build for gaming system

wgannon82 · 27 Feb 2011 at 01:14

this is my build for a gaming system feedback required !!!!

Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU)

OCZ Special OPS 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3SOE1600LV4GK)

AMD Phenom II X2 Dual Core 560 3.3GHz Black Edition C3 (Socket AM3) Processor

MSI GeForce GTX 460 Cyclone OC 1024MB GDDR5 Graphics Card

1TB Samsung HD103SJ SpinPoint F3 SATA-II 3.5" Hard Drive

Sony Optical DVD Writer, AD-5260S-0B, SATA, Black, OEM

OcUK Value 300Mbps Wireless-N USB Adapter(not allowed to run cable

and as for the OS i am goin to have windows 7 home premium 64bit when i find a friend with the 3 users version

so far i believe i can do this for around £400

so what do you guys think ???

stulid · 27 Feb 2011 at 01:16

Motherboard?

wgannon82 · 27 Feb 2011 at 01:22

opps my bad ! its been a long day ! lol

Asus M4A78LT-M AMD 760G AM3 Motherboard

as for going for a dual core i am hoping that it will open up to a quad core !

stulid · 27 Feb 2011 at 01:23

System is fine then.

wgannon82 · 27 Feb 2011 at 01:27

Good stuff what do u think my chance for getting the extra cores are ???

stulid · 27 Feb 2011 at 01:29

wgannon82 said:
Good stuff what do u think my chance for getting the extra cores are ???

Better than you think, seen more success than failure, but for guaranteed quad core,

£20 more for a 955BE

or a Phenom 840 is £75, but its made on the propus core like a normal a Athlon so actually doesnt have the 6MB of L3 cache like a Phenom is meant to have.

Gelly54 · 27 Feb 2011 at 06:40

i like that system, go for it dude

wgannon82 · 27 Feb 2011 at 12:34

So a dual core will be ok ? Am in two mind jus wish I cud get a defo answer on the opening up of the 2 cores !!!

Brian8bit · 27 Feb 2011 at 12:41

As Stulid says it's more likely than you think. People always assume dual core's based on quad core designs are only binned chips. If that where the case, that's a lot of binned chips and a poor yield of quad cores. The reality is that the majority are simply disabled by the CPU manufacturer as it's cheaper to disable 1 or 2 cores to make dual and tri core chips than start another fabrication process to make chips with just two or three cores on. You have to be pretty unlucky to get one with knackered cores that won't unlock as opposed to lucky to get one that will. If that last bit makes sense.

wgannon82 · 27 Feb 2011 at 15:56

i agreed have done a bit of looking into this and what i have found out is the core isint faulty, its more likely to be disabled !!