Motherboard and Ram

wiserommer · 16 Oct 2015 at 10:16

Hey guys,

I have a budget of about £100

I have the processor (q6600) and gfx card (750 Ti). I was wondering if you could help me out with a motherboard and Ram preferably DDR3.

Thanks for your input

Cyanide · 16 Oct 2015 at 10:20

You'll need to go 2nd hand as no-one's made LGA775 motherboards for quite a while. If you get a newer board you'll need a new cpu as well so you'll need to extend your budget I'm afraid.

wiserommer · 16 Oct 2015 at 10:24

Cyanide said:
You'll need to go 2nd hand as no-one's made LGA775 motherboards for quite a while. If you get a newer board you'll need a new cpu as well so you'll need to extend your budget I'm afraid.

I was afraid of that - guess £150 could be my maximum. Any suggestions on processor?

Cyanide · 16 Oct 2015 at 10:30

Probably still a struggle and I'm not sure you'll see any appreciable difference from the Q6600 especially if you've got it overclocked.

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-4 Quad Core 4300 3.80GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £59.99
1 x MSI 970A-G43 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £46.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD38G1600HC11DC01) £29.99
Total : £146.57 (includes shipping : £8.00 Ex.VAT).

Or the Intel route but it's only dual core

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Z97 PC Mate Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £64.99
1 x Intel Pentium K Anniversary G3258 Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £55.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD38G1600HC11DC01) £29.99
Total : £160.57 (includes shipping : £8.00 Ex.VAT).

wiserommer · 16 Oct 2015 at 10:43

Cyanide said:
Probably still a struggle and I'm not sure you'll see any appreciable difference from the Q6600 especially if you've got it overclocked.

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-4 Quad Core 4300 3.80GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £59.99
1 x MSI 970A-G43 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £46.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD38G1600HC11DC01) £29.99
Total : £146.57 (includes shipping : £8.00 Ex.VAT).

Or the Intel route but it's only dual core

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Z97 PC Mate Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £64.99
1 x Intel Pentium K Anniversary G3258 Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £55.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD38G1600HC11DC01) £29.99
Total : £160.57 (includes shipping : £8.00 Ex.VAT).

I appreciate the help thanks