Upgrade time

[Claire Drew]

Hi all, Looking to upgrade my old system as in sig.

I am on a tight budget of £200 and have found the below from a competitors site

AMD Bulldozer FX-4170 Quad Core 4.2GHz - Asus M5A78L-M USB3 HDMI Motherboard - Patriot 8GB 1600MHz Dual Channel DDR3 VIPER 3 BLACK MAMBA RAM Memory

The above is £199 inc Vat and p&p

Been a long time since I did any upgrading.

Couple of questions

How does the onboard graphics match up to the 5770 i have?

What should I expect from the onboard graphics as I run my pc through a Samsung 40" tv?

Finally would I be able to do some overclocking on the above board/cpu and what should I expect?

This would be running a stock cooler fyi

 

[Claire Drew]

Thanks for the replys

The CPU is clocked to 3ghz but the board is poor so I can not get any more out of it.

With that advice I may look to just get better Ram and a SSD as the pc is not used for heavy games.

Used for a HTPC and every day use such as web and a lot of flash player games

Do the odd encoding of films so would you recommend an alternative for my budget.

Just RAM, CPU & Board

 

[Claire Drew]

Hi guys,

yes have access to MM I am looking for the suggested 2500k and Z68 motherboard


I have dropped a few mails so with a bit of luck I can obtain a decent upgrade for my £200 but this would also need to include the ram and cpu cooler so am sure its not to far off.