Which is best?

shadowake · 19 May 2009 at 22:45

Which is best? Both work out roughly the same price:

AMD X3 920
AM3 Mobo
DDR3
HD4890

Or

AMD X4 940
AM2+/AM3 Mobo
DDR2
HD4870

:confused:

Used mostly for gaming (1920x1200 res), but also photoshop/webdesign.

wbc1 · 19 May 2009 at 22:49

I'd get a 955 with AM3 mobo, DDR3 ram with 2x4770 in crossfire. If you can only afford one 4770 for the budget, get another in the future.

Kennysevenfold · 19 May 2009 at 22:49

1st one hands down

though amount of ram and HDD space would help

Kennysevenfold · 19 May 2009 at 22:50

wbc1 said:
I'd get a 955 with AM3 mobo, DDR3 ram with 2x4770 in crossfire. If you can only afford one 4770 for the budget, get another in the future.

He is obv looking at pre-built systems....

Ghost-Reaper · 19 May 2009 at 22:52

First one, if its for gaming the card is better in the first one and games don't take advantage of multicore cpus very well (over duals)

icey_haj · 19 May 2009 at 22:53

This is better...

shadowake · 19 May 2009 at 22:55

wbc1 said:
I'd get a 955 with AM3 mobo, DDR3 ram with 2x4770 in crossfire. If you can only afford one 4770 for the budget, get another in the future.

Can't afford 2 and one would be a step down from my 8800ultra, cant afford the 955 with 4870 or higher GFX.

Kennysevenfold said:
1st one hands down

though amount of ram and HDD space would help

Same for both 2x2GB RAM and 3x320GB RAID0. Everything else is identical that's why I only listed these parts.

Kennysevenfold said:
He is obv looking at pre-built systems....

Nope, don't know why you'd think that :confused:

wbc1 · 19 May 2009 at 22:59

Just wondering, why are you upgrading, I doubt you'll see THAT much difference from your current q6600 set up (for games at least). Maybe try to OC it a bit further or just get a 4870x2 upgrade (bargain at £250).

shadowake · 19 May 2009 at 23:00

wbc1 said:
Just wondering, why are you upgrading, I doubt you'll see THAT much difference from your current q6600 set up (for games at least). Maybe try to OC it a bit further or just get a 4870x2 upgrade (bargain at £250).

Because I'm selling my old tower for £600 so only need to spend an extra £100-£150 for the upgrade

wbc1 · 19 May 2009 at 23:03

Ahhh... In that case.. might not be the best idea, but i'd throw in just for thoughts. tricore 720, AM3 mobo, DDR3 ram with 4870x2, im sure that will perform much better in games.

Kennysevenfold · 19 May 2009 at 23:03

shadowake said:
Nope, don't know why you'd think that

then why not give a budget and let us see what we can come up with?

shadowake · 19 May 2009 at 23:07

Kennysevenfold said:
then why not give a budget and let us see what we can come up with?

£600-£800 but preferably around the low 700 mark.

Don't need OS, monitor or any peripherals, needs to be better than my current spec (in sig) and SLI or Crossfire capable (to add an extra card in the future).

shadowake · 20 May 2009 at 07:20

wbc1 said:
Ahhh... In that case.. might not be the best idea, but i'd throw in just for thoughts. tricore 720, AM3 mobo, DDR3 ram with 4870x2, im sure that will perform much better in games.

At push on my budget I can just about afford a 4870x2 with the 720:

XFX ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 2048MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £248.99
(£216.51) £248.99
(£216.51)
AMD Phenom II X3 Tri Core 720 Black Edition 2.8GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £120.74
(£104.99) £120.74
(£104.99)
MSI 790GX-G65 AMD 790GX (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £114.99
(£99.99) £114.99
(£99.99)
Coolermaster CM-690 Dominator Case - Black (No PSU) £64.39
(£55.99) £64.39
(£55.99)
OCZ StealthXStream 600w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply £55.99
(£48.69) £55.99
(£48.69)
OCZ Platinum 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C7 1333MHz Dual Channel (OCZ3P13334GK) £51.74
(£44.99) £51.74
(£44.99)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £42.99
(£37.38) £128.97
(£112.14)
Samsung SH-S223F/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£15.64) £17.99
(£15.64)
Sub Total : £698.94
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £13.75
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £106.90
Total : £819.59

Just over £800 after Free delivery is taken into account.

Is this the way to go then? 720 X3 and HD4870x2 instead of a quad and slower graphics?

wbc1 · 20 May 2009 at 09:05

If you use it mainly for gaming then yes. If you use other 3D rendering (etc) applications a lot then you might want quads. Drop the case down to antec 300 can save you about a tenner, but it's your choice really.

shadowake · 20 May 2009 at 09:11

wbc1 said:
If you use it mainly for gaming then yes. If you use other 3D rendering (etc) applications a lot then you might want quads. Drop the case down to antec 300 can save you about a tenner, but it's your choice really.

Not really a fan of the Antec 300, a bit plain for my liking, the 900 is a bit dear! I do use Photoshop quite a lot and I know that used cores well but it is mainly a gaming machine.