Need Advice For Upgrades For My Amd Build

[simjracer]

Hi Guys

Im thinking for doing some upgrades for my AMD build in the new year to improve my gaming and my video editing and would like any one with with a amd systems to give me some advice and what you think of my upgrades

I live in the UK so please use sites that are based in the UK please

my system

CPU - FX 4170 clock @ 4.4 Cooler Arctic Cooling Freezer 13
GPU - Asus Radeon HD 7770 X2 (was in CFX but game play was bad )
RAM - Kingston Hyper blue 8GB 1600mhz (KHX1600C9D3K2/8G)
hdd - Hitachi Deskstar 7200prm 500 GB SATA 3 (HDS721050DLE630)
M/B - asrock 990FX Extreme 3
PSU - Powercool 750watts 80 plus
Case - Zalman Z9-U3 Mid


The upgrades i like to get is a new cpu and gpu and RAM

CPU - fx 8350
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/amd-fx-8350-black-edition-vishera-8-core-s-am3plus-40ghz-16mb-total-cache-125w-retail

GPU -XFX 7950 3GB Black DD Edition with Ghost Thermal and Hydrocell technology
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/3gb-xfx-radeon-hd-7950-double-d-black-ghost-hcell-5500mhz-gddr5-900mhz-1792-cores-hdmi-mini-dp

RAM - upgrade to 16 GB's

i would like any one who got these parts and let me what you think of them and if it a good upgrade or if you got a better upgrades for me to look at

Thanks for any help and advice
simon

 

[velosteraptor]

I have that xfx 7950, and i love it. Its a great card; i upgraded to it from a 5770 and 6770 crossfired. You only need 8GB of ram for gaming, any more is unneccesary.

I dont have any experience with any 8350s

 

[simjracer]

Cool thanks mate i will get this GPU in jan and hope it go on the jan sale

i would like to know do i need to uninstall the drivers and ccc before i install a new amd GPU

and i like to know would my CPU bottleneck the 7950

thanks for the help

 

[Outlander_04]

you probably have to do a BIOS update to run the PD processor

the RAM should be 1.5 volt [or less ]

other than that it looks good

 

[simjracer]

you probably have to do a BIOS update to run the PD processor

the RAM should be 1.5 volt [or less ]

other than that it looks good

hi mate the ram i use is Kingston Hyper blue 8GB 1600mhz (KHX1600C9D3K2/8G) and it runs a 1.65 volts has standard why should the ram at 1.5 volts ???? sorry noob question

and my M/B BIOS is all update thank for that

 

[Outlander_04]

the voltage from the RAM runs through the memory controller built in to the processor . The processor cant handle the higher voltages

For an intel 1.65 volt is an extreme overclock , for an AMD its still not ideal and might shorten the life of the processor

 

[simjracer]

hi mate thanks for the heads up on that so if i put my voltage down to 1.5v @ 1600mhz would i see a lose in performance or not because i my system is stable with the ram at 1.65v has by BIOS set it to

thanks for the help

 

[Outlander_04]

Lower voltage wont lower the performance

but that particular RAM might not run stable at 1.5 volts , or it might run at 1.5 volts if you slacken the timings