Spec me 1/2 a system.

[stoke1863]

At the moment i have

Q6600 at 3.2GHZ
Asus P5Q
Nvidia GTX 260
4GB OCZ DDR2 Ram

Now i dont need to upgrad but i want to help a buddy out and i said i would sell the above at mates rates at about £250.

So basically i need a new cpu,mobo,ram and graphics card for at most £525 but the LESS spent the better,

i HAVE to have a nvida card due to ATI crappy drivers that do not work on my second display (32" HDTV tested 3 ATI cards)

Im thinking along the lines of GTX 465?

Also cpu something like a a AMD 1055T ?

Thanks

 

[stulid]

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line
Total
AMD Phenom II X6 Six Core 1055T 2.80GHz
(Socket AM3) - Retail £149.21
(£126.99)
£149.21
(£126.99)
OcUK Value GeForce GTX 460 768MB GDDR5
PCI-Express Graphics Card £144.98
(£123.39)
£144.98
(£123.39)
Asus M4A87TD/USB3 AMD 870 (Socket AM3)
DDR3 Motherboard £86.99
(£74.03)
£86.99
(£74.03)
Corsair Dominator 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3
PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
(CMD4GX3M2A1600C9) £79.89
(£67.99)
£79.89
(£67.99)
Sub
Total : £392.40
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 17.50% VAT : £70.33
Total : £472.23

 

[stoke1863]

Thanks.

Is that 465 not worth the extra ££?

 

[mattjd]

Thanks.

Is that 465 not worth the extra ££?

No.

465's use the GF100 chip and is basically a crippled 470.

GTX460 uses GF104 chip and is just as fast as the GTX465 and when overclocked out performs the GTX470 @ Stock.

 

[stulid]

Thanks.

Is that 465 not worth the extra ££?

not really,

www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/156?vs=161

a 1gb GTX460 closes the gap even more.

 

[stoke1863]

Yup it seems its not then. Is that six core chip any good? or just a bit of a gimmick?

 

[mattjd]

Yup it seems its not then. Is that six core chip any good? or just a bit of a gimmick?

Its better than 4 core processor's that AMD offer. Its roughly the same price as the X4 965 and overclocks better I believe.

 

[stulid]

Yup it seems its not then. Is that six core chip any good? or just a bit of a gimmick?

vs Q6600

www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/147?vs=53

 

[stulid]

@4ghz

www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/amd-phenom-ii-x6-1055t-overclocking.html

 

[stoke1863]

vs Q6600

www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/147?vs=53

Wow the Q6600 beats it in most cases.

Ill have to have a re think if its worth upgrading. only upgrading to help a mate and to try and stay ahead of the curb

 

[Nemesis379]

Thats actually quite funny, the i5 outperforms that x6, and uses less power, aha

 

[stulid]

Wow the Q6600 beats it in most cases.

Ill have to have a re think if its worth upgrading. only upgrading to help a mate and to try and stay ahead of the curb

you reading the graphs right, lower is better, higher is better etc.

 

[stoke1863]

yea im thinking maybe an i5 would be a better option?

 

[stoke1863]

you reading the graphs right, lower is better, higher is better etc.

no i wasnt