Hi Guys Just after a little help. I have built my Media Centre and i have got to upgrade the CPU on it. I use an AMD 939 socket. Should i upgrade to a Single core Fast CPU or a Dual core slower cpu? Which is appropriate for a media Centre also for playing HD over a network? Many Thanks in Advance Chris AMD 5200 X2 64bit Asus A8N-SLI MB 4GBDDR 800mhz 4X 1GB MSI 8800GTX Card Creative X-FI Fatality Professional Gamer. Compro E750 Digital TV Card 200GB X2, 250GB X2, 300GB SATA Hard Dri

S939 duals are growing scarce (& expensive) but there seems to be plenty of cheap single cores available. Which CPU do you have now? http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name... "If my answers frighten you then you should cease asking scary questions" - Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson) in Pulp Fiction

Currently got a 939 3000 cpu (1,8ghz), quite slow really, especially with Vista Media Centre and HD videos. I dont mind paying more money to get a Dual Core 939 but only if it would be of more use than a single core faster 939 cpu. Chris AMD 5200 X2 64bit Asus A8N-SLI MB 4GBDDR 800mhz 4X 1GB MSI 8800GTX Card Creative X-FI Fatality Professional Gamer. Compro E750 Digital TV Card 136GB Raptor 10000RPM Drive 500GB SA

So you don't mind paying at least 225+ dollars for an outdated S939 Athlon 64 X2 4200+ or higher? The high cost doesn't justify the performance especially when you are looking at the same performance with as an AM2 Athlon 64 X2 4200+ that runs less then 50 bucks now. For as much as the S939 Athlon 64 X2 4200+ cost you can build a Intel system with an Intel E5200 dual core processor, 2gb of DDR2 ram with a G31 motherboard and it will still be 5 dollars cheaper then one Athlon 64 X2 4200+. You are much better off getting an S939 Athlon 64 4000+ for less then 40 bucks on a lot of websites. If it's broke, then blow that sucka up!

"Which is appropriate for a media Centre also for playing HD over a network?" You have two options: -Upgrade to a dual-core CPU (X2 3800 will suffice) -Install a videocard with hardware AVC/VC1 decoding. Or, if you're a cheapskate with a good motherboard, you could try overclocking that 3000 till it does play 1080p. :P My HTPC is powered by a Pentium M, which can do just as much work per gigahertz as an AMD64 can. At 2.82GHz, it's strong enough to play 25mbps 1080p AVC--with the nVidia hardware acceleration disabled--using the CoreAVC video codec running under Vista MCE. You might be able to do the same if you overclock your CPU. I know that jam has (or once had) his 3000+ running at 2.75GHz. At that speed, you might not need to upgrade the CPU or videocard. The Quad-Pumped Super P3: Pentium M Dothan @ 2.82GHz (166x17) 3GB PC6400 @ 667MHz 9600GT Blu-Ray Modified PowerMac G4 Quicksilver case Homebuilt 1080p projector Vista SP1

"I know that jam has (or once had) his 3000+ running at 2.75GHz" I'm running it at 2.5GHz (10 x 250MHz) now. I had it at 2.7Ghz (9 x 300MHz) for a short time but since it's being used in the "family PC", I wanted to be sure it was stable. My CPU is a S754 Venice though - default speed is 2.0GHz. "If my answers frighten you then you should cease asking scary questions" - Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson) in Pulp Fiction

dual, always dual...i would never by a single, dual multi task so much better and when working with video you want the extra multitasking power.