Compatibility Check

monkey99x · 4 Dec 2011 at 16:08

Hello!
It's been a good 4 years since I upgraded my pc so it's time to gut my current system and upgrade a bit. I'm not an expert on components and compatibility, so I'd appreciate it if someone could check if what I'm looking at getting is fully compatible and whether there's any alternatives that may be better.
I mainly use my pc for gaming and office work and ideally my budget is no more than £550.

Mobo;
Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 AMD 990X (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard [990FXA-UD3]

Cpu;
AMD Phenom II X6 Six Core 1090T Black Edition 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail [HDT90ZFBGRBOX]

Gpu;
MSI ATI Radeon HD 6950 OC Twin FrozR III Power Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card [R6950TWINFROZRIIIPE/OC]

RAM;
Corsair Vengeance Blue 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B) [CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B]

Like I said, any help/advice is greatly appreciated

joem1983 · 4 Dec 2011 at 16:26

It should be fine... Go on gigabye websote and look for the motherboard to see if the cpu, mobo will pair up. Id be surprised if it didnt though!

beejjacobs · 4 Dec 2011 at 16:34

AMD generally aren't the way to go atm I'm afraid. Is it just those 4 components you need for £550? Do you have: OS, keyboard, mouse, monitor, SATA HDDs?

Also what PSU do you have?

EDIT: if those are all you need, and your PSU is up to it:

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI ATI Radeon HD 6950 OC Twin FrozR III Power Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £215.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £169.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £39.95
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £22.99
Total : £545.90 (includes shipping : £10.00).

monkey99x · 4 Dec 2011 at 17:46

thanks for quick replies & advice
is there any reason why AMD aren't the best way to go atm? are they lagging behind intel?

I have OS, sata HDD's etc..and just bought a corsair 650w psu. I just need to revamp those core 4 components

beejjacobs · 4 Dec 2011 at 17:52

monkey99x said:
thanks for quick replies & advice
is there any reason why AMD aren't the best way to go atm? are they lagging behind intel?

I have OS, sata HDD's etc..and just bought a corsair 650w psu. I just need to revamp those core 4 components

They're just not as fast, efficient nor as good an upgrade path atm. Unless you're doing something heavily threaded, which gaming generally isn't so 6 cores is not really useful (even then a good Intel tends to be better)

monkey99x · 4 Dec 2011 at 17:59

well thanks again for your advice! like I said, I'm no pro so I thought I'd double check on here what would be a good upgrade.
glad I did...cheers

beejjacobs · 4 Dec 2011 at 18:06

Not a problem! Welcome to the forums too

(I'm no pro, just learnt off the rest of them

)