hey all i have decided to upgrade my motherboard i think its now time i have about £200 to spend of my girlfriends money for xmas :thumb:
so looking for some advice on what to get
i will also be getting some corsair Ram as a family member can get discount unsure what though he hasnt said
ill be looking to get a motherboard that will support my current spec preferably and last if possible, i will be looking to upgrade the graphics card and cpu at a later date and will continue with AMD as they are for me cheap and reliable never had problems
my current spec is
Motherboard
ASUS M4A89GTD PRO Motherboard Socket AM3
http://uk.asus.com/Motherboards/AMD_AM3/M4A89GTD_PROUSB3/
AMD phenom 955 3.2Ghz Quad Core not overclocked Air Cooled by nordwand Rev B Cooler
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103808
http://www.alpenfoehn.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=145&Itemid=&lang=en
XFX 5870 graphics card
http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/PCI-E/ATI+Radeon+5000+Series+PCI-E/XFX+Radeon+HD+5870+1024MB+GDDR5+PCI-Express+Graphics+card+?productId=37984
850 Watt corsair professional series Power Supply
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/850w-psu-corsair-hx-cmpsu-850hxuk-modular-90-eff-80-plus-silver-sli-crossfire-eps-12v-fan-atx-v291?utm_source=google+shopping&utm_medium=google+shopping
1TB samsung SpinPoint F3 Hard drive
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1tb-samsung-hd103sj-spinpoint-f3-sata-3gb-s-7200rpm-32mb-cache-89ms-ncq
Crucial M4 128G Solid state drive
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/128gb-crucial-realssd-m4-25-sata-6gb-s-ssd-mlc-flash-read-500mb-s-write-175mb-s-new-version
4GB G.Skill Ripjaw Ram
http://www.gskill.com/products.php?index=224
HAF 922 Case
cheers in advance
so looking for some advice on what to get
i will also be getting some corsair Ram as a family member can get discount unsure what though he hasnt said
ill be looking to get a motherboard that will support my current spec preferably and last if possible, i will be looking to upgrade the graphics card and cpu at a later date and will continue with AMD as they are for me cheap and reliable never had problems
my current spec is
Motherboard
ASUS M4A89GTD PRO Motherboard Socket AM3
http://uk.asus.com/Motherboards/AMD_AM3/M4A89GTD_PROUSB3/
AMD phenom 955 3.2Ghz Quad Core not overclocked Air Cooled by nordwand Rev B Cooler
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103808
http://www.alpenfoehn.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=145&Itemid=&lang=en
XFX 5870 graphics card
http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/PCI-E/ATI+Radeon+5000+Series+PCI-E/XFX+Radeon+HD+5870+1024MB+GDDR5+PCI-Express+Graphics+card+?productId=37984
850 Watt corsair professional series Power Supply
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/850w-psu-corsair-hx-cmpsu-850hxuk-modular-90-eff-80-plus-silver-sli-crossfire-eps-12v-fan-atx-v291?utm_source=google+shopping&utm_medium=google+shopping
1TB samsung SpinPoint F3 Hard drive
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1tb-samsung-hd103sj-spinpoint-f3-sata-3gb-s-7200rpm-32mb-cache-89ms-ncq
Crucial M4 128G Solid state drive
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/128gb-crucial-realssd-m4-25-sata-6gb-s-ssd-mlc-flash-read-500mb-s-write-175mb-s-new-version
4GB G.Skill Ripjaw Ram
http://www.gskill.com/products.php?index=224
HAF 922 Case
cheers in advance