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[GTAMADDOG]

Recently got paid so I've been looking to upgrade some components - Processor, motherboard, RAM. Have a 700W PSU, a more than capable graphics card and everything else.

What do you think of the following:

MSI 870A-G54 AMD 870 (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard

AMD Phenom II X6 1090T

G.Skill RipJaw 8GB DDR3 Dual Channel Kit

I suspect the motherboard probably isn't brilliant compared to some of the others. If that's the case what would you recommend?

Are/Any Intel alternatives worth considering? Not a fanboy of either, just want the best bang for buck. I'd like it to be able to continue to play the latest games for a couple of years pretty smoothly, it also needs to be pretty swift at rendering HD video and editing photographs. I suppose a quad-core would probably be good enough for this which would save a few pounds.

I don't want to be spending much more than £300 with the £18 DPD Next Day Before 10AM delivery included as I don't trust DX Secure or Royal Mail to deliver before 10AM.

Thanks

 

[stulid]

Sandybridge will be so much faster - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/288?vs=146

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Operation Flashpoint Red River Game £155.99
(£129.99) £155.99
(£129.99)
MSI P67A-C45 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £99.98
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £35.99
(£29.99) £35.99
(£29.99)
Sub Total : £243.30
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £50.56
Total : £303.36

£291 with free delivery

 

[GTAMADDOG]

Sandybridge will be so much faster.

Honestly probably would've jumped at that but I need an IDE port on the motherboard (Just to be awkward) for my DVD drive, something I should've mentioned. My dad's got a computer that he hardly uses which has a relatively new DVD drive in it though, so hopefully that's a SATA drive that I can swap without him noticing

 

[stulid]

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Operation Flashpoint Red River Game £155.99
(£129.99) £155.99
(£129.99)
MSI P67A-C45 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £99.98
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £35.99
(£29.99) £35.99
(£29.99)
Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
(£13.32) £15.98
(£13.32)
Sub Total : £256.62
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £53.22
Total : £319.34

£307.94

Theres really no excuse