hey there guys,
Ok let me start at the beginning... my pc used to be as follows:
-Asus M2N-sli Deluxe -
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-AMD Athlon64 X 2 5200+
-corsair XMS2 , 2 X 2GB DDR2 800MHZ Ram-
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-Corsair HX650W PSU -
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-4 x 1tb Seagate HDD's
-2 x XFX 8600GT GPU's in SLI -
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-NZXT Lexa Aluminium Gaming case -
http://www.modthebox.com/review449_1.shtml
so this was my build and I was quite chuffed with it untill 4 years ago just before I decided to go back to school and went and done my National Diploma in Fire Technology that took me 3 years to complete. in that time I neve used the PC and it just stood there. I decided to unplug it from the wall just in case of lightning but I never thought of unplugging the Lan cable... 3 years later I decided to start her up so I can get back to my long lost Race Driver GRID, and BOOM... Nada! the PC switches on and goes off again...
Long story short the MOBO is dead... i managed to change everything except Mobo and Cpu and it seems the Mobo died... so At this time I was pretty P#%#@ off as I did not really enjoy much of my rig since I did the upgrade...
I ended up looking around for another AM2 Board but couldnt really find one suitable as I have 4 x HDD and 4 X DVD RW (2 x IDE + 2 x Sata)... so finding a board was a mission.
I ended up coming across an add, the guy was selling a whole rig as he had just upgraded and the whole rig was basically better than mine so I ended up buying the rig for like $100... this included:
-Asus Maximus 2 motherboard
-Intel Core 2 duo E7500 @ 2.93 Ghz
-Corsair Dominator Ram 4 x 1GB DDR2 1066 -
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- 1 x 1tb Seagate HDD
- Radion HD5770 1gb GPU
- 2.1 pc speaker system
- external usb sound card
- and a poor case lol
I ended up transferring the MOBO, CPU and GPU to my case and decided to rater use my DDR2 800 ram + 2 of the 1gb ram that came with but I had rando, problems and at first thought the guy sold me dodgy stuff but after a huge struggle I read up and did some research and found other peop;e had the exact same issues with the Maximus 2 Formula board with this specific xms2 800mhz ram. randomly the pc would switch on but wont post at all and after removing and replacing the ram multiple times the pc woulds start up again... then I decided to not use my old ram and just shoved in the ram that it came with and I have not had a issue since..
ok so that is where I currently am at... now my question is as follows. I a, not happy with this MB and CPU... probably due to the fact that I have always been an AMD fan and the fact that loading times on this pc is even worse than it was on my older one... so I want to rather upgrade so I can be ready for the next 5+ years.
Would it be unwise to go for an AM3+ setup? with lets say an AMD FX 6300 (I read its quite a beast for the price), or would you guys recommend something else? and what Board would you consider? I must say Im quite put off from Asus ... my last 3 boards was Asus and I dont know if I would be going for Asus again... I read allot of folks having issues with Asus these days... so give me your ultimate solution on a budget PC Build (Mom + CPU + ram) and tell me it I will be wasting my time to use this HD5770 that I have or will it be OK till I can buy another GPU?
Oh and also, what is your thoughts on the newer AMD APU's? and setting up a PC in crossfire with an APU?
Please guys, any and all feedback will be greatly appreciated.
regards