opinions

[Danny862]

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5830 Extreme 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive**
£99.99

AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 840 "95W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail
£77.99

Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3 MA770 (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard
£59.99

Antec High Current Gamer 620W Power Supply
£49.99

G.Skill RipJawsX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-12800CL9D-4GBXL)
£39.99


i will probably upgrade to 8GB ram later on, and i will probably overclock the CPU/GPU

anything that isnt worth the price that i should change or any objections?

 

[Jordan97]

Personally I don't find any difference between RAM makes and models. It might be worth going with something that doesn't have the fancy case to save yourself a few quid.

 

[stulid]

I think spending the extra for a Phenom 955be is a good move.

 

[TheEnosFam]

It's just like clothes if you ask me. You pay for the name . Also if you plan on over clocking I personally would recommend a Black Edition chip if your going the AMD route. The black edition of that Chip is 12£ more but currently out of stock here. Will just make oC easier and more stable from what I have seen first hand as your Mobo supports all AM3 chips currently out. Just my personall opinion

 

[SparkyG]

what case are you putting this in?

 

[Jordan97]

If you are going to OC, don't forget to buy an after market CPU cooler.

 

[Danny862]

already got a couple of coolers, not extreme overclocking but i will overclock
its a gigabyte server standard case, with 3 x 80mm fans and a few vents, airflow is decent. got given it a while ago
will look into black edition, maybe the 3.4GHz x4

 

[mraerosmith1981]

I think spending the extra for a Phenom 955be is a good move.

As said here, this would be very worthwhile

 

[Danny862]

As said here, this would be very worthwhile

think i would agree with that, thank you, will probably get that, what speed (when overclocked) can that get?

 

[Jordan97]

think i would agree with that, thank you, will probably get that, what speed (when overclocked) can that get?

Probably about 4.0-4.6GHz.

 

[Surveyor]

Probably about 4.0-4.6GHz.

I think you're being a bit optimistic there.

4.0GHz seems to be a pretty good overclock and you'd need good cooling.

I can't see many higher than that.

No doubt I'll be proved wrong.

 

[Jordan97]

It is a black edition we're talking about right?

 

[Surveyor]

It is a black edition we're talking about right?

It is.

I'm happy to be proved wrong if you can show where significant overclocks above 4.0GHz have been achieved for 24/7 use.

 

[Tonester007]

I think you're being a bit optimistic there.

4.0GHz seems to be a pretty good overclock and you'd need good cooling.

Agreed.

Stock speed for a 955 is 3.2GHz and I get 3.9 out of mine using a Zalman cooler. Can't get it stable at 4.0...

 

[Jordan97]

Well I thought that seeing as I can get 3.8GHz out of my Athlon II X2, a high end Phenom would be able to go a lot further.

 

[CrixxzeH]

might be worth trying to scrape an extra £20 together, so that you can buy the 5850 instead of the 5830.

gpu - http://overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-259-SP

 

[Stormyx]

I think spending the extra for a Phenom 955be is a good move.

 

[Surveyor]

^

Another helpful contribution

 

[Jordan97]

Haha, probably trying to get the free postage

 

[sk82jack]

Phenom II X4 840 Review

In other words, what we have here is Athlon II X4 "650" renamed to Phenom II X4 800 series. In terms of specifications, it is identical to every other Athlon II X4 SKU, and the one thing that differed Athlon II from Phenom II series, L3 cache is no more.

Go with the Phenom II X4 955BE and get your deserved L3 cache