AMD AM2 5000+ vs 6000+?

I'm planning on getting a 8800GT 512mb and i already have AN AM2 Motherboard with 2 gigs of pc6400

im just wondering if its going to even make a diffrence gaming wise if i get a 5000+ or the 6000+

Well to me honest with you it really depends. IF you chose to buy a black edition of the 5000+ and upgrade the cooling then you may be able to get more bang for your buck and the 6000+ wouldnt be worth it. Honestly its becuse the true nature of what your PC is limited by in gaming is not as wieght as heavily on the CPU as people thing. The thing that really limits your ablility to game is your graphics card. As you already have a geforce 8800 I wouldnt wory about spending the extra money on a better processor if all you plan to do on this maching that is really processor intensive is gaming.

the guy thats says move to intel pentium 4 is plain stupid. I would go with the black edtion and oc. For 100 bucks you can get a 2.8 ghz. Its actually 119 bucks. Which i have and it runs great. With intel you can get a 2.2 ghs for a wopping 119.00. You decide what you want. With amd you get more for your dollar. Good luck in choosing. All you need is a 5000. Good luck. Get a good cpu cooler/ heatsink. It makes a hell of a diffrence.

If I where you I would go with the AMD 5000+ for gaming as even a 5000 will still blows any Pentium 4 ghz away. I have both a Pentium 4 ghz and a 5000+ and the AMD is far faster them mt Pentium 4 and much better in most of my games. I have not done a prices check on the 6000+ prices verse the 5000+ but why would you ever need anything that fast anyways. So if it were up to me I would stick with the AMD 5000+ that is unless the price difference is very small.

AJCO is grossly misinformed as even socket 939 AMD procs > P4! Given a choice i would go with a 5000+ black edition. It is 65nm, 65W and runs far cooler than the 90nm, 125 watter 6000+ series. As said before yu can reuse earlier AMD stock cooler and just play with the multiplier all on stock volatge and people have hit 3-3.2 hz by this manner alone. Also if you have more cash why not nab a AM2+ motherboard as well?

No gaming needs on the GPU like 8800 not on CPU, so there's no gaming difference, even an Athlon XP 2000+ can run Command & Conquer 3 but it need GPU to run good.

i think u should forget about AMD and move on to Pentium 4 or higher