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simonk · 14 Jun 2009 at 11:15

Hey Guys, I'm considering purchasing the following bundle as a serious upgrade for my rig. As of current i'm running an e4400 @ 2.0Ghz, stock. Haven't bothered attempting to OC it.

For me personally, it looks like a pretty nice bundle, just wondering your thoughts.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-002-OB

1 X AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition 3.20GHz Overclocked to 3.80GHz!
1 X Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard
1 X Corsair XMS3 DHX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1600C9DHX
1 X Titan Fenrir CPU Cooler CPU Cooler

I'm presuming running that along with an 4850 will be "too" much for my
460W Coolermaster PSU?

shadowake · 14 Jun 2009 at 11:37

Good bundle if you don't want to overclock yourself. I'd upgrade your PSU to something like:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-031-OC&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=

Or the 700w version.

valdai · 14 Jun 2009 at 13:45

Looks good, although it's worth noting that for not a whole lot more you could probably get i7 and that would probably last you a good bit longer.

Also PSU should just about be OK with that, but it wouldn't handle a second 4850 or anything like that.

simonk · 14 Jun 2009 at 13:53

I would love to buy & build an i7 rig, i really can't afford it at the moment, i'm owed £1880 which I was going to build a beastly i7 but I thought it wasen't necessary.

I'm not to keen on ultimate power & games like crysis, I'm hoping to use it for CSS/L4D/CS 1.6 and maybe some COD.

In terms of gaming the 955 seems great, it's pre clocked to 3.8, anyone currently using one & could share some light on what speeds they acheived