Spec me some memory please !

[Sh3rlock]

Right, after much thought I have decided to upgrade from my trust old Q6600. Some may argue that this is a pointless upgrade but for various reasons I want to get some next gen hardware in my machine.

Some reasons are, I'm after a board that will support crossfire and going AM3 will mean I have a few possible upgrade routes for next year.

So far i have the following in my basket;

AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 965 Black Edition 3.40GHz

Asus Crosshair III Formula AMD 790FX Motherboard

Now i am after some memory. It has to be 6GB and work efficiently with the kit I've already chosen.

 

[Sh3rlock]

Will i notice much of a difference between 4 and 8, realistically ?

 

[Sh3rlock]

Im using W7 x64 ultimate.

It might be worth getting 4GB for now and getting another set in a few months.

Got my eyes on this;

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-085-GL

 

[Sh3rlock]

i've got this http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-197-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517 on my phenom 955 BE it's designed for the phenom chip and runs great @1600mhz at 1.65v
4gb will be fine

Ta.

Hows the 955 chip, does it clock well ?

Oh and a stupid question i know, but hows the stock cooler ?

 

[Sh3rlock]

And what board are you running ?

 

[Sh3rlock]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-230-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1481

Nice board.

Im going for the Asus because it has a hefty sound card built in.

Going for that corsair ram too, ordering this evening.

 

[Sh3rlock]

Do you guys think my current PSU will be good enough to power that kit and my HD 5870.

Im running a corsair HX620.

 

[Sh3rlock]

Good psu, be fine

Thanks.

Cant wait to get this kit, really excited now.

 

[Sh3rlock]

Went for this in the end;

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-197-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

Thanks to bigjimmy for the recommend.