Upgrades

Damo2k9 · 30 Jul 2011 at 17:14

Hey I joined the forum a couple of years ago but never actually posted! Anyway.. I'm upgrading my PC so i can play Bf3, I've just bought a motherboard : Asus M4A89TD PRO and i will be getting a phenom II x4 soon and may get either 4 or 8gb or ram. I will be keeping my 8800GT for the time being, so i can save some more money up, My question is.... Will a 600w (OCZ GameXtream) Psu power these components, I think it would be a struggle.. any one know if i should get 750 possibly 800?

stulid · 30 Jul 2011 at 17:17

Can you take the board back?

Either get a P67 for sandy bridge or a AM3+ board so its compatible with bulldozer

Reaper 392 · 30 Jul 2011 at 18:18

a big +1 to stulids advice

also, the PSU will be fine as the 8800GT doesnt use up much power compared to some of the modern graphics cards:

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/178

Damo2k9 · 30 Jul 2011 at 18:37

How much will the Bulldozer Cpu cost because i was only planning on spending around £100 for cpu tbh!

I did just read you can do a bios update for this mobo though?