newb help

[Greyacid]

hi all. my mobo has packed in so looking to build something else and
salvaging some of my original parts. i mainly use the pc for gaming
(battlefield 4 & Rome 2). currently ive got:

AMD Phenom II X4 Quad 955 Core 3.2GHz Processor 4 x 512 KB Boxed - Black
Edition
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599)
Asus M4A78LT-M 760G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard
Corsair 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1333MHz XMS3 Memory Kit CL9 unbuffered
Samsung SH-S223 22x DVD±RW DL & RAM SATA Optical Drive -
Coolermaster Elite 370 Black Mid Tower Case
1GB XFX HD 5850, PCI-E 2.1 (x16), 4000MHz GDDR5, GPU 725MHz, 1440Cores, 2x
DL DVI-I/ HDMI/ DP
BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply

i was probably thinking of keeping the case, psu and maybe the ram. ill
also be buying a ssd hd to install windows and the games on. so any advice
on the mobo processor and graphics card? nothing to over the top though on
price.

 

[stulid]

Hi and welcome.

What sort of budget did you have in mind?

Do you have a 64bit OS?

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I can see two options,


YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI AMD ATI Radeon 7950 BE 3072MB PCI-Express Graphics Card **REFURB 90 DAY WARRANTY** (R7950-3GD5 BE) £99.95
1 x Gigabyte 970A-DS3P AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £50.99
Total : £160.54 (includes shipping : £8.00).



Buy a board that takes your current CPU (if it is just your board thats dead), that can also take a better CPU,

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320E Black Edition 3.20GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £109.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £83.99
Total : £203.58 (includes shipping : £8.00).



Add a cooler to overclock these or your Phenom 955,

YOUR BASKET
1 x BeQuiet! Pure Rock Cpu Cooler - 120mm £21.49
Total : £26.48 (includes shipping : £4.16).




Then if you have a 64bit OS you can get a 8GB RAM kit or try and match your current RAM with a further 4GB,

YOUR BASKET
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD38G1600HC11DC01) £55.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (TW3X4G1333C9A) £41.99
Total : £106.68 (includes shipping : £7.25).




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Or buy the board, CPU, GFX card and maybe RAM all together or if budget allows go to Intel i5 4690K+Z97+RAM etc.

 

[William-Mathew]

Looking at your specs here is what I think:

AMD option:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 280X Vapor-X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card (11221-12-20G) £179.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £83.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £59.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-DS3P AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £50.99
1 x SK Hynix 128GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS128G32MNB-2201A) £44.99
1 x Raijintek Aidos Direct Contact CPU Cooler £14.99
Total : £444.53 (includes shipping : £8.00).



Or a more expensive intel option:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 280X Vapor-X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card (11221-12-20G) £179.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x MSI Z97 Gaming 3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £95.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £59.99
1 x SK Hynix 128GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS128G32MNB-2201A) £44.99
1 x Raijintek Aidos Direct Contact CPU Cooler £14.99
Total : £585.53 (includes shipping : £8.00).



I run a AMD 6350 and 280x and I get wekk over 60FPS