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MadMan-JaMeS

MadMan-JaMeS

MadMan-JaMeS

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So guys,

I'm coming into abit money soon and wanna uprade my system.

Current Specs are:

Asus M4A78 AMD 770 (Socket AM3/AM2+) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
OCZ ModXStream Pro 600w Silent SLI Certified Modular Power Supply £
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 7750 2.70GHz (Socket AM2+)
Kingston HyperX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 6400C4 800MHz Dual Channel
Nvidia Geforce 8800 GTS

I've about £200-£250 to spend.

Thinking maybe upgrading the Gfx & CPU ?

Thanks James
 
well to fit into ur price norman is right, thats the best you can get for that, but if i was tbh i wouldnt get a 5770, i would wait and save atleast for a 5850 or something, something that will really be a good upgrade over your 8800gts, i doubt u will see that much performance from the 5770. and you could even wait for the ati 6xxx series next year. if you can wait that long ;D
 
MadMan-JaMeS said:
the 955 is 300Mhz faster but a little bit more expensive would it be better than the 635 ?
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Architecture wise, the Phenom II Quad is better than Athlon II Quad, so even at same clock speed, it will deliver higher frame rate...and not to mention the Phenom II X4 955BE clock speed is higher than the Athlon II X4 635.

I agree more with NormanPorkinson's suggestion. However, ideally you should really get a 955BE +a decent £15~£30 CPU cooler and a 5850, but that would cost like £400.
 
MadMan-JaMeS said:
Only Play World of Warcraft mainly.......
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Well, then Phenom II X4 955BE and 5770 1GB would be more than enough.
For CPU cooler, either the Arctic Cooling Freezer Pro 7 Rev.2 or the Titan TTC-NK85TZ/V2 Fenrir
The Arctic Cooling Freezer Pro 7 Rev.2 offer decent cooling and pretty quiet and comes with pre-applied Arctic Cooling MX-2 thermal paste, whereas the Titan TTC-NK85TZ/V2 Fenrir is much better cooling, but the thermal paste that comes with it is not the high end stuffs. Also, the Titan TTC-NK85TZ/V2 Fenrir can be loud under loud (you can probably download and use speedfan to set profile for the fan to run at a speed that's not too loud for you (i.e. 75% at all time).
 
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Marine-RX179 said:
Architecture wise, the Phenom II Quad is better than Athlon II Quad, so even at same clock speed, it will deliver higher frame rate...and not to mention the Phenom II X4 955BE clock speed is higher than the Athlon II X4 635.

I agree more with NormanPorkinson's suggestion. However, ideally you should really get a 955BE +a decent £15~£30 CPU cooler and a 5850, but that would cost like £400.
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The frames you would gain is what 3-4 but when you compare the difference between a 5850 and a 5770 its worlds apart and should last a lot longer. I just think dont think its worth 50£ more for a CPU in a gaming build, if you use the CPU for something else as i said before then you might see more improvment, but if its stright frame rates then cheaper cpu + more expensive GPU is always the best choice.
 
Marine-RX179 said:
Well, then Phenom II X4 955BE and 5770 1GB would be more than enough.
For CPU cooler, either the Arctic Cooling Freezer Pro 7 Rev.2 or the Titan TTC-NK85TZ/V2 Fenrir
The Arctic Cooling Freezer Pro 7 Rev.2 offer decent cooling and pretty quiet and comes with pre-applied Arctic Cooling MX-2 thermal paste, whereas the Titan TTC-NK85TZ/V2 Fenrir is much better cooling, but the thermal paste that comes with it is not the high end stuffs. Also, the Titan TTC-NK85TZ/V2 Fenrir can be loud under loud (you can probably download and use speedfan to set profile for the fan to run at a speed that's not too loud for you (i.e. 75% at all time).
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says that the Arctic Cooling Freezer isn't compatable with AM3 ? or am i being dumb ?
 
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