Tforce 6100 AM2 CPU selection help

[BeeQuewl]

Just looking to upgrade my system a little and was wondering what the fastest chip is i could run on a TForce 6100 AM2? All suggestions welcome, but if you are just here to say"Dude that board sucks" then just move along and pad your post count somewhere else please.

[ShyguyXPC]

AMD AM2 X2 6400+ I believe is the fastest, running at 3.2GHz if I remember?

don't have same Mobo, but my new upgrade for the old Athlon XP system should be here on thursday, a Jetway brand 6100 based mobo. the 6400+ Blackbox editions I have seen going for around $160-180 online this past week. Not sure if any of the Opterons for AM2 are better though?

Been on Intels Core 2 Duo bandwagon since Spring (switched from a Socket 939 X2 platform to Core 2 Duo), & have lost my way with AMD, as far as keeping up on their stuff since, which is a shame considering I had been with them for almost 10 years prior. about only thing I do keep up on, is how some of their CPU line is doing, somewhat.

[him61]

Yes you are correct. 6400+ is the fastest. If you're interested in overclocking at all (6100 isn't the greatest chipset you can do it on though...) an FX-62 could be another option.

[BeeQuewl]

Dont care about overclocking, dont have the time or energy in my schedule right now to fiddle with it, since we have a newborn. Plus the board isnt the greatest board to OC bios-wise.

Thanks for the input.... now... off to ebay!

[carl33p]

FYI: The new AMD BlackBox Edition CPU's do not come with a heatsink fan.

The 65nm Brisbane cores are more energy efficient and run cooler.

[ShyguyXPC]

yeah, we (me & a friend) found this out on teamspeak last night looking up parts for his upgrades in January. so we started to look at some aftermarket heatsinks.

for me & my 6100 Board, I'm looking at one of the low wattage X2's, or possibly a X2 5000+, as it'd be plenty for what I need it for that system.