My Next Upgrade!

Th3D0n · 15 Oct 2009 at 20:38

Hi guys

In the next 7 days ill have around £240 to update my pc
(E6600-Gigabyte P965 DS3-4Gig Kingston HyperX-Antec 900-ATI4850)

So far im looking at
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 810 2.60GHz (Socket AM3)
116.99 inc VAT http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-239-AM

Asus M4A785TD-V Evo AMD 785G (Socket AM3)
£70.99 inc VAT http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-355-AS

GeIL Ultra Series 3GB (3x1GB) DDR3 PC3-10666 1333MHz
£37.94 inc VAT http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-079-GL

£225.92
£196.45 ex VAT.
Cpu- how good will it overclock with the stock cooler? or aftermarket cooler? plus is it worth the money?

Mobo-How reliable is it? how good is it at overclooking? plus how good is it with crossfire?

thank you for the help

LeJosh · 15 Oct 2009 at 21:25

Dual Channel DDR3

You want that. Not for my reason previously though.

reflux · 15 Oct 2009 at 21:27

Triple Channel DDR3 will work fine on any DDR3 motherboard. It just won't run in triple channel unless a triple channel memory controller is present.

mdjmcnally · 15 Oct 2009 at 21:29

Yes it will work, but wasting money buying triple channel kit for a dual channel board.

reflux · 15 Oct 2009 at 21:31

mdjmcnally said:
Yes it will work, but wasting money buying triple channel kit for a dual channel board.

Not a waste when that 3GB of RAM is half the price of 4GB of RAM. Yeah, 4GB dual channel is preferable, but it depends if he wants to extend his budget any further.

LeJosh · 15 Oct 2009 at 21:31

Oh I'll Edit that. Sorry for the confusion, this was my understanding. Apologies.

Th3D0n · 15 Oct 2009 at 21:35

reflux said:
Not a waste when that 3GB of RAM is half the price of 4GB of RAM. Yeah, 4GB dual channel is preferable, but it depends if he wants to extend his budget any further.

Cant realy extend it to much unless its realy worth the extra money

Th3D0n said:
Cpu- how good will it overclock with the stock cooler? or aftermarket cooler? plus is it worth the money?

Mobo-How reliable is it? how good is it at overclooking? plus how good is it with crossfire?

thank you for the help

johnno93 · 15 Oct 2009 at 22:18

Thought of getting a black edition as these are generally easier to overclock (or that was my impression anyway). Also are people still having success unlocking the AMD Phenom II X3 Tri Core 720 Black Edition to 4 cores? If so this may be a better option.

Th3D0n · 15 Oct 2009 at 23:48

johnno93 said:
Thought of getting a black edition as these are generally easier to overclock (or that was my impression anyway).

Yeah i have thought ov geting the black edition but its an extra £38 that i dont need to spend if the one im looking at will overclock.

johnno93 said:
Also are people still having success unlocking the AMD Phenom II X3 Tri Core 720 Black Edition to 4 cores? If so this may be a better option.

will it run as good as a real x4

Th3D0n · 16 Oct 2009 at 19:11

Come on guys
Can you tell me-
How easy is it to unlock a AMD Phenom II X3 Tri Core 720 Black Edition to 4 cores and will it run as good as a x4.

how well will a AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 810 2.60GHz (Socket AM3) overclock with the stock Hsf/How reliable is it plus is it worth the money.

how good and reliable is the Asus M4A785TD-V Evo AMD 785G (crossfire/overclocking/on so on).

thanks