Need advice for CPU upgrade for this MB...

Dec 23, 2004
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I have a GA-M57SLI-S4, and was looking at the X2 6000 as a small cheap upgrade but I also see some other CPU's, a bit better that may fit and work here any advice as to which other CPU's I can put in this thing to get a bit more life out of it.
for example I can get this one http://www.microcenter.com/sin...tml?product_id=0287990 for about 10 bucks more than the X2 6000..

1. is it compatible
2. is it worth the price.

I am currently running a X2 4000
 

AstroManLuca

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Jun 24, 2004
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Hmm, that's unusual. Gigabyte's support page says that only the Phenom X3 8600 is supported, but that's an 8650. I wonder if it's still compatible?

They do list several Phenom X4 **50s though, so it's confusing. It'd probably be a better choice than a 6000+ assuming it's compatible - not as fast, but an extra core and L3 cache.