Morning all
18 months ago I built a new system, with:
M4A77TD Pro AMD 770 (Socket AM3) DDR3
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Patriot Sector 5 Viper II 4GB (2x2GB) PC3-12800 1600MHz Dual Channel + 3D Mark Vantage (PVV34G1600LLKB)
AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 240 2.80GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail
Corsair CX 400W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-400CXUK)
My plan was that when AMD moved to a new socket, or a chip line that wasn't compatible with the motherboard I'd upgrade the chip, so I'd have an acceptable system performance for longer.
And now that moment has come...and I'm stuck.
Quad core? Hex? Black (or not?) 95 vs 125 watt? (And overclockers have all these AMD deals...)
It's mainly used as a dual screen gaming/randomstuff machine.
Low power usage is nice, but not a be-all and end all.
So, thoughts/questions please people?
18 months ago I built a new system, with:
M4A77TD Pro AMD 770 (Socket AM3) DDR3
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Patriot Sector 5 Viper II 4GB (2x2GB) PC3-12800 1600MHz Dual Channel + 3D Mark Vantage (PVV34G1600LLKB)
AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 240 2.80GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail
Corsair CX 400W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-400CXUK)
My plan was that when AMD moved to a new socket, or a chip line that wasn't compatible with the motherboard I'd upgrade the chip, so I'd have an acceptable system performance for longer.
And now that moment has come...and I'm stuck.
Quad core? Hex? Black (or not?) 95 vs 125 watt? (And overclockers have all these AMD deals...)
It's mainly used as a dual screen gaming/randomstuff machine.
Low power usage is nice, but not a be-all and end all.
So, thoughts/questions please people?