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[I posted this thread on another section of the forum but since I've got no replies whatsoever there I'm posting it here as well so please don't be annoyed if you see it for the second time!]
Hi there, so I have this 7 years old pc with the following specs:
motherboard: asus m2n-x plus: http://www.asus.com/uk/Motherboards/M2NX_Plus
CPU: athlon 64 x2 dual core 5600+ 2.80ghz
GPU: radeon hd3870
My laptop broke and it was actually really powerful (had hd5650 and I was running not that heavy games at 1920x1080 on my external monitor) and I mostly only play Dota 2 which surprisingly enough the above described pc is able to run at minimum settings but with less fps than my laptop.
I feel like my CPU is more of a bottleneck than my video and I don't want to spend too much money on a new pc cause I have another laptop but its with an integrated video so no games there.
I had a look through eBay and basically I've found a GPU and CPU which I like but I'm not sure if my mobo will support them.
1) CPU - will my motherboard be able to run any AM2+ CPU?
I have my eyes on a bunch of phenom quadcores that are AM2+ but when I went to http://www.asus.com/uk/Motherboards/M2NX_Plus/HelpDesk_... they weren't in the supported CPU list. So I tried to find a CPU that was in the supported CPU list and I found this "AMD Phenom X3 8450 2.1 GHz (HD8450WCJ3BGH) Quad-Core CPU Socket AM2+ 600 MHz 2MB". The 8450 fits but the code after that doesn't fit with the one in the list, also it says its quad core when it should be triple core shouldn't it?
2) GPU - I have my eyes on these
http://www.ebuyer.com/625030-xfx-r5-230-1gb-ddr3-vga-dv...
http://www.ebuyer.com/601859-gigabyte-r7-240-overclocke...
OR
http://www.ebuyer.com/661553-zotac-gt-720-2gb-ddr3-vga-...
http://www.ebuyer.com/652168-zotac-gt-730-1gb-ddr5-vga-...
Will my motherboard support them? Are they even better than my HD3870. Also I want to be able to run dual monitor setup on the said video card.
Thank you all for reading my question!
[edit: added videocard]
Hi there, so I have this 7 years old pc with the following specs:
motherboard: asus m2n-x plus: http://www.asus.com/uk/Motherboards/M2NX_Plus
CPU: athlon 64 x2 dual core 5600+ 2.80ghz
GPU: radeon hd3870
My laptop broke and it was actually really powerful (had hd5650 and I was running not that heavy games at 1920x1080 on my external monitor) and I mostly only play Dota 2 which surprisingly enough the above described pc is able to run at minimum settings but with less fps than my laptop.
I feel like my CPU is more of a bottleneck than my video and I don't want to spend too much money on a new pc cause I have another laptop but its with an integrated video so no games there.
I had a look through eBay and basically I've found a GPU and CPU which I like but I'm not sure if my mobo will support them.
1) CPU - will my motherboard be able to run any AM2+ CPU?
I have my eyes on a bunch of phenom quadcores that are AM2+ but when I went to http://www.asus.com/uk/Motherboards/M2NX_Plus/HelpDesk_... they weren't in the supported CPU list. So I tried to find a CPU that was in the supported CPU list and I found this "AMD Phenom X3 8450 2.1 GHz (HD8450WCJ3BGH) Quad-Core CPU Socket AM2+ 600 MHz 2MB". The 8450 fits but the code after that doesn't fit with the one in the list, also it says its quad core when it should be triple core shouldn't it?
2) GPU - I have my eyes on these
http://www.ebuyer.com/625030-xfx-r5-230-1gb-ddr3-vga-dv...
http://www.ebuyer.com/601859-gigabyte-r7-240-overclocke...
OR
http://www.ebuyer.com/661553-zotac-gt-720-2gb-ddr3-vga-...
http://www.ebuyer.com/652168-zotac-gt-730-1gb-ddr5-vga-...
Will my motherboard support them? Are they even better than my HD3870. Also I want to be able to run dual monitor setup on the said video card.
Thank you all for reading my question!
