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Much difference?

lol thanks mate he wont be happy when i show him this he got the 5770 and i got the 5830! Really needed the upgrade my nvidia geforce 9600 gt was really stuggling with some games.
 
looks really well, when i get the money up i needa upgrade my processer ive a dual core 8400 clocked at 3.2 ghz what u rekon a intel i5 or one of the amds ?
 
The E8400 is a good CPU (especially when overclocked - many will hit 4GHz with a good board and cooling), but in some games which make use of more than two cores it will struggle.

For the moment the best gaming CPU to go for is the i5 2500K (alongside a Z68 board), as this is a very quick sandy bridge design quad core that overclocks very nicely (most will hit 4.5GHz without too much trouble).

That said, if you want to upgrade the CPU after Intel's next generation Ivy Bridge CPUs arrive (the next few months) then the i5 3570K is the one to look out for (though if you can get an i5 2500K for a good deal then it is probably still worth going for).

At the moment there really aren't any good gaming CPU options from the AMD camp - so I wouldn't recommend any of the Bulldozer CPUs. The Phenom II X4 and X6 CPUs are better options than Bulldozer (due to lower cost and often higher per-core speed) however they are usually soundly beaten by Intel 2000 series i3 and i5 CPUs.
 
must look out for that, my motherboard is a asus psn-t deluxe so i can only have drr2 ram which isnt much these days and i wouldnt no as much as yous guys but i fink it supports a quad core but the i5s would deffo need a new motherboard ?
 
Ah, that's a 780i chipset board. Yea, I wouldn't suggest investing any new CPUs for that board (like a quad core) as they don't do too well. Technically one of the Q6000, Q8000 or Q9000 series Core 2 Quad CPUs will work in that board, but they won't overclock too well. To be clear, newer CPUs like the i5 do not work in LGA775 boards like the P5N-T Dlx, you need an LGA1155 board like a Z68 or P67 chipset board to support sandy Bridge CPUs like the i5 2500K.

Instead, doing overclocking further what you currently have or moving to an i5 2500K CPU, DDR3 RAM and Z68 board (or an Ivy Bridge i5 3570K) are good options.
 
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james18212 said:
could u recommend me a motherboard ddr3 and usb 3.0 if possible

thanks for your help :)
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http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=mb-364-gi&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1990

this gigabyte board is good, uk 3 year warranty based in milton keynes, has two usb3.0 port at the rear,

reviews,
http://www.kitguru.net/components/m...-z68ap-d3-z68-review-bargain-buy-of-the-year/
http://www.vortez.net/articles_pages/gigabyte_ga_z68ap_d3_review,1.html
http://www.techradar.com/reviews/pc...herboards/gigabyte-ga-z68ap-d3-1026263/review
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/motherboards/2011/10/11/gigabyte-ga-z68ap-d3-review/1
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Ivybridge ready as well - http://www.gigabyte.us/press-center/news-page.aspx?nid=1048


RAM, (got a 64bit OS?)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-132-CR&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517


Remember, you cant use any IDE drives on this board, they need to be SATA.
 
looks like a fine motherboard... was thinking of just buying a pre build pc from overclockers but i have a nvidia cooler master cm stacker 830 case and they look pretty class so i might just get the parts. Only problem is ive installed ram, dvd rw drivers, hard discs and graphics cards never done a cpu id be worried about making a mistake and doing it wrong.
 
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