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Going to be swapping my current motherboard/cpu for this one if all goes well.

Motherboard:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813130210

CPU:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6819103234

I figured that with this combo, I would be more on par to upgrade to Deneb(since Nehalem looks out of my price range) Also, I like to future proof as much as possible because I plan on keeping this for a while. (PCI-express 2.0 etc.)

Note: this system would be used for some light gaming, and I figured a 2.9ghz athlon would be around the performance of my e2140(maybe a bit less, but all in all nothing that would be drastically noticed). Also, I think this would use a little bit less power.

Total cost in the end will be $0 on my part, so I might bite for it.

Edit: Also I never was impressed with the responsiveness of the intel system, while my old system (amd 3800x2) still impresses me in general day to day uses.
So what's everyone's thoughts on this?

Upgrade for $0? I don't care what it is, if it's free take it.

Skippman wrote:Upgrade for $0? I don't care what it is, if it's free take it.

Ok, should have said this. Planning on giving my motherboard/cpu to someone, and getting the new parts with the money I get.

An afterthought, how does a phenom 8450 compare to my e2140?

O.O

Your Gigabyte board would support a 45nm Intel quad core, why move back to AMD?

I've used a Phenom system at my work and honestly I prefer my E6750. If I were you I would upgrade that Pentium dual core chip and realize the potential of your motherboard.

Honestly, I think AMD will have a longer/better upgrade path (that is if AM3 CPU's are able to be plugged into AM2+ sockets like the rumor is). Also, AMD quad's are going to be a lot cheaper once Core i7 is released. Plus I like the thought of having decent integrated graphics so I don't have to buy a dedicated graphics card for the board and cpu when I am done.

Also, there is good hope for Deneb too!