The sudden "jolt" in a high demanding game. (advice please!)

ok guys, i want to order within the next 5 days to avioid the whole christmas problem! so, do you think that this:
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/134127
X2 3800+ will improve my performance for what i want? becuase i cant find the 4000+

 

The 4000+ doesn't exist for Socket 939, so the 3800 and 4200 are your two options.

 

oh right thanks.
i read a few reviews for the 3800+ 2ghz one and they said they could run crysis well, but that may just be a one off lol!

 

The 3800+ is fine for gaming. It's not so great for video encoding etc., but for games, with a good graphics card you'd hardly notice the difference between the 3800+ and a decent core 2 duo.

 

oh really! thats fantastic! i dont do much video editing etc. wow! thanks. im gna buy it straight away! avoid the christmas rush!

 

yeh im aboutto order this one now:
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/134127
i just have to make sure that it 100% will work with my mobo, in the last cpu's casing etc.

 

Yeah it will work. Notice how it says socket 939 inthe description

 

i dont hink i will be overclocking the chip because like i said i have no clue and my motherboard does not have a way to do it through bios. i did try using ntuen but it wen thorribley wrong and i ende up having to reset the cmos. so yeh, ive ordered the chip now so thatyou everyone that helped and i will post back to say how it went.
Thanks alot.
Ben

 

Im running a socket 939 3800+ x2 and quite satisfied with its performance. I think it will give him the boost he needs and probably the best option on a budget.

Also the socket 939 x2s have been known to outperform their socket am2 counterparts for some reason. (I have seen a couple benchmarks which showed these results for the x2 3800+)

 

WOW! thats great news! in fact its JUST come in the post, i jsut need to get my hands on some thermal paste! shouldi be uing a blob? or spreading it. also im going to use the heatsink and fan from my last proccessor, is this ok?
cheers.

 

Hmm, I wouldn't recommend doing so, the CPU would probably run very hot in games, as stock CPU heatsinks are meant to let the CPU get quite hot anyway. I'd keep an eye on your temperatures using speedfan or a similar program. As for the thermal paste, a blob, but when I say that, I mean a very small one, no more than half the size of a short grain of rice.

 

you dont reccomend doing what? using my last fan and heatsink?

 

Indeed. Heatsinks made for the single core Athlon64 may not be adequate for a dual core, since the latter produces far more heat.

 

ok guys, ive installed it, and its all running ok. just tried crysis and its running great. thanks alot for everyones help. youve all been great!!
thanks.
Ben