I built this box a couple of years ago, hoping it would last a while. A while seems to be up, but I'm hoping I can put off building a totally new system for a while. Here's what I've got, all stock, air-cooled and nothing fancy:
ASUS M4A79XTD EVO AM3 AMD 790X
AMD Phenom II X4 925 Deneb 2.8GHz Socket AM3 95W Quad-Core Processor
XFX HD-685X-ZNDC Radeon HD 6850 1GB
8GB RAM consisting of Mushkin Enhanced Blackline 1x4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 (PC3 12800) and G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
OCZ 128GB Agility 3SSD for boot, most programs
750GB Hitachi for storage and secondary programs
CORSAIR TX Series CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PSU. Currently running Win7 Ultimate.
This machine has served me well through BF:BC2 and BF3. The BF4 beta is jerky, but playable. Wondering if I can OC or tweak a bit, or if I'm effectively at the end of life for some of this hardware. The mobo was an open-box steal, and I didn't research AM3+ at the time; seems like that may be the achille's heel in my setup.
Thanks for any opinions.
ASUS M4A79XTD EVO AM3 AMD 790X
AMD Phenom II X4 925 Deneb 2.8GHz Socket AM3 95W Quad-Core Processor
XFX HD-685X-ZNDC Radeon HD 6850 1GB
8GB RAM consisting of Mushkin Enhanced Blackline 1x4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 (PC3 12800) and G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
OCZ 128GB Agility 3SSD for boot, most programs
750GB Hitachi for storage and secondary programs
CORSAIR TX Series CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PSU. Currently running Win7 Ultimate.
This machine has served me well through BF:BC2 and BF3. The BF4 beta is jerky, but playable. Wondering if I can OC or tweak a bit, or if I'm effectively at the end of life for some of this hardware. The mobo was an open-box steal, and I didn't research AM3+ at the time; seems like that may be the achille's heel in my setup.
Thanks for any opinions.
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