Little Upgrade...?

sneaker · 26 Oct 2015 at 19:14

Hello All,

I currently have a

Intel E7500 @ 2.93GHZ
4GB DDR2 Ram
Gigabyte GA-945GCM-S2L motherboard

I have about £130 - £150 to spend on new mobo, cpu and ram? (is this possible for that price)

I only play one game which is Trackmania 2 and no others so it hasnt got to be real top spec!

I currently have aGTX 660 1.5GB card aswell!

Any suggestions will be awesome

Regards
Callum

sneaker · 26 Oct 2015 at 20:01

Yes i do prefer the 2nd board from Jamie as that has 2x PCIE slots so could SLI at some point?

the A6-6400K looks a good CPU would that be a big difference compared to the E7500 ?

My friend has that Ballistix ram and he swears by the stuff! so that will be a must !

sneaker · 26 Oct 2015 at 20:04

so out of all 4 boards which one would you buy yourselfs?

sneaker · 26 Oct 2015 at 20:39

What about a...

Gigabyte 78lmt-USB3 motherboard? they have a AM3+ socket?

I have been offered one £30 that includes 8GB of ram aswell?

sneaker · 27 Oct 2015 at 19:08

yeah i will be getting the board and ram for £30 which has saved me some ££ but i am unsure on which CPU to go for?

FX4300
or
FX6300

I am thinking the FX4300 as i am only playing on Trackmania 2 as my main game!

So my rig will be

Gigabyte 78lmt-usb3 motherboard
8GB ram
FX4300 3.80GHZ
GTX 660 1.5GB
60GB SSD (Been offered this for £20 that good price? OCZ Agility)
600W PSU
and 400GB Storage
In Antec 300 case

Another List (A local shop has price me these parts up)

FX-4300 3.80ghz cpu
MSI Gaming 3 motherboard
Kingston Savage Hyper X RAM 2400mhz

at a price of £168.93 but will only be £83.93 cash as he will take my old motherboard etc as trade in and will get £85 for that! i dont know which to go for ?

sneaker · 27 Oct 2015 at 20:08

Would that 0.2ghz make a massive difference though ? (sorry if i sound stupid)

Would i really benefit for that extra £22 i know it's not a lot but i really am on a budget at the minute lol

As for the ssd that's what i plan on doing and i have 400GB hdd for storage until i get a 1TB at a lter date.

Thanks for all your replys and sorry if i sound daft.

sneaker · 28 Oct 2015 at 18:44

Cheers bioshock!

I have set one the FX4300 which i am ordering tomorrow and i pick up the new board next week with the 8GB ram (this can be upgraded if it's rubbish ram)

looking forward to having a good(ish) computer again...

What CPU coolers are good for AMD ?

sneaker · 28 Oct 2015 at 21:20

Well budget i probs could £30 as i got a real good deal on the mobo / ram (8GB) £30 for both!

i had the artic 7 cooler on my last machine but i dont think they are about anymore? hopefullu next friday i will have a complete running machine where i can play games at a better rate with no glitching!

really looking forward to playing trackmania again and becoming good again and playing ESL!

But keep the ideas coming forward for the cooling?

Are the corsair water cooling anygood ? i had also had a H60 on one of my last computers which i was happy with but that was on a I7 920.

sneaker · 28 Oct 2015 at 22:46

bioshockeruk said:
corsair coolers are good and you can pickup some cheaper ones that a refurb units, and are usually sent back as RMA and Corsair replace the faulty component with a higher grade and do stricter testing to ensure it doesn't fail again, then repackage it as refurb, but sell it at a reduced price. I purchased a H80i from a competitor site refurbed with warranty for around £50 and lasted me for 2 years, its still going just in another build now. Had really good temps and OC on an FX 6300 @ 4.5Ghz at around 57c on load!

But air coolers are cheaper and do run equally as well if you get the right model with good fans, noctua makes an excellent air cooler for instance. The problem in my eyes is they can be fairly noisy and very heavy and large which will put strain on your motherboard and can potentially bend the circuitry. Really worst case scenario, but always plan for the worst right? Hence why I always go liquid cooling now. I now use full custom loops, but when building machines for friends and clients I always suggest AIO water coolers as they are a cheap alternative and simple to install and maintain.

Thanks for that !!

What would be the best one? as i dont wanna put strain on the board!

i cant find a cpu cooler for a AM3+ socket anyways so will any others? like a normal AM3?

sneaker · 29 Oct 2015 at 00:50

Thanks very much!

Im undecided now as i have been looking around the OCUK website and found this...

**B Grade** MSI H97 PC Mate Intel H97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX (MB-273-MS)
£40

Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00C
£32

Intel Core i3-4170 3.70GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail
£86

Total of £158

i dont know what to do ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! HELP ?

sneaker · 1 Nov 2015 at 07:25

Thanks for all your help!

i have still chose the FX4300 as i had the board / ram bought so i will use this option and get it OC to run a little faster so will last me a year or so then maybe look at upgrading to intel at some point in the future...

So my machine will be

FX4300
Gigabyte 78lmt board
8GB Hyper Savage Ram 1600 as it says it will only support this (so does that mean the 2400ghz wont work?)
1TB Hdd
60GB SSD
600W PSU
GTX 660 1.5GB Gfx card

So happy with that and will run all the games i want with ease...