CPU socket 754 Upgrade? Need Help!

[icesicklejr81390]

I have a dell with a socket 754 cpu. It is a 1.80 gigahertz AMD Sempron i believe its a 3100+. When I run a high memory game the fps is way low. I have upgraded my memory to 1 1/2 gigs of ddr2 and was thinking about getting a new cpu. Any suggestions? and also my motherboard bus clock is 800 megahertz. do i have to get a cpu with this side bus clock or can I go bigger?

[Wizzard1]

Socket 754 is DDR only,. not DDR2.

Socket 754 was short lived, and is dead.

If the board is PCIe, get a ~$130 graphics card, 9800GT is a great choice.

If you have $160 budget, replace the system with a $60 mATX board, $35 2x2GB DDR2-800 and the newly $65 e5200 CPU.

If you have $300 budget, get both.

Nobody here will recommend getting a faster processor (Only two which will make a difference are the 3400+ and the 3700+, both of which do get expensive).

If you have AGP graphics, save up for the $150 budget, and your integrated graphics (X4x00/X3x00 Intel or 7xx0 nVidia) will be OK.

[icesicklejr81390]

[Chiefish]

Guessing that its a pcie card, Grafics card would definatly serve you better as an upgrade

[Wizzard1]

Well, if you have AM2 then all's well!!

Go for that graphics card I recommended.

Save your money for a rainy day and when the Am2 A64 5600+ 65W goes for less than $60.

[icesicklejr81390]

Hey thanks for all the help. Im eventually going to upgrade my cpu but i think i will go with the graphics card its a crappy model. The only thing is my dell is a slimline and the pcie cards are to big. does anyone know a good site to buy cards for this comp.

[Guest]

I can't find a 5600+ lower than 65€, here in Italy...

Something reeks of fraud for we poor europeans