well i would not suggest it http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16819103586 you can get a cheap dual core like this and overclock it to at least 2.6ghz, very easily too as for performance goes, am2 cpu's perform identically to s939 cpu's. the only real performance difference is in memory intensive programs, but not by much either. also if i was to upgrade right now, it certainly wouldnt be for an am2, it would be for a core 2 duo. so just get a new cpu and use your comp for as long as you want to. if you are an amd fan then wait for the barcelona to come out. hopefully that will be in about 3 or so months unless they push back the release date again.