£500 - £600 overclocking spec ?

[RadoX]

mates going to uni in a few months hes going to be using lightwave 3d etc needs a decent pc but also wants to overclock it whats his best options.

PS. ive been out of the scene for a while now. look @ sig

 

[RJC]

How does this look, room for some changes if needed:

Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £105.00
(£91.30) £105.00
(£91.30)

AMD Phenom II X3 Tri Core 720 Black Edition 2.8GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £94.99
(£82.60) £94.99
(£82.60)

Corsair TX 650W ATX SLi Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-650TXUK) £76.99
(£66.95) £76.99
(£66.95)

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £74.99
(£65.21) £74.99
(£65.21)

OCZ Platinum AM3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C7 1333MHz Dual Channel (OCZ3P1333LVAM4GK) £47.99
(£41.73) £47.99
(£41.73)

Samsung SpinPoint F1 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD322HJ) £34.99
(£30.43) £34.99
(£30.43)

Titan TTC-NK85TZ Fenrir CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/LGA775/LGA1366) £33.34
(£28.99) £33.34
(£28.99)

Coolermaster Elite 334 Midi Case- Black (No PSU) £30.99
(£26.95) £30.99
(£26.95) Sub Total : £434.16 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.75 VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £66.89 Total : £512.80

 

[RadoX]

thanks. are these phenoms better than intel now or ? how do they compare to quad core intels ?

 

[JeremyW]

AMD produce some fine chips. After a couple of years where Intel kicked their backside they are now competitive again, and best of all they have chopped their prices. Intel still hold the performance crown with their i7 series but below this AMD's phenoms are similar to Intel's equivalents.

So if money is no object buy an i7 rig, if you want VFM go for a Phenom solution.