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jamie4696

jamie4696

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Hey so im upgrading my PC i built mine about a year ago and am upgrading a new Motherboard, GPU and PSU.

All i need to know ideally is whether they all work well together, these parts are recommended via a friend and past threads on the forums so ideally i just need to know whether it will all fit, im very cautious about buying parts.

this is what i have:
-AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor
-Kingston HyperX Blu 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
-Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM
-BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case

and then what i plan to be putting in is:
-Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard
-OCZ OCZ-ZT650W-UK ZT Series 650W Modular PSU
-MSI GTX 760 2GB GDDR5 Dual DVI HDMI DisplayPort PCI-E Graphics Card

okay would love to know if it all works! thankyou in aadvance!
 
Fulax said:
OCZ have just gone bankrupt - avoid.

What is your current motherboard?

What is your total budget?

There's a 7970 in the B-grade section for a useful price. It will beat that 760:

YOUR BASKET
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7970 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £191.99
Total : £201.59 (includes shipping : £8.00).

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my current motherboard sucks, its a:
Gigabyte 970A-DS3 AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard

and my total budget is about what it is here for all 3 items,i dont want to spend to much more although that is a very nice GpU

and really they went bankrupt, dammit i need a new PSU then the only thing thats looking good out of what i chose was the motherboard and i bet ill get 10 posts telling me to change that aswell xD
 
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The total comes to around £350 by my reckoning.

YOUR BASKET
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7970 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £191.99
1 x Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £75.95
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £65.99
Total : £343.52 (includes shipping : £8.00).



If you don't have an SSD, I would personally keep your current motherboard and get one of them instead. You'll get much better performance gains for around the same price.
 
Fulax said:
The total comes to around £350 by my reckoning.

YOUR BASKET
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7970 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £191.99
1 x Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £75.95
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £65.99
Total : £343.52 (includes shipping : £8.00).



If you don't have an SSD, I would personally keep your current motherboard and get one of them instead. You'll get much better performance gains for around the same price.
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thankyou and this will all work with what i have now yep? and i dont have a SSD but i use my PC for my job which is youtube and server owning so if i was to get an SSD id want a big one which are expensive haha
 
You can keep your current HDD - just install your OS and applications on to the SSD and watch boot times plummet and responsiveness skyrocket.

I love SSDs.

But yes, that spec will work fine.
 
jamie4696 said:
Hey so im upgrading my PC i built mine about a year ago and am upgrading a new Motherboard, GPU and PSU.

All i need to know ideally is whether they all work well together, these parts are recommended via a friend and past threads on the forums so ideally i just need to know whether it will all fit, im very cautious about buying parts.

this is what i have:
-AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor
-Kingston HyperX Blu 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
-Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM
-BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case

and then what i plan to be putting in is:
-Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard
-OCZ OCZ-ZT650W-UK ZT Series 650W Modular PSU
-MSI GTX 760 2GB GDDR5 Dual DVI HDMI DisplayPort PCI-E Graphics Card

okay would love to know if it all works! thankyou in aadvance!
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OCZ going bankrupt means no warrenty on the psu look instead towards something by seasonic antec or coursair
 
Fulax said:
The total comes to around £350 by my reckoning.

YOUR BASKET
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7970 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £191.99
1 x Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £75.95
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £65.99
Total : £343.52 (includes shipping : £8.00).



If you don't have an SSD, I would personally keep your current motherboard and get one of them instead. You'll get much better performance gains for around the same price.
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how did you get that for £200?
 
jamie4696 said:
how did you get that for £200?
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The 7970? It was in the B-grade section but it looks like you've missed it :( Shame, because it was a good price.

A few options:
-Get a 270X or a 760
-See if you can find a second hand 7970/280X on an auction site for a similar price
-Keep your current motherboard and spend the extra on a 280X

760 option:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gainward GeForce GTX 760 Phantom 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £194.99
1 x Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £59.99
Total : £344.57 (includes shipping : £8.00).



280X option:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus Radeon R9 280X DirectCUII TOP 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £263.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 650W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £73.99
Total : £347.58 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 
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