CPU upgrade recommendations, A8N mainboard

[RedTideBucs]

Hello all. I have been out of the upgrade loop for quite a while and I see so many options with the different types of CPUs, I've done some searching but not sure what to get.

I currently have a Athlon64 3700+ in my PC on an A8N SLI board. I was looking for my best cpu upgrade options without changing out the mainboard as well. I am really not sure where to turn, higher clock in the 64? FX? X2? Opteron? Confused! Looking in the less than $400 range. Is that even worth an upgrade?

Any input would be appreciated.

 

[myocardia]

That all depends on what you do with your system. If it's only gaming, crank that 3700 up 400 Mhz more, and put the money into a better video card. If it's for futureproofing, get any dual-core Opteron, and then see how fast it will run.

 

[RedTideBucs]

I have 2 7900GT's, so not looking to upgrade there quite yet. I have 2gb of ram, a 320gb hd. I see the cpu as my weakest point, or am I wrong? I feel like I could be getting a lot more out of this pc with a more powerful cpu, agree or no?

Thank you for the opteron suggestion though, I was not sure what the best option would be. I will look into that.

 

[betasub]

That A64 3700+ is plenty powerful enough for most apps, & good enough to drive hi-res gaming through your 2x 7900GT in SLi. So in which apps are you looking for a performance increase? If it's video-encoding or heavy multi-tasking, then a dual-core makes sense. Otherwise, why not just OC a little (maybe 11*240 for 2.64GHz) and see if an increase in clock speed is appreciable/measureable to you?