Before i begin my Question, i'm going to give out my System Specs -

ASUS M2A-VM Socket AM2/AM2+ (according to Asus Website)
XFX GEFORCE 7600 GT 256mb
8GB DDR2 DUAL CHANNEL 800MHZ RAM
AMD ATHLON 62 X2 6400 3.2GHZ
1TB HDD
600W P.S.

Okay, Now for the interesting part

According to the Motherboard Description in the Asus website i can fit a Quad Core processor on my Motherboard and it will run Perfectly fine.

here's my First Question - Is this True?

My Second question is -

i would like to purchase a quad core processor and a new video card to be able to play the latest games i have without having to bring the settings down.

Also, i need it to be under 400 dollars

Any suggestions?

Thanks all for your help

Can a mod remove this please? i dont think anyone can help?

Thanks though

Probably not until you give more details about your power supply.

Well its a 600 watt power supply. the brand is Corsair the enthusiast series ATX 12v Crossfire and Sli Ready.

Only the specific ones listed.
IMO, it could be worth it if you can find a 9850 X4 or similar at a low price.

PowerColor AX6850 1GBD5-DH Radeon HD 6850 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity

i also saw that i would be capped out a 1000mhz due to the motherboard being so old. should i just stick to something along those speeds?

And would i be experiencing any sort of bottleneck?

thanks for your help Hellokitty

why dn't you try this thread
http://www.techspot.com/vb/showthread.php?p=1073415#post1073415

Oh, no should be fine.
You'd possibly might be bottlenecked by your CPU, so maybe a 6770 6750.

Thanks,

I went ahead and i got the Phenom X4 i'm stuck at 1,000mhz but the processor was only 1,200 so the 200 arent really that important to me.


Thanks for your help

I really don't know what you mean by 1,000mhz.
Are you talking about the hypertransport speed?

Yes,

The hyper transport is stuck at 1,000

Sorry i didnt make that clear