AMD spec me .. £300 max

Rob_J · 12 Jan 2011 at 19:25

Hi all,

I have a friend who's been out of the loop for a long time, he's after a spec that'll be good enough for music processing, film viewing, some graphics and general web ... he's not a gamer at any time so a high spec intel would be a waste to him so I thought AMD.

All he needs are CPU, Mobo and Ram ... possibly a PSU too as his old one is 2+ years old antec 500 I think.

Any and all suggestions/advice will be appreciated and passed on.

stulid · 12 Jan 2011 at 19:27

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £112.79
(£93.99) £112.79
(£93.99)
Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H AMD 880G (Socket AM3) microATX DDR3 Motherboard £71.47
(£59.56) £71.47
(£59.56)
BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply £49.01
(£40.84) £49.01
(£40.84)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £41.99
(£34.99) £41.99
(£34.99)
Sub Total : £229.38
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £47.78
Total : £286.66

Rob_J · 12 Jan 2011 at 19:30

Thanks stulid, will that 955 be unlock-able? I haven't used AMD since the Barton 2500.

stulid · 12 Jan 2011 at 19:38

all black-editions come with an unlocked multiplier, so overclocking is a piece of p***!!!

if you mean unlock, as in get extra cores? then its already a quad core, turning it into a hex core isn't possible.

Rob_J · 12 Jan 2011 at 19:43

stulid said:
all black-editions come with an unlocked multiplier, so overclocking is a piece of p***!!!

Nice one, thats what I like to hear.

if you mean unlock, as in get extra cores? then its already a quad core, turning it into a hex core isn't possible.

I did mean that and I didn't know it was already a quad core

, apologies for my mistake .. see, I told ya, I know nowt about AMD's

Cookeh · 12 Jan 2011 at 19:58

stulid said:
all black-editions come with an unlocked multiplier, so overclocking is a piece of p***!!!

if you mean unlock, as in get extra cores? then its already a quad core, turning it into a hex core isn't possible.

+1.

If you get confused whilst overclocking, pop into the CPU sub-forums and look for a thread called Official AMD Phenom II Overclocking Results or something similar. Just copy the most common settings and voila

Cookeh · 12 Jan 2011 at 20:00

Rob_J said:
I did mean that and I didn't know it was already a quad core , apologies for my mistake .. see, I told ya, I know nowt about AMD's

Everyone makes mistakes

For example, I'm still using a PC that can't handle my uses xD

The thing that should have given it away was the X4 denotion

X2 = 2, X3 = 3, X4= 4, X6= 6

Rob_J · 12 Jan 2011 at 20:03

Cookeh said:
The thing that should have given it away was the X4 denotion X2 = 2, X3 = 3, X4= 4, X6= 6

I know, I know, just that I'm still using an abacus and me fingers

.

Just going to pop in the CPU forum and have a good read of that thread

.

monday11 · 12 Jan 2011 at 20:35

new build

I have a budget of £500ish looking for a gaming machine amd not intel any help,Thanks.

stulid · 12 Jan 2011 at 20:37

monday11 said:
I have a budget of £500ish looking for a gaming machine amd not intel any help,Thanks.

Start your own thread, and clearly state exactly what you need? tower unit? operating system? keyboard and mouse etc?

any bits such as a dvd writer that can be re-used?