Possibly Time For A cpu Upgrade

Pighardia

Pighardia

Pighardia

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Hi everyone.

Current rig:

Phenom ii 965be, OC'd sometimes.
Asus M4A89GTD PRO, AMD 890GX
HD 7950
Antec Kuhler 620
8gb RAM
Decent PSU

I am finding games have started to perform ever so slightly below the level that I would like, and I figure it would be wise to upgrade now, whilst I have the spare cash!

Any suggestions for a budget around about the £200 mark, possibly higher if needed?

Thanks
 
Tbh, I do have a slight preference towards AMD, but nothing too serious;)

Thank you for your recommendation. Doing some reading atm, been a long time since I have done a big upgrade!
 
Relentless81 said:
I have the same processor as you and will be going for an FX-8350 for Christmas. This processor has served me very well and its the longest I've ever owned a single CPU but its showing its age in recent titles
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Yeah, it has been a great servant for me as well, but just recently has started to show it's age. Shame, as it really is top quality, and I really did get my money's worth out of it!

I am happy to go to around £250 I think. I really have no idea when it comes to motherboards tbh, so often find it hard to judge the difference between two at quite different prices!
 
Relentless81 said:
Be wary of the Gigabyte boards as only certain revisions fully support Piledriver out of the box, I'm getting a Gigabyte board but unfortunately OcUK don't sell the one I'm getting so cant link you to it
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Tbh, in 10+ years, I have only ever used an Asus motherboard, so as that is what I know, I shall almost certainly be getting one again....never had any problems anyway, and I have made good use of some of the features in the past.

I'm not sure I will ever run more than one graphics card tbh. Crossfire issues seem to crop up very often, and I generally prefer to stick to one fast card as opposed to run two. Though saying that, I only got a new card last time because I wanted more V-Ram, but the 7950 has 3gb already, so crossfire in a few years time might not be such a bad idea!
 
teppic said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £139.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £110.99
Total : £250.98 (includes shipping : FREE).

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I think this looks about right for me then. Though I don't know if it might be worth it(or possible) to go for the 8350 over the 8320, and still find a good motherboard that will come to £250?

Otherwise I will probably get this combo tomorrow
 
All arrived today. I went for the Sabretooth and the 8320(Sabretooth is sexy as hell!).

Unfortunately, I wasn't as prepared as I thought....I removed my mb, and everything connected, but when I had removed the cpu, I went to reach for my box with all my TP/remover/cleaner in it, and I couldn't find it anywhere! I have had to stick the stock heatsink on for now, and will change it at some point during the week. It is incredibly loud though!
 
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