cracked my cpu, need help fast

[trooper182 0]

Ok so i was doing some work to my comp. I had my phenom ii 965BE overclocked to

3.8 stable. Well my son was running around and bumped the tower and somehow the cpu came loose and now has a crack in it. The comp will still boot to windows but blue screens each time. Temps are wild. I need to buy a new cpu but cant decide on what to get. I know the intel is better but i am sticking with amd as i am already set up for it. So what cpu should i go with? I would like to OC and get into the 4GHz range. My system specs should be in my sig. Thanks in advance.

[alainneedle1 97]

Start with this....

 

 

Just kidding.........

 

Here,

 

http://www.newegg.co...N82E16819103960

 

Make sure your cooler will do the job as this is a 8 core CPU.

 

If you got some spare change get yourself a better GPU as this will be your bottleneck after overclocking this CPU, got the 2133MHz rams?

 

http://www.overclock...ews/amd_fx8150/

 

http://www.bit-tech....-8150-review/12

[dazz 69]

I would recommend another Phenom II X4

Getting an 8 core bulldozer is wasting 4 cores & $100 IMHO

[alainneedle1 97]

No it's not.....

[Ben Cap 89]

I would recommend another Phenom II X4

Getting an 8 core bulldozer is wasting 4 cores & $100 IMHO

 

If he is doing some serious multireaded stuff, it might be helpful to have eight. But like you said, (for normal usage), the bulldozer is a complete waste. Although, I am quite excited to see how the new pile driver chips turn out.

[RWFeldman 159]

Prior to current SB, I had a AMD 970 BE and it would OC to 3.9 to 4.0 stable and worked fairly well. Not as good as I 2600 of course.