Looking for ultra cheap bundle with Overclocking ability

jwilliamson47 · 6 Feb 2015 at 13:08

Just wondering if there any deals on mobo + cpu bundles which are cheap but have overclocking ability.

This is a project I'm working on to see the viability about low-end systems and overclocking headroom.

I could go the pentium anniversary route, but then again AMD's boards seem to be cheaper, (Also must be Micro ATX or Mini ITX)

stulid · 6 Feb 2015 at 17:16

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-358-AM

Cheap overclockable CPU,

Then pick a suitable A88X chipset board - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=1903&subid=2399

MrMD · 6 Feb 2015 at 18:04

How about a mATX board and a based system fx6300.Plenty of OC headroom (4.5/4.6ghz if you got a decent cooler),Pretty cheap and it is a a CPU plenty of people buy for budget gaming rigs with the intention of OC'ing.Maybe not as cheap as an athlon build,but probily a better budget solution over all

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £83.99
1 x Gigabyte 78LMT-USB3 AMD 760G (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £47.99
Total : £141.58 (includes shipping : £8.00).

I had this combo for a while,very fun to fiddle with

Pity the mobo has almost doubled in price over the last year tho :/

jwilliamson47 · 6 Feb 2015 at 18:26

Thanks! Better option than the Pentium you reckon?

MrMD · 6 Feb 2015 at 20:43

jwilliamson47 said:
Thanks! Better option than the Pentium you reckon?

It depends on what you want it for really

For most people i would say get the Pentium due to upgrade path ect.

But for fun/messing about AMD is always more fun lol.Plus its 6 threads,with the right workloads its an extremely good CPU.