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upgrade to am3 or not (need very quick replys)

gareth170

gareth170

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hi

im thinking about ordering this:

Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard
AMD Phenom II X2 Dual Core 550 3.10GHz Black Edition (Socket AM3)
2GB (1x2GB) DDR3 10666C9 1333MHz Memory Module. or OCZ Intel Titanium XMP 2GB (2x1GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C7 1600MHz

also hopefully unlock the 550
 
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Big.Wayne said:
Hi Gareth, there is a very likey chance that AMD will be slashing the prices of their Phenom II chips in the next few weeks, if you are patient you may be quids in or be able to purchase better hardware for the same money £££ :cool:
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yeah that sounds good.

now i've got £257 to spend which would enable me to get a 720 instead of a 550.

or i could keep my current system and get a 965. but is that worth it?

or with the £257 it should be a enough for a 5870?
 
I fancy boys said:
do you really *need* to upgrade though :p all of these upgrades seem very marginal given your spec.

The only one possibly worthwhile is upgrading your gpu when the new series comes out. With respect to your memory you will notice little/no difference in speed. Im sure if you spend a little time pushing up mem clocks or tightening timings you could achieve very similar speeds anyway...
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in one sense no don't need to upgrade.

but i wanted to upgrade for other reasons too. one is needing more sata ports, another reason is need better layout of the pcie slots because i had to remove my dual tuner tv pcie card to have another 4850. the Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P board as a pcie x1 at the top which is great..
 
even IF i buy a 965 with a Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard + 2GB (1x2GB) DDR3 10666C9 1333MHz Memory Module. or OCZ Intel Titanium XMP 2GB (2x1GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C7 1600MHz , doesn't mean i'll be guaranteed to oc it to 3.7ghz+, it may only do 3.6ghz. it could be still a downgrade.. that why i thought if i get a 550 or 720 and take a chance, same with a 965 i'll still be taking a chance.

am i right??
 
Pulseammo said:
Just had a quick read over the thread and I think you're a bit mad wanting to change your setup.

The whole thread seems to be based around this one point here (in your quote)? Do you actually have a source on that information because the server part Istanbul uses a DDR2 memory controller, so the 6 core AM3 part will prolly support DDR2 in some form as well, and I don't see anything else coming out on the AM3 platform past those chips because by the end of 2011 (maybe it's 2010 actually) we'll be into a new socket with Bulldozer, at which time you can prolly buy lots of DDR3 ram cheap anyway.

Right now you have a decent rig that (might) run a 6 core chip. Lets say it doesn't though, why not make your decisions then (I don't see how you lose anything by doing this because computer parts only get less in value with time [usually]), or just wait it out till end of 2011 for Bulldozer?

IMO AMD won't drop DDR2 support from AM3 CPUs because their spec says that those CPUs should run in AM2+ boards, but if you've got a concrete source on that information I'd love to see it!
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if u read over the thread u would have seen thats only 1 reason. theres other reasons too.

gareth170 said:
but i wanted to upgrade for other reasons too. one is needing more sata ports, another reason is need better layout of the pcie slots because i had to remove my dual tuner tv pcie card to have another 4850. the Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P board as a pcie x1 at the top which is great..
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Pulseammo said:
Well look on the bright side, now you only have 2 reasons, and the above was your "main" reason ;P.

Buy a SATA raid card and one of the new ATI graphics cards. So you'd have a nicely clocked Quad Core, 8gb of ram, (prolly) an extremely fast GFX card AND all the sata ports you could want.

Do you have a source on the DDR3 thing though, im genuinely interested as it says a bit about the viability of buying a DDR2 system atm.

EDIT: Just saw your link, I'll have a read and thanks :)
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i don't have enough pci or pci-e slots for a SATA raid card. thats my point. even if i buy a 58xx and a SATA raid card i won't have a slot for my dual tuner tv pcie card, i also had to remove my sound card
 
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95thrifles said:
youre mad
:shakes head:
youve spent money downgrading your system????
as others have said, too late now i know, youd of been better off putting the money towards a new gfx card, 5850/5870, theres some benchies coming out from AMD showing nice performance boosts
oh well nvm
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i already said afew reasons why i needed to upgrade to am3. ddr3 is a very small reason. needing better pcie slots layout and more sata ports, was/is the important reasons. i wasn't going for a performance boosts.

also form the benchmark above the 720 is about the same as the 940 in gaming, even beats in 2 results. so im not looseing anything really.
 
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