I'm pretty tired at the time of writing so please excuse any typos, mistakes or things of that nature, I'll probably clean it up when I'm not so drowsy/hazy.
No need for introductions, I've read about girls like you on the back of toilet doors.
Music-related puns aside, I'm looking to upgrade my aging PC so here's what I have at the moment:
Case = Coolermaster Elite 430
PSU = Coolermaster 500W
Motherboard = ASUS M4A87TD USB3
CPU = AMD Athlon II Quad Core x4 (640 3.0Ghz)
CPU Cooler = Stock AMD CPU Fan/Heatsink
RAM = 4GB Kingston HyperX (1333MHz)
HDD = x2 640GB Western Digital Caviar Black SATA-III 7200rpm 64MB Cache
GPU = AMD Radeon HD 6870
OS = Windows 7 Home Premium x64
Don't know if I have a bottleneck, I mean, after doing a quick search, the release dates don't seem too far apart: Athlon II being May 2010 and the 6870 being October, I thought they were far more distant than that.
My (immediate) budget is £300/$500... Although it is a loose figure, but I guess it still serves a purpose in stopping me from going (budget-free) crazy and getting an i7 for gaming or something silly like that. I'm not worrying too much about price at the moment because I'd rather know what is the most appropriate gear for me i.e. components that are going to provide ample performance without being obvious overkill.
I was initially looking at getting an FX-8350 because of the fact that it competes with the 3k and 4k series i5s and i7s up to a certain point, but the more I looked into Intel, the more I could understand the justification of the price because it just seemed to toast the AMD CPUs in almost every instance.
I mean, if Sandybridge/Ivybridge is good enough for gaming then I don't really want to be going and spending £170 on a brand new Haswell since they don't really have much going for them in terms of improved gaming performance. I think I may be able to snag a 2500k off of a friend for under £100, then grab a decent 1155 socket motherboard and pop a gtx 760 in there? I don't know, just some initial thoughts.
What do you guys think?
No need for introductions, I've read about girls like you on the back of toilet doors.
Music-related puns aside, I'm looking to upgrade my aging PC so here's what I have at the moment:
Case = Coolermaster Elite 430
PSU = Coolermaster 500W
Motherboard = ASUS M4A87TD USB3
CPU = AMD Athlon II Quad Core x4 (640 3.0Ghz)
CPU Cooler = Stock AMD CPU Fan/Heatsink
RAM = 4GB Kingston HyperX (1333MHz)
HDD = x2 640GB Western Digital Caviar Black SATA-III 7200rpm 64MB Cache
GPU = AMD Radeon HD 6870
OS = Windows 7 Home Premium x64
Don't know if I have a bottleneck, I mean, after doing a quick search, the release dates don't seem too far apart: Athlon II being May 2010 and the 6870 being October, I thought they were far more distant than that.
My (immediate) budget is £300/$500... Although it is a loose figure, but I guess it still serves a purpose in stopping me from going (budget-free) crazy and getting an i7 for gaming or something silly like that. I'm not worrying too much about price at the moment because I'd rather know what is the most appropriate gear for me i.e. components that are going to provide ample performance without being obvious overkill.
I was initially looking at getting an FX-8350 because of the fact that it competes with the 3k and 4k series i5s and i7s up to a certain point, but the more I looked into Intel, the more I could understand the justification of the price because it just seemed to toast the AMD CPUs in almost every instance.
I mean, if Sandybridge/Ivybridge is good enough for gaming then I don't really want to be going and spending £170 on a brand new Haswell since they don't really have much going for them in terms of improved gaming performance. I think I may be able to snag a 2500k off of a friend for under £100, then grab a decent 1155 socket motherboard and pop a gtx 760 in there? I don't know, just some initial thoughts.
What do you guys think?
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