PC Upgrade

Peerzy

Peerzy

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PC Upgrade (Now a spec me a £900 PC!)

Sod the OP - things have changed, skip down to post #19 and spec him a £900 PC.
 
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I'm at work and that website has crashed my browser twice now so I can't see what's supported or not.

Either of these two:

AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 975 Black Edition "140W Edition" 3.60GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-286-AM&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=1943

AMD Phenom II X6 Six Core 1100T Black Edition 3.30GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail [HDE00ZFBGRBOX]
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-277-AM&tool=3

Or better off upgrading else where?
 
Would either of those CPU's work?

I've managed to get onto the website now and it says AM3 and Phenom II support but not sure about the Quad or Six cores?

Thanks
 
what exactly does he do with his pc?.

EDIT: according to the cpu support list posted by pastymuncher, the AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 975 Black Edition isn't supported by the board.
 
What would the 'best' CPU he could fit into that motherboard? I take it the Six core wouldn't work either then?

He plays Football Manager loads which uses loads of RAM and CPU but no graphics really, usual stuff though, internet, Office etc....

He's always got loads of things going on at the same time (encoding, Football Manager, office, internet, using his TV as a second monitor to watch stuff etc...) so just want to make things run as quick and smooth as possible.
 
According to the list your friends mobo supports Phenom IIX6 1090T but not the 1100T. Is your friend planning to over clock? if he is I would get the 1055T and OC it to save some money. Or if not I would go for the 1090T. I think since he is not really a gamer a cpu upgrade would deffo be the best option.
 
No plan to OC at all, he use to be into all that (as did I) but he'd just rather leave it as standard and not have to faff about or worry about temps etc.

What are these 6 core CPU's like?

So we recon THIS CPU would work and be a pretty good increase?
 
titan13131 said:
Your friend might have to upgrade his bios to get a x6 to work in his mobo btw
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Well it would be me doing the upgrade for him, he doesn't have time to do stuff like that anymore!

I assume it's like the old days, copy files to a Floppy/USB and boot and let it flash or run a program from Windows and it flashes and works?
 
They are good but most programs don't use 6 cores. If he wanted to save some money he could go with the x4 955 and save himself £50 and he probs wont notice a difference.
 
He's happy to spend that much, my understanding is that if he had 6 programs wouldn't each 1 use a core? If not can he spend £100 on a CPU and maybe £50 and get a bit of a graphics card upgrade for the future?
 
Peerzy said:
He's happy to spend that much, my understanding is that if he had 6 programs wouldn't each 1 use a core?
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I don't think it works that way but you will have to w8 for someone to chime in to explain exactly how it does work. I dont really think your friend would see any benefit upgrading his graphics card if he only plays football manager. My feeling is that a quad @ 3.2 would be fine for your friends needs but maybe w8 for a second opinion. Sry i'm not more help.
 
No point in X6 unless he's big on encoding or Folding ;)

X4 955 will be more than enough - perhaps get an aftermarket cooler, take it from me the stock is stupidly loud.
 
Graphics card tbh. But if he's only playing low spec games then it's pointless.

Mobo perhaps? Could get USB3.0 and S-ATA 6GB/s?

I would personally upgrade the mobo then get an SSD - as the new SSDs will be priced closer to £1/GB and will be fast enough to utilise S-ATA 6GB/s effectively.

RAM is more than enough.
 
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I spoke to him and he's sorta set himself up for a big upgrade now. He likes his current PC but the money is available and he'd like the new kit. His son will have his current system.

I asked him how much and he said just under £900, this would need to include a really nice monitor (24")

So basically he is looking for the following for just under £900

23/24" monitor
CPU
Mobo
Coolermaster Elite 342 case
Graphics Card
RAM
OS HDD
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x
PSU

The case is £25~ and the DVD drive is £15~ and the monitor he likes is the E2407HDS for £160~ or failing that the E2409HDS for £150 so that leaves us with about £700 to get CPU, Mobo, RAM, OS HDD (He will keep his 2TB for storage), Graphics Card and PSU.

He wants it to last a good while yet (consider it's a £900 PC!) so maybe take into account he probably will pick up a few games over the next few years.

Nice to get an end of financial year bonus and treat yourself to a £900 new PC eh!?

Thanks
 

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus ATI Radeon HD 6870 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £174.98
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £173.99
1 x Iiyama ProLite E2407HDS 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £159.98
1 x MSI P67A-GD55 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £134.99
1 x Corsair TX 650W ATX SLi Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-650TXUK) £69.98
1 x Antec 100 One Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £43.99
1 x OCZ Platinum 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Ultra Low Voltage Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3P1600C9ELV4GK) £39.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000528AS) £38.99
1 x Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM3) £38.99
1 x Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £906.37 (includes shipping : £13.75).

i5 2500k, so can be overclocked when system begins to "slow down"; graphics card capable of maxing all games (I know, I have one :p); Mobo and PSU capable of CF in future for cheaper upgrade; Fastest Mech HDD; miles better case :D
 
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