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Th3D0n

Th3D0n

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Hi guys iv been thinking of upgading for a bit now
And its come down to 2 posabile upgrades

Option1
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Option2
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What do you guys think i use my computer for games/ video encoding & decoding plus i do a bit off photo editing

thanks;)
 
upgrading the one in your sig right??
the top intel one looks a bit better especially with that cooler you can over clock it quite high
another thing you may consider is to upgrade your GPU if you are tired of that 4850 you could consider a 5850 at that budget
 
Didaco said:
upgrading the one in your sig right??
the top intel one looks a bit better especially with that cooler you can over clock it quite high
another thing you may consider is to upgrade your GPU if you are tired of that 4850 you could consider a 5850 at that budget
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my 4850 is fine at the min and later on ill get a second one and use them in crossfire
 
this if it were me :)

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
CP-238-AM_60.jpg
AMD Phenom II X3 Tri Core 720 Black Edition 2.80GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £93.99
(£81.73) £93.99
(£81.73)
MY-181-OC_60.jpg
OCZ Obsidian 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 Dual Channel (OCZ3OB1600LV4GK) £69.99
(£60.86) £69.99
(£60.86)
MB-355-AS_60.jpg
Asus M4A785TD-V Evo AMD 785G (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £68.99
(£59.99) £68.99
(£59.99) Sub Total : £202.58 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.00 VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £31.74 Total : £243.32
 
Kennysevenfold said:
this if it were me :)

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
CP-238-AM_60.jpg
AMD Phenom II X3 Tri Core 720 Black Edition 2.80GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £93.99
(£81.73) £93.99
(£81.73)
MY-181-OC_60.jpg
OCZ Obsidian 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 Dual Channel (OCZ3OB1600LV4GK) £69.99
(£60.86) £69.99
(£60.86)
MB-355-AS_60.jpg
Asus M4A785TD-V Evo AMD 785G (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £68.99
(£59.99) £68.99
(£59.99) Sub Total : £202.58 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.00 VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £31.74 Total : £243.32
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Its got to be worth the £20ish for a quad
 
Get a Phenom II 940, which is nearly as good as a 955 (about 120quid, although it's no longer on OCUK) then an AM2+ mobo, reuse ur DDR2 ram.
 
I really like my X3 720 BE. Got it up to 3.5Ghz, and I think i have headroom.

I'd recommend it. Some can be lucky and unlock the 4th core, but to be honest nothing really uses multiple cores anyway, so the 3rd is just a bonus for background tasks when the first 2 are used on a game :)

I highly recommend Gigabyte boards with the SB710 or SB750 southbridge chip, as they allow core unlocking with ACC.

Can get a good gigabyte AM3 board for £105, 720 is on offer for £93, and you can get some good memory for that last £60.

Or there's this: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-249-AM&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=1328

Friend has one, overclocked it to 3.8 on air. That'd give you some more space for better memory :)
 
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