Some help upgrading some parts :)

Oddney

Oddney

Oddney

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first off hello all, and thanks for having me here..

My Specs i currently use atm:
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Alienware FULL-TOWER BLACK CASE 2.0B
ASUS M3A32-MVP DELUXE 790FX MOTHERBOARD
AMD Phenom X4 9950 2.6GHz Black Edition (Quad Core)
FOXCONN 2ZR71-409 HSF
4GB DDR2 PC2-6400 CL8 JEDEC
SEAGATE 250GB SATA 7200RPM 16MB CACHE
SEAGATE 500GB SATA 3G 7200RPM 16 MB CACH
LG 20X DUAL-LAYER DVD RE-WRITER
ASUS M3A32 INTEGRATED HD 7.1 AUDIO
ATI RADEON HD4870 512MB PCI-E----
------- CROSSFIRED
ATI RADEON HD4870 512MB PCI-E----
WINDOWS 7 ULTIMATE UK 64x
1000 WATT ATX PSU
Samsung 22" Syncmaster T220 @ 1680x1050

as you can see an upgrade is due..


The Budget : £600 maybe alittle more :)
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Parts i may need.
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motherboard
Processor
CPU cooler
Ram
GFX card/s

so ive been told that the motherboard im using is still good. and was told just to upgrade my CPU and get 2 top GPUs..im not sure on this.. i have already flashed it to the lasted bios.. so it can support the new chipsets.

im happy to have 1 GFX card for now and sli/crossfire them in say a months time. again not sure what is better

is it better to get a intell board and intell cpu or stay with amd and get the AMD Phenom II X6 Six Core 1100T Black Edition 3.30GHz, also been told that the intell chipsets preform faster.

not sure on my HDDs drives as they seem alittle slow.

just looking for a decent computer that will play games a decent way :)

i would like to compair 2 computer say a amd one and a intell one and see what is best, and for you to help me decide what one to go for etc

i have a setup ready in the OC basket that i internet friend said would be a good setup. for the most part it does look like a good setup but i would like some expert advice
 
yea it can take up to the Phenom IIX6 1100T(HDE00ZFBK6DGR),3.3GHz,125W,rev.E0,SocketAM3,6-Core

thing is do i keep it or do i get a new updated board? is it better going intell etc?
 
Im not going to lie, an intel i5 2500K is in a league to anything AMD has.

But your biggest issue is the graphics cards, its a bit long in the tooth these days. There is still only 512MB Vram despite there being two cards, a pair of 6870 will be a big boost.

Can you physically look at the PSU and see the maker and model?
 
tbh for £600 you could get a a budget sandybridge system (will be better than yer current).

Single GPU Budget build i5 2500K

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-360-IN
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-253-SP
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-364-GI
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-048-CS
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-029-CM
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-104-KS

Total : £487.92 inc VAT and delivery gives you room to make changes. few buy now offers in there also.

stulid is great at coming up with builds and will more likely kick my rear. I Don't know anything about sli/crossfire as tbh don't feel its needed and is more for showing off.
 
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That will leave the possibility of Crossfire at a later date.

Keep your case/PSU/drives (is the DVD drive SATA also?)

The motherboard is tested in this round-up - http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/z68xp-ud3-dz68db,review-32228.html

You will have to do a complete fresh re-install of Win7 also.
 
the dvd drive isnt sata, also will 4gb of ram be enough? as people always say you need more etc. and what can the processor be overclocked 2 with a decent cpu cooler
 
also this was the setup my internet friend did for me..


MSI ATI Radeon HD 6950 OC Twin FrozR III Power Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Dirt3 & Deus Ex PC Games £239.99
(£199.99) £239.99
(£199.99)
AMD Phenom II X6 Six Core 1100T Black Edition 3.30GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail with FREE Deus Ex PC Game £141.59
(£117.99) £141.59
(£117.99)
Asus M5A97 PRO AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £79.98
(£66.65) £79.98
(£66.65)
Corsair Vengeance Blue 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B) £49.99
(£41.66) £49.99
(£41.66)
Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £24.98
(£20.82) £24.98
(£20.82)
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £6.98
(£5.82) £6.98
(£5.82)


but tbh im getting bored with amd i need something new to fiddle about with :)
 
i have a oem vista 32 which was supplied with the computer that i brought and i brought a win7 64 because it would only see 3gb of the 4gb of ram that i had
 
yea i seen that about the Bulldozer chip reviews, sort off put me of amd abit (when i say abit i mean a lot)

should i get a faster HDD for my OS, i really not sure on the ram.. i use my computer for games 80% of the time and i do convert and watch movies as well as hook it up to my tv and listen to music.
 
This is the same spec as above,


Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
HIS ATI Radeon HD 6950 IceQ X Turbo 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Dirt3 & Deus Ex PC Games £209.99
(£174.99) £209.99
(£174.99)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £167.99
(£139.99) £167.99
(£139.99)
Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £99.98
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)
Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £83.99
(£69.99) £83.99
(£69.99)
Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £47.99
(£39.99) £47.99
(£39.99)
Sub Total : £508.28
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £103.66
Total : £621.94

But with 8GB RAM and a SSD,

Install the OS on the SSD (fit the SSD to the intel controlled SATAIII ports and not the slower Marvell chipset controlled ports) there will be a bit of room left to install a game or two.

Use the HDD's as storage (D:/E:) drive

If crossfire doesnt bother you, then the motherbaoard linked to by nuttyprot is the best budget board
 
the HDD is abit small for me as i tend to install a lot of games lol.. lol when i seen the 64gb i thought to myself damn i dont need that much ram lol make me giggle :D
 
dont mean to jump on your boat or anything but what would you say to this setup


MSI ATI Radeon HD 6950 OC Twin FrozR III Power Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Dirt3 & Deus Ex PC Games £239.99
(£199.99) £239.99
(£199.99)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £167.99
(£139.99) £167.99
(£139.99)
Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £99.98
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)
Corsair Vengeance Blue 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B) £49.99
(£41.66) £49.99
(£41.66)
Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache WD10EALX - OEM £46.99
(£39.16) £46.99
(£39.16)
Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £24.98
(£20.82) £24.98
(£20.82)
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)
 
Even with the ssd you can still have yer old drives installed could raid 0 them for better performance (I know people **** of raid 0 but been using it years never had problem). This way you can install more games. Just have yer primary games on the ssd and other games on the other hard drives.
 
ive never used raid tbh.. so im not going to **** anything i havent used before off :D
i don't know the first thing about it tbh.

the ssd just seems abit small to me
 
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