Is this a decent kit for the price, or could i do better around that price range? AMD Phenom II X2 550 3.1GHz + Asus M4A785D-M PRO Board on eBay (end time 03-Nov-10 12:45:51 GMT) Thanks.
The price is about right. Could start a decent theater PC with those components. The CPU can possibly be unlocked into a quad-core with that motherboard, I've found, though you always do so at your own risk.
Cool thanks man. Good to know. I think im gonna go for it, been looking at a few reviews, and although i dont understand alot of the tech stuff it sounds pretty good. Providing i have a decent gc, will this cpu run all the latest games no probs and perhaps for a good while down the line ? .... Either way its a bit of a step up from my c2d 6400
Yeah, the CPU shouldn't have any problem running games well. I can't find any benchmarks on this specific CPU but it probably fits somewhere between the E6850 and the i3 540.