Advice

PatZ1989 · 18 May 2010 at 15:03

Buying a partial upgrade to PC (Motherboard, Processor, Memory) and looking for suggestions!

Budget is 600-700, and flexible.

It is to go with an ATI 5870 if that makes a difference

Thanks all

shroomz · 18 May 2010 at 15:19

hey,

i7 920
Gigabyte X58-UD3R
3x2GB pretty much any DDR3 memory, no point paying the extra for the higher clocked modules

I'd suggest a Titan Fenrir cooler with it if you don't have one already, just in case you want to overclock it in the future xD

Nodiggidy123 · 18 May 2010 at 15:20

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-046-OE&groupid=43&catid=339&subcat=1801.

this but buy it separately, clock it yourself and get a better cooler.

eddyc · 18 May 2010 at 15:22

How about:

A titan fenrir or thermolab baram cooler should take you up to 4GHz on this.

Maybe go for the OCZ obsidian RAM instead since it is not 'optimised for intel'.

Nodiggidy123 · 18 May 2010 at 15:24

what will you be using the rig for?

PatZ1989 · 19 May 2010 at 11:58

Mainly gaming, and also media centre type tingz, i should mention i would be going with intel, amd *shudder*.

Few people have mentioned the peformance increase wont be massive, maybe worth holding off for now?

Nodiggidy123 · 19 May 2010 at 12:51

what spec is the rest of your rig?

PatZ1989 · 19 May 2010 at 14:16

3.0 Ghz Core 2 Duo
4gb DDR2 Memory
EVGA 680i motherboard

running 32bit windows 7, perhaps update this to 64bit too but thats a different matter

Nodiggidy123 · 19 May 2010 at 17:41

tbh then. id be inclined to go down the amd route and pick up a hex core. it will do everything u wanna do easily and have loads left. also 1156 and 1366 intel sockets are gonna be eol next yr so hopefully you may have more of a upgrade path with am3.

if u got the money so spend. hell to it!

PatZ1989 · 20 May 2010 at 09:01

See, i just feel a bit more comfortable in the intel world, experienced with it etc.

I'm not fussed about the socket being eol, something will always be eol soon.