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Wanting to upgrade my sons computer a bit. Hes only 4 so all he needs is a smooth running minecraft for the time being. Currently has an Athlon X2 64 4600, 2gb ddr2 667mhz and a Radeon 6450. I'd be looking for a Athlon X2 64 5800ish cpu, a video card up to a 5770/6770 or the nvidia counterpart. Also want to find him as much ram as possible so 4x2gb of DDR2 800mhz.

I'll consider anything better than whats in there now.
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Sorry I have nothing to offer, but what motherboard do you have? It may be able to take a newer processor that would be easier to get your hands on.
 
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Hey, its a Asus M2N-VM DVI.
ASUS - Motherboards- ASUS M2N-VM DVI

I've seen several 5600 and 5800s on ebay for $20-35 but they're mostly in Asia but I'd prefer to buy something a little closer to home. I see theres all sorts of different cpus compatible with this board on the page so I'm not sure what is the best and easy enough to find. I'm open to suggestions of course. Not really looking to spend a fortune on this either.
 
My experience with the old x2 6000, 5600 and 3600 it would be a waste of $20-30 going up from a 4600.

More $$ on ram no point, 4GB would be fine unless your 4 yr old requires 8GB for specific programs.

I've watched this thread for a couple days now and figured I'll put my 2 cents in, try to aim for cheap 6770/6850/7770, solid psu to move to another build (if you don't already have one) and an ssd.

Where the mobo falls down is that the mobo doesn't support the x3 and x4 propus cores some am2 boards do, x3 450 or x4 640 would be a worth while upgrade.

Sorry I have nothing for you but free advice.
 
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Cool. Thanks for the advice.
He only has 2gb in there now, it was 4gb but 2gb failed sometime while it was sitting in the basement collecting dust.
I'd be happy if he had 4gb in there again.
A 6850 would be overkilll for his needs. I think a 6770 or something similar would be best and also not require upgrading the psu.
It actually runs minecraft fine at lower settings with his system oc'd to 3.0ghz.
I'm hoping to be able to upgrade atleast 2 out of 3 of the parts I'm asking for. If I can do that then I think his system will run just fine until he gets my wifes q8200 as a hand me down when I upgrade hers.
 
i have 4*2gb stick gskill lying around... however I just moved so I will need to locate them.
 
You know, I'm wondering if you may be better off just changing platform altogether. AMD has some very affordable Athlon II platforms...

MSI 760GM-P23 - $54.99
Kingston 2x4GB 1600MHZ DDR3 RAM - $34.99
AMD Athlon II X4 640 Quad Core Processor - $69.99

Total: $159.97 + taxes/delivery.

You'd get a pretty major bump in performance over your old X2, and all for less money than you can spend on a new APU. You could then look for a used video card on the forums, or even go for:

ASUS Radeon HD7750 V2 - $112.99
 
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I'm only looking to spend $50-60 in total to upgrade this as he'll get my wifes q8200 system in a few months when I upgrade hers. Her new system will most likely end up being something from AMD though.
 
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