[edit: added videocard]
flakwon
October 17, 2014 3:23:28 PM
Actually I checked the PSU inputs on both motherboards and on the one recommended by you the ATX_12 one is 8 pins
http://i.imgur.com/SjsrtAV.jpg
and on mine its 4 pins and so is the power cable going into it... does that mean I will need to modify my PSU in some way?
http://i.imgur.com/xs4r56E.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/SjsrtAV.jpg
and on mine its 4 pins and so is the power cable going into it... does that mean I will need to modify my PSU in some way?
http://i.imgur.com/xs4r56E.jpg
flakwon
October 17, 2014 1:19:22 PM
Wow thats amazing only 6months old and at that price! I'll definitely be looking to buy that then. Great news about the dual monitors.
I just have 1 last question I promise - I don't mean to doubt your knowledge and expertise but I was going through the CPU supported list for the motherboard at http://www.gigabyte.com/support-downloads/cpu-support-p... and it says it supports "AMD A8-7600 3100MHz 1MBx4 N/A 654MHz"
while the one you've listed is A8-7600 3300 mhz 2MBx2 which isnt listed there. Is everything ok here? Have gigabyte just not added the one recommended by you?
Thank you so much for this you helped me out greatly!
I just have 1 last question I promise - I don't mean to doubt your knowledge and expertise but I was going through the CPU supported list for the motherboard at http://www.gigabyte.com/support-downloads/cpu-support-p... and it says it supports "AMD A8-7600 3100MHz 1MBx4 N/A 654MHz"
while the one you've listed is A8-7600 3300 mhz 2MBx2 which isnt listed there. Is everything ok here? Have gigabyte just not added the one recommended by you?
Thank you so much for this you helped me out greatly!
flakwon said:
I meant how old is the system you suggested?Where am I going to plug the monitor if I have no video card? Also I really want dual monitors.
And is my psu enough?
PSU is more than enough.
The motherboard and CPU supports 2 displays without needing a graphics card.
The components I suggested was released about 6 months ago, maybe 8months.
flakwon
October 17, 2014 9:34:08 AM
flakwon
October 17, 2014 8:18:02 AM
Best solution chosen by flakwon
Save up for this :
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: AMD A8-7600 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (£74.11 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-DS2 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard (£35.19 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£31.58 @ Amazon UK)
Other: Microsoft Office
Other: DisplayPort Cable
Total: £140.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-17 15:51 BST+0100
Modernized and just a lot better without investing in an ancient platform with almost no improvement.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: AMD A8-7600 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (£74.11 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-DS2 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard (£35.19 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£31.58 @ Amazon UK)
Other: Microsoft Office
Other: DisplayPort Cable
Total: £140.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-17 15:51 BST+0100
Modernized and just a lot better without investing in an ancient platform with almost no improvement.
flakwon
October 17, 2014 7:43:03 AM
http://i.imgur.com/3uSr7oA.jpg
This is my psu - 450w
I'm using one 2.5 inch sata, one 3.5 sata and one 2.5sata through usb.
Did I mention I have no case
about budget... I really don't know I thought I don't want to spend more than £60-70 for gpu/cpu but if you guys can recommend me a cheap and popular ~3y old motherboard + popular gpu/cpu (popular meaning so that i can find all 3 used on ebay) I'd be willing to extend my budget to £100
Thank you for the replies!
This is my psu - 450w
I'm using one 2.5 inch sata, one 3.5 sata and one 2.5sata through usb.
Did I mention I have no case
about budget... I really don't know I thought I don't want to spend more than £60-70 for gpu/cpu but if you guys can recommend me a cheap and popular ~3y old motherboard + popular gpu/cpu (popular meaning so that i can find all 3 used on ebay) I'd be willing to extend my budget to £100
Thank you for the replies!
jitpublisher said:
No matter what you do with this, its still going to be old and slow. This board has the old nforce chipset for goodness sake. Besides old and slow, its buggy. I would not spend ANY money on this platform, for any reason. Thats my 2 cents.Yeah I remember that the HD4xxx and later GPUs from AMD REFUSED to work with the nforce boards. Was almost hilarious.
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