CPU, Motherboard Overhaul

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Last response: February 15, 2013 4:09 PM in CPUs

February 14, 2013 3:58:09 PM

So I at the moment have an AMD 4450e 2.3ghz :L , its been pretty good but as of now, new games are mostly barely running on minimum settings. just I have been trying to get into using a lot of production software. PS, Cin4D, Sony Vegas etc. Its not cutting it, I realise I need a new CPU, it's nothing else my graphics card is a GTX 560ti. The CPU and motherboard came with the original computer so i will have to buy windows as well.

CPU - FX 6300 or like an I3 3220, just ideas
Motherboard - No Idea what to look for
RAM - 8Gb more mhz the better?
Windows - 7 or 8?

Hopefully not more than £300 - £350 for the lot, I would like some money for a hardrive as well as I bet you can guess how much space videos and cinema 4D files take up.

THanks in advance

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C12Friedman

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February 14, 2013 6:39:25 PM

This would work well I think http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/DxfI I included ram as I am unsure if you have DDR2 or DDR3 - still leaves some for a HDD or an SSD for OS (that's an idea).
Hope it helps

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ryanwyvill1

February 14, 2013 7:11:51 PM

THanks, any input on why the FX over the I3

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C12Friedman

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February 14, 2013 7:29:26 PM

Mainly for the 6 cores which will be useful in doing production work - no help really in gaming. The 2 virtual cores that hyper-threading in the i3 adds aren't quite as good as the 6 cores running production. If your concern was gaming only, I'd probably recommend the i3.

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ittimjones

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February 14, 2013 7:33:29 PM

AMD is good for budget. But if you want anything with real oompf in the >$200 price range, Intel is ALWAYS better.

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C12Friedman

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February 14, 2013 10:40:12 PM

ittimjones said:

AMD is good for budget. But if you want anything with real oompf in the >$200 price range, Intel is ALWAYS better.

For gaming only

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ryanwyvill1

February 15, 2013 2:31:12 PM

Does that motherboard allow me to overclock?

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C12Friedman

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February 15, 2013 4:09:44 PM

The ASRock 970 extreme4 does support overclocking along with the FX 6300 CPU. Perhaps this video will help http://teksyndicate.com/videos/build-amd-fx-6300-budget...