Help to Prevent Bottlenecking

iDriskia

iDriskia

iDriskia

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Hi all, read this forum all the time and its always answered my questions or helped me out, but now I'm a bit stuck. I'm in the market to upgrade my my computer, mainly my motherboard and CPU. i have 4Gig of DDR3 RAM to put in it when i build it, i went for AMD Entertainment edition 1600Mhz as it overclocks like a beast :) so im after an AM3+ motherboard i think and an AMD CPU, but im not sure which to go for. Im using a HIS HD 6850 and would like to choose components that will run smooth with this and not bottleneck either way. I have about £200 for the CPU and same again for Mobo.

Any help you guys can offer would be greatly appreciated :) thank you!
 
Oh I'm sorry I forgot to mention I'm trying to build it as an and machine and not intel, I know as a rule intel performs better for gaming but my interests lie more with AMD at the moment. I have read many reviews of the fx range, some say good, others bad, and am totally undecided on them, but obviously want to keep with the times. Anyway thanks for such a quick response and again your help is greatly appreciated :)
 
Haha no not a fanboi of either company, my issue with intel is generally the price, my issue with amd is performance, at least of the fx range from what I've read. Mainly decided to go amd for 2 reasons, I got cheap amd ram and have an ati card so figured I'd build an amd system. Quite happy to go intel if performance Is going to be a lot better :) ooh I forgot to addMy psu to my rig. I'm not sure what brand but it's 700w.
 
I'm not sure, I'm posting these from my phone currently, while my wife gets our baby to sleep, when she is il pull it out and have a look. If I'm going intel then I think I would prefer the i5, as it's quad core, with unlocked multiplier, I'm new to overclocking and
My q6600 with locked multiplier is being a pain, aiming for 3ghz but can't stabilise past 2.8 :/
 
Hi guys, can't find any brand name on my psu so I'm going to assume its a cheap one. And yes I have 2 Sata hard drives in my rig, One is 320gb the other 120. I have windows 7 both 32 and 64 on disk. Also for reference my case is nothing special but had room enough to fit a cooler master hyper 212 plus in it :) and yeah I'm thinking more an more of going intel now. After reading the amd vs intel posts it's changed my way of thinking a bit hehe
 
The P5QL-SE I currently have in is ATX form factor. Can I just ask, what makes that 700w coolermaster psu different from a generic 700w one? And really, thanks for all the help :)
 
Haha fair enough. So in conclusion; spend less than my budget limit, get more stuff, better performance, have money left over for more RAM and be happy for it :D thanks once again guys! Much appreciated!
 
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