PC Upgrade

[Duffsam]

I'm planning on upgrading my PC .

I've chosen these components, was hoping that anyone could give me some advice / check that everything is compatible?

Build

AMD Bulldozer FX-4 Quad Core 4170 Black Edition 4.20Ghz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-319-AM

Asus M5A78L-M LX AMD 760G (Socket AM3+) DDR3 MicroATX Motherboard

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-485-AS


Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-132-CR

Current Graphics Card:
ATI Raedon 5770 HD @ 1GB.

Other Info:
I'll be planning on using the stock cooler that comes with the CPU until i can afford an After Market Cooler .


Thanks/Regards
Sam

 

[The Halk]

If you're using a discrete card then you're generally better off with Intel. I'm very sad to say that AMD aren't brining much to the table these days

Is there any particular reason you've gone micro ATX other than price?

In your position you might want to consider an i3-2120 instead, along with an H61 board.

 

[Duffsam]

went mATX as that is what i have inside my case already.

+ I am already familiar with AMD, and the way their architecture/motherboards work etc etc (i understand how compatible they are more-so than Intel Stuffs).

Plus i've heard that Intel CPU's are more expensive for the same performance of AMD .

 

[beejjacobs]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £97.99
1 x Gigabyte H61MA-D3V Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £47.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £33.59
Total : £190.97 (includes shipping : £9.50).

• Are all your drives SATA?
• Do you have a 64bit OS for the 8GB of RAM?
• This is better than that AMD CPU and cheaper

Look how it does against the far more expensive 8150:
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/434?vs=289