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Alexowens

Alexowens

Alexowens

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- AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ 3.00GHz (Socket AM2)
- Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro PWM CPU Cooler
- Gigabyte GA-MA790X-DS4 AMD 790X (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
- Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 PC2-6400C5 TwinX (2x2GB)
- ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express)
- Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache
- Pioneer DVR-216DBK 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer Rewriter (Black)
- Corsair TX 650W SLI Power Supply
- Samsung SM-2253BW Aqua 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor
- Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop 3000
- Logitech X-240 2.1 Speaker System

thinking about buying this complete system, will it be good enough for running upcoming games on? Also would i be able to upgrade and run a second 4850 in crossfire at some point in the future?

any help appreciated
 
Yea, you'll be able to run a second 4850 in the future.

Personally I'd go for a 4870, it's not that much more expensive from what I remember.

It looks like a good system to me though
 
Looks ok to me, very similar to the system I was running up until very recently. I had no problems with current games.

So long as the motherboard gives you the option to upgrade at a later date (i.e. it supports AM2+ with Phenoms) I'd say it's fine. I agree that a 4870 may be a slightly better option for not much more money.

Plus the 6000+ can be clocked a little to squeeze a bit more out of it, well I had mine to ~3.2Ghz
 
thanks
and i would have chosen a 4870 but if 4850 will do i dont see why not just use it until i need something better, then run a second alongside it

thanks again for clearing that up
 
oh the reason im going with amd is because im buying a complete system, not building myself and theres no intel readymades i like the look of, wasnt going to build myself unless there was a big something wrong with this rig that i just hadnt spotted
 
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