Its been a while.... around 10 years

[shure2]

So the last time I build a PC over really overclocked it was 10 years ago.

This was the time when you could transform an AMD Opteron 1.8ghz into a 2.8ghz beast on stock voltage with air. I also had an Radeon 9600gt that I flashed the bios of to turn into a 9800gtx. Basically I turned £100 or so parts into what was worth £400 parts. Is there anything like this out there today (buy budget and tweak to beastly performance)?

I'm looking the build a new system for a friend, around the £300 mark using a BitFenix prodigy case. I know this is a real n00b thing to say but I'd love it to match or beat the performance of an xbox360 or ps3.

So far I was looking into the AMD 5800k that has reasonable integrated graphics, possibly cross-firing it at a later date to get great bang for his buck.... But that's are far as I've got because I've been out of the game for a while.

I'd really appreciate a quick lowdown of where the industry is right now and a possible build... I'm reading ddr5 when I was around when ddr2 broke through....

Thanks in advance guys and girls.

 

[shure2]

AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor **FREE SIMCITY PC GAME** (AD580KWOHJBOX) £91.99
(£76.66) £91.99
(£76.66)
BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Arctic White £69.95
(£58.29) £69.95
(£58.29)
MSI A75IA-E53 AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £69.95
(£58.29) £69.95
(£58.29)
Akasa Venom 550w Modular '80 Plus' Power Supply £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
Corsair Vengeance RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A2133C11R) £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) HDD £46.99
(£39.16) £46.99
(£39.16)

So a cheap combination is around £400. For people who are looking for similar. Haven't got any replies so I guess either the components I'm talking about in the OP don't exist or members here aren't quite as knowledgeable as I first though.

 

[Grimley]

Cheaper & possibly better board.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte F2A85XM-D3H AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 micro ATX Motherboard £61.99
Total : £70.69 (includes shipping : £7.25).



Don't forget the ram - Trinity CPU's like fast Ram - something like this.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G213C1K) £65.99
Total : £69.90 (includes shipping : £3.26).

 

[pcAnywhere]

@Grimley The case is mini-itx, so your board won't fit

 

[pcAnywhere]

@OP

I'd drop the akasa PSU for a corsair unit and consider a small SSD

 

[Rroff]

Haven't got any replies so I guess either the components I'm talking about in the OP don't exist or members here aren't quite as knowledgeable as I first though.

Or you might want to wait more than an a little over an hour at a time when most people are at work for replies :O

 

[Grimley]

@Grimley The case is mini-itx, so your board won't fit

Stupid me. didn't spot what size case.

 

[snakefood]

Or you might want to wait more than an a little over an hour at a time when most people are at work for replies :O

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