£350 rig

gav2pac · 27 Feb 2011 at 18:50

Hi guys, at the moment ive got a e6600 running @3.3 and crossfire 5770's. I think the cpu is in need of a major upgrade

what you guys think of this

AMD Phenom II X6 Six Core 1090T Black Edition 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £155.99

Gigabyte GA-880GA-UD3H AMD 880G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £88.99

Corsair Hydro H50-1 High-Performance CPU Watercooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366/AM2/AM3) £51.98

OCZ Special OPS 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3SOE1600LV4GK) £35.99

Total £332.95

Thanks

stulid · 27 Feb 2011 at 18:52

If you want to keep the 5770 crossfire you need a 790GX/FX/890GX/FX chipset motherboard.

gav2pac · 27 Feb 2011 at 18:57

looking at the description, it says crossfire supported x8 and x8

stulid · 27 Feb 2011 at 19:02

gav2pac said:
looking at the description, it says crossfire supported x8 and x8

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3628#sp

1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16)
1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4)

trust me, only the chipsets above do it right.

gav2pac · 27 Feb 2011 at 19:04

thanks for the heads up on that, i would have been gutted