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joshyftw

joshyftw

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I've just had my old 1156 socket mobo die on me - was looking to upgrade anyway, but my hand has been forced. I've been pointed towards AMD CPUs, but I'm not sure, I've not had one for a decade. I do a bit of gaming, all sorted GPU and memory wise, just mobo and CPU I need.

Anyway, this is what I have in my basket at the moment:

AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 9370 Black Edition 4.40GHz (4.70GHz Turbo) (Socket AM3+) Processor - OEM

Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard

Basically, my question is can I get more bang for my buck for under £300? Oh, and I'm sure I can, as I said, my hand has been forced and I need to get this sorted ASAP =)
 
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Why would you buy the 9370?? I have my 8350 overclocked to 5.0ghz at the moment. Idles from 12-21c and on full load from 55-62 (which never happens really)
 
You definitely want to go AMD or is Intel an option too? I don't know about AMD sockets and such, though they are good processors.
 
Intel option:

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £173.99
(£144.99) £173.99
(£144.99)
Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £119.99
(£99.99) £119.99
(£99.99)
Sub Total : £244.98
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
UPS Access Point
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £8.00
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £50.60
 
pipson said:
Why would you buy the 9370?? I have my 8350 overclocked to 5.0ghz at the moment. Idles from 12-21c and on full load from 55-62 (which never happens really)
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No idea why I'd buy it haha, that's why I've requested assistance =)

I'm only air-cooled with An Arctic Pro Freezer 7 Rev. 2, so won't go too mad on the OC until water is an option.
 
joshyftw said:
Supported in Rev.4:

CPU Support

Any way to find out which one OcUK stock? I can't see it stated on the product page.
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Not sure, you could ask in CS and see if they can tell you.

I would look at this for AMD.

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £119.99
1 x Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
Total : £209.58 (includes shipping : £8.00).



What`s the main uses for your system?
 
Idleman said:
Not sure, you could ask in CS and see if they can tell you.

I would look at this for AMD.

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £119.99
1 x Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
Total : £209.58 (includes shipping : £8.00).



What`s the main uses for your system?
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It's my main system, so a bit of everything really - gaming (HD7850, no immediate plans to upgrade), hooked up to a TV for media consumption, a bit of graphic and web design, the usual.

Didn't run into many performance problems with the old i3 tbh, but it's time to move on.
 
Idleman said:
Not sure, you could ask in CS and see if they can tell you.

I would look at this for AMD.

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £119.99
1 x Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
Total : £209.58 (includes shipping : £8.00).



What`s the main uses for your system?
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So the 990FX Chipset is unnecessary? My research was leading me that way, as I'm unlikely to go multi-GPU any time soon!
 
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