Thinking of a New Computer...

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I just beat Lost Planet: Extreme Condition and the last boss was so hard.

I died over 5 times! Such a cheap boss!

I noticed the game had slowdowns, a few crashes and sound delays.

Even, Left 4 Dead, also gave me slowdowns, crashes and sound delays.

When I went over to look at the requirements, my specs is very tight.

Minimum: AMD Athlon 64 3500+

I have: AMD Athlon 64 3800+

I hate it, now-a-days, the PC game Minimum is Dual Core!.

I'm not gonna get it now, I'm hoping my PC dies so I can get a new one but I doubt it. I even tried to find some 939 AMD x2 CPUs, their almost non-existent, so I don't trust eBay.

Suggestions is preferable.

Budget: $1,000 CDN!

I like eVGA graphics card and OCZ ram, so that won't be hard to find.

I tried to compare AMD Quad Core vs Intel Quad Core, $100 difference...

Games I run:

- Lost Planet: Extreme Condition
- Left 4 Dead
- Counter-Strike: Source
- Half-Life 2
- Heroes V: TotE
- CS 1.6
- Starcraft/Brood War
- Diablo 2/LoD

Games in the future:

- Starcraft 2
- Lost Planet: Colonies Edition
- Lost Planet 2 (If for PC)

I'm gonna be :( and :mad: if Starcraft 2 requires Dual Core, Minimum!
 
I had this same problem about a year ago. I loved my socket 939, but finding a dual core is really hard for it. I ended up going with an Opteron 180, it's a server cpu, but it did give me dual core and worked nicely until I crashed the board and went to intel (darkest day of my AMD life). I don't know how hard the 180 is to find anymore, but if you are willing to sacrifice the L2 cache from 2M down to 1M you could find more.

I did find this one spot that has a Opteron 180 for around $170 at emartbuy.com
 
Do keep in mind that not many games right now can even use dual cores, even though dual core is pretty much the standard now...
 
Whon said:
I had this same problem about a year ago. I loved my socket 939, but finding a dual core is really hard for it. I ended up going with an Opteron 180, it's a server cpu, but it did give me dual core and worked nicely until I crashed the board and went to intel (darkest day of my AMD life). I don't know how hard the 180 is to find anymore, but if you are willing to sacrifice the L2 cache from 2M down to 1M you could find more.

I did find this one spot that has a Opteron 180 for around $170 at emartbuy.com
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Hmm...does the motherboard need to read, "Opteron" CPU?

Because it can only use 3; Athlon FX, X2 and 64.

But with that price, it would match the, AMD Phenom X4 9650.
 
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Why not get that phenom and a new motherboard?

You would be WAYYYYYyyYYyYyyyyy below your $1000cn budget.
 
I have an Opteron 165 that is probably still functional (its motherboard gave up the ghost). Stock speed is only 1.8Ghz though (I was running it at 2.4Ghz when the motherboard started having power issues with two PCIe16 cards).
 
my motherboard didn't say it could run it, but as long as the socket is the same it really shouldn't matter too much, i think. i ran it fine for quite some time, until i got adventurous and started over clocking my water cooled system and the board could take the voltage increases.
 
The socket being the same doesn't mean it can support it. A friend of mine just had a problem with his because he got a processor one step higher then the maximum the board supported. Core 2 Duo and the motherboard said it supported Core 2 Duo, but you had to read the fine print to see that it didn't support Core 2 above 8000 I think it was. Check you motherboard manual or the manufacturers website and you can probably find out if supports Opterons. I would guess it probably does, but I would look for some confirmation first.
 
Actually, Odale is the smart choice.

Upgrading a 3 year old MB is a waste.

Especially when my parts are non-existent.

However, I could get the Future CPU Port which does give me AM2 and DDR2 ram.

Unlike most MBs, my motherboard is upgradable.

Since its original is 939 socket and DDR1, I try to get the Future CPU Port and get AM2 socket and DDR2 ram.

Asrock said:
# Future CPU Port: Supports CPU upgrade from AMD K8 939-Pin CPU to AM2 940-Pin CPU through AM2 CPU Board (optional)
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http://www.asrock.com/mb/spec/AM2CPU Board.asp

And it looks like it supports Opteron.

Unfortunately, it seems that Future CPU Port is a Phantom item. :D
 
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