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Tannosuke:
I have decided to upgrade my processor. I have AMD Athlon(tm) X2 64 Dual Core Processor +4800 2.5GHz. It's 6 generations old and decided to upgrade it only for gaming, and music purposes(I'm a professional music producer). I want a SOUNDLESS and SILENT processor. I don't wanna hear ANY sounds produced bu this new processor.

I have grasped 2 of the strongest, but I don't know if they do produce sound. It's up to you guys, if you suggest what i think or any new processor I do not know. I can invest up to €300.

Here you go what kind of processors I found.

1) AMD PHENOM II X6 1100T 3.3GHZ SIX-CORE BLACK EDITION.

AND

2) AMD Athlon II X2 250 3.0 GHz Dual Core Socket AM3 65W Box.

The ball goes on you...

vuzedome:
Well, 300 is a lot to go around.
So you mind as well start from the top of the list and work your way down.
Core i73820 perhaps?

datora:
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Let me understand this more clearly, please.

Will you keep your current motherboard (plz state make/model, if so) and switch only the CPU?  And, the €300 is purely for the CPU?  Very generous for only a CPU, but gets tricky if you look at CPU+mobo combinations.

Will you overclock?  You can get CPU + cooling block + fans to do that and still be ultra-silent.

Games.  How important?  You doing this upgrade just for the games, or also for other tasks?  List a couple of the cutting edge titles (games & apps) you wish to play, and you want full resolution on ultimate settings?  Or, are you happy dialing back for more casual play?

What sort of GPU setup do you have going?  To maybe take up your slack on games or look at to consider upgrades.

What's your hard drive setup looking like?  Have an SSD?

And, memory specs, please.


Because, if you're going with a whole new mobo+CPU and cutting edge game performance is your top goal, you'd want to go with an i7 or somesuch ... and then I think €300 will probably get tight to really go crazy.

Otherwise you're sticking with AMD, and we need the mobo spec to make sure the CPU runs in its socket ... and can also look to other bottlenecks that the budget can be distributed on to ease.

Tannosuke:
I see... So you need to check on the specs to understand my situation.

Here you go:

Mobo make/model: MSI MS-7250
CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) X2 64 Dual Core Processor +4800 2.5GHz
Video Card: NVidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Monitor: 2x IISonic 20.7" LCD(1680x1050 resolution, 60Hz)
RAM: DDR2 4GB Single
Power Supply: Can't open it ATM or is there a software to find out which PSU is in my PC(?). I also have an external PSU, thanks to the incident with the blackout.

I already upgraded the RAM from 2 to 4GB thanks to PoP: The Forgotten Sands' lag, and the Videocard from Radeon series 8600 GT to NVidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti, because I wanted to finally upgrade it for gaming purposes(such as Amnesia and The Witcher 1).

I'm having problem running The Witcher 2, because when it has been tested it has been found being failed due of this CPU. The rest have passed the req specs test for TW2. When I tried playing it, I found it being in the worst resolution and graphic settings and barely being playable. That's why I decided to do it. A serious upgrade.

I'm not into other stuff except of games and music production. And please, spare me the word "casual", because I HATE the casual shit.

vuzedome:
I guess that means you want to drop a new processor into your existing rig.
Can't say much on the phenoms though with your current socket.
It's better if you get a new mobo while you're at it.

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