Hi,
Not after an entire build from the ground up, but thought I'd ask the community to perhaps scrutinize some of my choices here.
I am building a new PC. Specifically for gaming. However! I already have a sufficient PSU, case, optical drive and hard disk drive. You can assume that I don't wish to dabble in SSDs for now, although if anyone can convince me that they are worth it for gaming, I'll change my mind
So as of right now my motherboard, graphics card, processor and RAM look like this:
MSI K9A2VM AMD 780V (Socket AM2+) (Micro-ATX) Motherboard
nVidia GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MB Graphics Card
AMD Phenom 9600 Quad-Core Processor @ 2.3Ghz
8GB (4x2GB) 800MHz DDR2 RAM (not sure on brand)
And so far I'm contemplating these parts to replace them:
MSI 990XA-GD55 AMD 990X (Socket AM3+) (ATX) Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130620&Tpk=MSI%20990XA-GD55
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6950 1024MB GDDR5 Graphics Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102949
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 975 Black Edition Processor @ 3.6GHz
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103923&Tpk=975%20Black%20Edition%20Processor
8GB (2x4GB) 1866MHz Corsair Vengeance Black DDR3 RAM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233184&Tpk=1866MHz%20Corsair%20Vengeance
I reckon thats about £450 worth, apologies for not dealing in dollars, but at current exchange that's $700.
So from there a few questions spring up. Mainly, is it worth waiting 3-4 weeks due to the Bulldozer CPU announcements, are we expecting a price drop of previous AMD processors due to that?
But other than that, is there any other options I should look at in those component areas? I'm open to SLI/Crossfire in the future, but a single solid card is what I'm after at the moment. Minimally experienced in overclocking, so could look at that more in-depth, but not really wishing to make major component decisions solely based on it.
Thanks in advance, any further questions please ask.
EDIT: Added Newegg links.
Not after an entire build from the ground up, but thought I'd ask the community to perhaps scrutinize some of my choices here.
I am building a new PC. Specifically for gaming. However! I already have a sufficient PSU, case, optical drive and hard disk drive. You can assume that I don't wish to dabble in SSDs for now, although if anyone can convince me that they are worth it for gaming, I'll change my mind
So as of right now my motherboard, graphics card, processor and RAM look like this:
MSI K9A2VM AMD 780V (Socket AM2+) (Micro-ATX) Motherboard
nVidia GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MB Graphics Card
AMD Phenom 9600 Quad-Core Processor @ 2.3Ghz
8GB (4x2GB) 800MHz DDR2 RAM (not sure on brand)
And so far I'm contemplating these parts to replace them:
MSI 990XA-GD55 AMD 990X (Socket AM3+) (ATX) Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130620&Tpk=MSI%20990XA-GD55
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6950 1024MB GDDR5 Graphics Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102949
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 975 Black Edition Processor @ 3.6GHz
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103923&Tpk=975%20Black%20Edition%20Processor
8GB (2x4GB) 1866MHz Corsair Vengeance Black DDR3 RAM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233184&Tpk=1866MHz%20Corsair%20Vengeance
I reckon thats about £450 worth, apologies for not dealing in dollars, but at current exchange that's $700.
So from there a few questions spring up. Mainly, is it worth waiting 3-4 weeks due to the Bulldozer CPU announcements, are we expecting a price drop of previous AMD processors due to that?
But other than that, is there any other options I should look at in those component areas? I'm open to SLI/Crossfire in the future, but a single solid card is what I'm after at the moment. Minimally experienced in overclocking, so could look at that more in-depth, but not really wishing to make major component decisions solely based on it.
Thanks in advance, any further questions please ask.
EDIT: Added Newegg links.