) , CL9 , 1.5v - 240pin - lifetime warranty
http://www.prophecy.co.za/corsair-cmv4gx3m1a1333c9-valueselect-ddr31333-desktop-p-82282.html

+R50 shipping (or you can collect for free since they are in Jozi somewhere)

=R1712.51 (R1662.51 if you collect)

Cheaper and the processor is a model up. I personally can't stick a number out of 10 on performance since I haven't owned a AMD system for ages, but these should help on the processor:

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cpus/2010/10/06/amd-athlon-ii-x4-645-review/6
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cpus/2010/10/06/amd-athlon-ii-x4-645-review/1

If I had to guess though and I'm not trying to be mean or anything, I would say it isn't worth the upgrade.
 
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Even if you order today though you might find you'll have to wait till next year for your stock... cos all the suppliers close round this time of year
 
What is your budget?? If you can afford a Phenom quad it'll be a much better upgrade.
 
When I play games I often sit and stare at the CPU usage icon on my kb screen on my G510...

they so under used, and the GPU is being raped... I wont be upgrading my cpu for a looooooong time. Will rather put in another gfx card and run x-fire
 
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