Upgrade from 939 4800X2 system help

nands · 6 Oct 2010 at 20:47

Hi All,

I have not upgraded my PC in a very long time so my Socket 939 4800X2 is getting a bit old now!!

I was thinking of upgrading and thought this Phenom OC bundle looked pretty good. However as I am not into overclocking should I just get the components separately and save on the fan?

Also as I don't upgrade regularly I note that the bundle motherboard does not have any USB3 sockets where most other similar motherboards do, should I worry?

I have a ATI 4850 and a Corsair 650W power supply (more recent than the cpu!) and plenty of HDDs and DVDs so it is just the mb, cpu and ram I am looking for.

Any advice greatly apreciated! Thanks.

nands · 7 Oct 2010 at 09:52

Thanks for the replies, RJC - that was pretty much what I had come up with, seems a very solid platform for under £300! I think I may go for that as I have always liked Asus motherboards plus it has USB3 (which I will probably never use!!).

When I looked at the motherboards though I chose the 880G over the 870, I thought for the extra few pounds could be useful, any thoughts?

Andy Jenx, I think that coming from 939 a quad core is more than enough really, I just don't see a need for the six core!

nands · 7 Oct 2010 at 15:28

I was thinking of the onboard graphics as a backup if ever the 4850 died. Just assumed that 880 was better than 870, maybe wrong?

nands · 8 Oct 2010 at 10:52

nkata said:
It is, if the 880 has the sb850 southbridge, it will also support sata 6Gb/s. I tend to buy the current chipset where possible.

Yes the MB is 880/850, looks good to me.

Notice you have the viper memory, was looking at the corsair (as it is used in the OCUK bundle and it is a brand I trust) but it seems to be catering more for the intel side of things rather than AMD. Your memory states it is 100% tested with AMD, how do you find it?