Huuuge Upgrade.

seanyc5

seanyc5

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Hi,

New here been reading for a while. Currently have....

AMD Athlon 3700+ @2.6ghz
Asus A8N SLI Deluxe
BFG 7900GT OC 256mb
2GB RAM
OCZ 500w PSU (main connector is 20pin+4pin)
SATA HDD's
IDE DVD-RW
Win 7 64bit.

As im sure you will agree its time for an upgrade lol.

Ive come up with this so far.
AMD Phenom II X6 1075T
Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3
8GB (2x4GB) Corsair DDR3 XMS3, PC3-10600 (1333) 9-9-9-24, 1.50V
£245.
GFX i litteraly have no idea.

I know ill need a SATA DVD, what about my PSU as i see most new mobo's are 24+8? I did google it and it seem you can position the connectors to get it work.
Ill be using my old case and HDD for the time being.

Is everything compatable or would you reccomend something different?
I use my PC for general stuff, will want to watch 1080p on it. I appreciate the 2500k is the one to have at the minute but for the £80 extra i wont notice the difference.

Thanks,
Sean
 
you'll be better off with a 2500K+Z68 build tbh. Not much more expensive.

For the PSU, to get any decent graphics card, you'll need at least a good 500W.

You can fall back to a 6850 otherwise and get a lower and cheaper PSU.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 460 Superclocked 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £109.98
1 x Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £94.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance Blue 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B) £39.98
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £359.33 (includes shipping : £9.50).



What model is the PSU? The 24+8 pin you speak of will be 24 for the main connector and 8 for the CPU I believe.

Good motherboard, with the possibility of adding an i5 should you wish, good quiet cool GPU and standard DVD drive... with money to spare!

EDIT: To clarify, will you be gaming? If not then an i5 2500K is in the price range but probably overkill!
 
 
beejjacobs said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 460 Superclocked 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £109.98
1 x Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £94.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance Blue 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B) £39.98
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £359.33 (includes shipping : £9.50).



What model is the PSU? The 24+8 pin you speak of will be 24 for the main connector and 8 for the CPU I believe.

Good motherboard, with the possibility of adding an i5 should you wish, good quiet cool GPU and standard DVD drive... with money to spare!

EDIT: To clarify, will you be gaming? If not then an i5 2500K is in the price range but probably overkill!
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Not really a gamer, im more like ill play it for an hour and thats it lol. Id rather game on 360 (i know its better on pc etc..)
Thats what i thought 2500k overkill. Is the AMD 6 core i picked not the way to go, the i3 is only a dual core right? I bet even a £50 gfx card would destroy my 7900gt now anyway wouldnt it? It cost £250 when i got it lol.

EDIT- My current PSU is OCZ 500w it was just the 20+4 pin connection im worried about, the new boards seem to be 24+8
 
Ive just added a sata dvd-rw and this
1GB XFX HD 6750

Brings the total to £342.

I take it that gfx card will my 7900gt even though its only £80?
Also one more thing will the mobo in my forst post allow me to overclock in the future? Im ok with the stock cooler for now.
 
i3 is a good CPU
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cpus/2011/07/01/intel-core-i3-2100-review/8

This router (Intel) has better upgrade options in the future. Yeah that GPU will run all games fine, not on max but enough for occasional!

PSU should be fine don't worry. The 20+4 is the main connector (i.e. 24pin) and the 8 is a separate cable for the CPU, you can check yours if you like. If you can find the model number (not just the wattage) from the PSU casing that will confirm it.
 
seanyc5 said:
Is the AMD 6 core i picked not the way to go, the i3 is only a dual core right?
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seanyc5 said:
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I use my PC for general stuff, will want to watch 1080p on it...
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Well given this, I would imagine that you wont be doing much where you'll notice the difference of a hexacore processor. Most of your cores will be sitting idle most of the time, so you're better off with a lower core count (2,3 or 4) which then has a higher 'performance per core' as it were. :)
 
Alex74 said:
Well given this, I would imagine that you wont be doing much where you'll notice the difference of a hexacore processor. Most of your cores will be sitting idle most of the time, so you're better off with a lower core count (2,3 or 4) which then has a higher 'performance per core' as it were. :)
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Well i do abit more than that and im sure your right but i like the idea that its there if i need it, i mean at the minute i have like 2 things open max.
I do the occasional bit of photoshop and would do encoding if i had the ability though (its pointless on a single core lol)
 
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3897#sp

The motherboard I specced needs a 4 pin CPU connector, so your PSU would be fine for that.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/288?vs=185

The i5 is better than the hex core anyway, and if you can fit in budget its a great CPU...


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £199.99
1 x OcUK ATI Radeon HD 6850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £99.95
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance Blue 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B) £39.98
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £454.30 (includes shipping : £9.50).

 
About 7'ish, there was a spec thread with a 2300 cpu and a ASUS £150 motherboard, I thought thats easy to get a i5 2500K in there, went to spec it up and BOOOM, £199 for the chip, shootersam started a thread in the CPU section about it and its now been deleted as people were saying how much they could find a retail 2500K for.
 
stulid said:
About 7'ish, there was a spec thread with a 2300 cpu and a ASUS £150 motherboard, I thought thats easy to get a i5 2500K in there, went to spec it up and BOOOM, £199 for the chip, shootersam started a thread in the CPU section about it and its now been deleted as people were saying how much they could find a retail 2500K for.
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well, at least its not me paying as much attention as i normally do and missing it.

lets just hope OcUK are marking up the price a lot, because the other option is that intel are hiking up the prices in view of AMDs recent announcement
 
I bit the bullet and went for my first setup with that radeon card. I realise the 2500k is a better chip, but its a lot more money and in the real world i very much doubt id notice it (remember im used to single core 2.6ghz)
For £350 all in i think its a pretty good deal..

Will let you know how i get on! Its coming the 3rd.

Thanks for your advise (even if i didnt really take it)

Sean
 
The that build should serve you well. a i3 is relatively fast, and a 460 is still a decent GPU (6850 is a better, more power efficient card though). You also have a motherboard allows for upgrades as well, if you wish to do so in the future.
 
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woah, when did that happen?

hate to say this OcUK, but the i5 2500k can be had for £25 cheaper elsewhere
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i no i got same problem , ocuk seems to be the most expensive around for 2500k atm :eek:

i ordered one online for £159 this morning with free delivery.
 
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