A few questions..

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Used one of those psu calculators the other day and it said I could get a 5870 and a Phenom X4 with my 400W Corsair PSU and have no worries PSU wise. Is this correct?

Now then I realise my system needs upgrading, so due to me only being a teen and thus having no source of income whatsoever , I only get new expensive things at christmas + birthday (which is just over a month away).
My question here is what should I upgrade my CPU or my GPU.

And also would it be worth looking at the phenom X6.

Thanks for answering my many questions :)
 
Alex74 said:
PSU calculators are often..dodgy at best. I wouldnt run that on a 400W PSU myself, no matter the brand.

Looking at your monitor, I'd initally say that a new graphics card might be the way to go. That way you can take full advantage of the resolution. On the other hand investment in a quad/hex core CPU might be worthwhile, and being AMD it'll all fit in the same socket anyway..

Should beware that the more you invest in one, the more you'll be bottlenecked by the other.


what sort of budget are we talking about though, and can you describe your gaming experience at the moment? (i.e. performance, settings/res you use)
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Budget probably 100-200 Although I'm not really sure and remember this wont be until july 11 (my birthday)
General preformance is mehhh on new games , Res 1920x1200 and medium/high settings.
 
Ok so this is what I have in my basket at the moment

AMD Phenom X4 Quad Core 9850 2.50GHz Black Edition (Socket AM2) -
OCZ ModXStream Pro 600w Silent SLI Certified Modular Power Supply

Does that look ok?
 
ubersonic said:
yes its perfectly correct, but you will have trouble using the system with no hard drive, no optical drive, no usb/ps2 devices connected, no fans, etc, etc

If you tell us what else is in it that would help, with that cpu/gpu and assuming 2 sticks of ddr2, 1x 7200rpm sata hdd, a dvdrw, 2x 120mm fans, and a keyboard and mouse im guessing around 350w-375w under full load

I just reworked my numbers and it actually looks like 395W with everything at 100% load, so I wouldn't advise it with a 400w psu
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I filled in the calculator form correctly with every component of my system,

Rest of my system is a 5200rpm seagate HDD (500GB) . Mouse , keyboard , dvd drive.
 
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