Nub needing some help !

[silvster]

Lo guys n gals,

Quick insight, I 'used' to build my own pc's but that was like 7-10 years ago lol... my current one i bought from a computers at work ( partially cos it was on hp ). But now im looking to build a completley fresh one and hopefully have it futureproof for acpl of years at least.

Current setup ( now dont laugh... )

Hp m7200 media edition 3.2 gig
bought a ati x1650 pro like years ago and installed..
installed a cpl more gigs ram.

Its old.. worn out.. and i even have to power it on by touching the two power wires together because the switch broke and i couldnt buy another switch

Looking for a bit of advice on a new one.

Now i was thinking of the below...

AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 965 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.40GHz
Asus Crosshair III Formula AMD 790FX
XFX ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card ( or possibly the single slot version and looking into crossfire a month or 2 down the line )
Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black
Cooler Master GX 650W Power Supply
Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 10666C9 1333MHz Triple Channel (CMX6GX3M3A1333C9)

Now i am nooooooooo expert at this as ive not built one in years so please correct me if these dont go at all lol

Would this suffice for playing todays games? (crysis would be nice i must admit )

Also looked at the ASrock 880g extreme as its got the ability to auto unlock the x4 to a x6 or so ive read?!? is this true, recommended?!?

 

[silvster]

Thanks guy's,

The memory thing i would have just stuck triple channel in and not known any wiser lol

Stulid, is there not a certain amount of wattage thats recommended for doing crossfire? im sure i read somewhere that it would be around 600w or something but there again, if this info was reliable or not.

http://en.ocworkbench.com/tech/excl...to-unlock-phenom-ii-x4-and-turn-it-into-a-x6/
this is the article claiming that the x4 could be 'upped' to x6 using the asrock board.

 

[silvster]

wow , thanks a lot given me a lot of info I would have totally not known here to go on.

I can safely say that this is going to be a huge difference to what im used to and I should be able to play some decent games at decent fps now, as well as convert media much quicker than my ancient set-up at the moment lol

Also looking at your build stulid, brings down the price a bit with added extra included !!

Gonna do some tests on this old machine and with the new one once purchased to show what a difference its made!