Help needed with PC build.

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vesuviouz

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Hi guys. a colleague who knows about pc's built me one a few years ago. it worked really well but I didn't take good care of it and I thought I would start upgrading it a little. in my ignorance I went and bought a new processor, checked it had the same socket and it was the same make as the old one, AMD. when I installed though it wouldn't boot up, it then hit me it probably doesn't work with my old motherboard.

old pc parts list.

1 LG GH22NS50 22x Internal DVD±R/RW Drive - Black (Retail)

1 Samsung HD322HJ SpinPoint F1 320GB SATA-II 3.5" Hard Drive

1 Arianet 1001 Black Gaming Case, 3 Temp LCD Displays (No PSU)

1 Arianet Black 800W "High Efficiency Gaming PSU" ATX Power Supply for AMD and Intel Motherboards 20Pin + 4Pin

1 Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit DVD - OEM [GFC-02733]

1 Asus M4A79XTD Evo AMD 790X (Socket AM3) DDR3 PCI-Express Motherboard

1 AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition C3 3.40GHz (Socket AM3) Processor - Retail

2 Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5670 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

2 G.Skill RipJaw 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C8 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit

all the parts are now old and its hard to find them on sites so I cant find links unfortunately. the new processor I bought was

1 AMD (Piledriver) FX-4350 4.20GHz (4.30GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 4-Core Processor - Retail £ 59.95 £ 59.95

Basically I am just looking for someone to suggest other parts that will work with the processor I bought. I don't mind buying new parts and building up a new pc. I am looking for a decent gaming machine at the end of it.

any help or suggestions anyone can give me would be greatly appreciated. thanks for reading. Edit = typos and tidy up
 
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nkata said:
What budget do you have in mind?

If just for gaming, an overclock to 3.8 or 4.0Ghz plus a better graphics card would be reasonable, possibly more ram.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-169-PC&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1982

A budget mobo would be the following, but I feel that the processor you have bought would not be much better than the one you had.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-501-AS&groupid=701&catid=1903&subcat=2046
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thanks for the reply. so if I bought the motherboard and graphics card you suggested they would be compatible with what I've currently got?
 
I wouldn't use that cheap PSU to run even a single 290X. And no chance of running two. It's not a "true" 800W, and only brings 2 x 6-pins for GPU. Dual 12v rails of only 15 Amps each, according to the little info I've found.

PSU is the first thing I'd be replacing if you're getting a new GPU, unless you get something like a 260X or 750Ti.
 
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