AM3 Hexcore Build

jennidc

jennidc

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I'm looking at putting together a cheap hexcore bundle does this look good:

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Phenom II X6 Six Core 1090T Black Edition 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £127.99
1 x Gigabyte GA-880GM-USB3 AMD 880G (AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £59.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9) £47.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
Total : £261.95 (includes shipping : FREE).




I already have an Antec 300 Case / 500 Watt PSU / 5850 Xtreme / Wifi Card
64gb SSD & 2 x RAID 0'd WD 500gb drives / DVD RW
 
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Nice spot on the cheaper RAM :)

It will be used for games,apps, photo's, encoding, emulation the full works.

I upgrade about once every 3-4 years so usually need a new mobi with each upgrade so just need one that is good for what I buy now.

I like the discreet xfire option on this board to save me some £'s when in use although I might have to look at a better board to allow future xfire option

perhaps this....http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-351-GI&groupid=701&catid=1903&subcat=2046
 
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jennidc said:
I like the discreet xfire option on this board to save me some £'s when in use.
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What do you mean by this? Crossfiring your 5850 with the onboard 4250 will probably do more harm than good. I believe it's really designed for giving very low end (HD5450) a tiny performance boost.

OcUK says the gigabyte board has SATA 6 ports but I can find any reference to this on the gigabyte website. I don't believe the SB710 supports SATA 6?

I would pay a little extra for a full ATX board (so you can add another graphics card ) and USB 3.0/SATA 6 ports.

This is out of stock at the moment but it's only £5 more than the gigabyte and offers all of the above.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-134-MS&groupid=701&catid=1903&subcat=1782

If you flash the BIOS it can support AM3+

http://emm.msi.com/display.php?List=43&N=1029
 
I'd reconsider on the RAM if you are using the Gelid tranquillo CPU fan, I was planning to get the Vengeance RAM but was kindly advised not because of the massive size of the heat spreaders. Im now using a Crucial Ballistix Sport RAMs and its just about touching the cooler. unless you have a bigger board.
 
I'd be looking at that psu aswell and upping it to a 600w as that amd cpu is hungry for power, I know I was sitting on a limit with a gtx 460 & a 955be
 
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