Good deal?

[Sirjonno]

Hello,
A friend offered me a q6600, Asus p5b premium, 4 gigs ddr2 for £150, he also said he would well me a 8400s for £20.
Am I right in thinking that a phenom 955, £50 mobo and new ddr3 ram would offer better value?

 

[Motopsychojdn]

AsRocks m3a770de is about£40ish,
955 be is about £90,
4Gb of ddr3 is about £40, I say thats your winning formula,
what graphics do you have/ are you planning on?
Moto

 

[Sirjonno]

Planning on 6850 or 5770. The deal seems fair and it all works.

 

[Motopsychojdn]

Yeah, my build and either of those cards imo,
You know the history of B.N. parts plus you have send back to shop option if anything goes wrong,
I know 5770's rock, can't offer any advice on the 68xx series other than check reviews, google 6850 vs 5770, should get you some benchmarks to peruse
Moto

 

[ps3hacker12]

i'd get this phenom 955 with free PandP £83:
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/prods/components/processors/amdphenomx4/HDZ955FBGMBOX.html
a mobo with sataIII and USB3 (unless you dont need those features), and some of this 4gb DDR3 1600Mhz ram:
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/prods/components/memory-pc/ddr3-pc3-12800/1600mhz/corsair/cmx4gx3m2a1600c9.html

which adds up to £35+£83+£40~(mobo)= £158.

or if you dont mind 1333Mhz ram then theres this too (new):
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/4GB-DDR3-1333-240-pin-1333Mhz-Desktop-Memory-Ram-DDR3-/130431840556?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e5e57f12c

or this (if you dont mind used):
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Samsung-4GB-2x2GB-DDR3-1333mhz-PC3-10600S-SODIMM-Ram-/350476687811?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item519a09d9c3

 

[Motopsychojdn]

And thats the C3 stepping version too,
which is the one you want for clocking
Good find Hacker, I've been trawling for a C3 for my build mate,
/nods
Moto

 

[Sirjonno]

Will a oc'ed 955 and a 6860 run on a corsair 430w. 1 hard drive, 1 optical and an extra 120 fan as well.

 

[ps3hacker12]

Will a oc'ed 955 and a 6860 run on a corsair 430w. 1 hard drive, 1 optical and an extra 120 fan as well.

do you mean 6850? and you should use this:
http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp

and add 50W~ overhead or so to work out how much wattage you need.

just so you know HDDs, SSDs, optical drives and fans use hardly any power, so you dont really even have to factor those in ( use about 2W each or so, some older HDDs may use 4W maybe).

 

[Motopsychojdn]

Hmm, that extra 120mm might push it a tad too far
Card uses 127 at load acc to this reviewski http://apcmag.com/Content.aspx?id=6321
cpu is not going to be that much overclocked is it?
Moto

 

[Sirjonno]

Probably not . maybe try to get ~ 3.7, with a coolermaster 212 I've seen highly recommended for those on a budget.
Looks like I'm sorted, thanks you two.

Ps. Yes I did mean 6850, iPod messing up my spelling again. =p