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Uprading livingroom PC
Posted: Mon May 30, 2011 10:52 am
by Mr. Plow
So the living room PC needs an overhaul... (it's about 6 years old and getting tired like an old dog). It's basically computer used for mail / browsing / music and it's mostly used by the old ball'n'chain and an apathetic teen-ager ; Though a little gaming isn't out of the picture (think steam titles like L4D, TF2). For now I've narrowed it down to either a AMD or Intel setup. The update includes MoBo, CPU and RAM (other components are fine) Should mention that I'm keeping my ASUS 8800 GTS gpu.
AMD:
MoBo: ASUS M4A88T-V EVO/USB3
CPU: Phenom II X4 840 2 MB
RAM: Corsair XMS3 2 x 2 GB
Price: 209 GBP
Intel:
MoBo: ASRock Fatal1ty P67 Performance
CPU: Core i3 I3-2100 3 MB
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 2 x 2 GB
Price: 255 GBP
I would appreciate it if some of you would share some thoughts on these setups. Cheers.
Re: Uprading livingroom PC
Posted: Mon May 30, 2011 12:48 pm
by Welsh
i has an x4 amd and it works fine for me! (mine is in the bottom left of your link....whats the diff with this new one? lower power consumption and eco stuff?)
Maybe youll be able to win a game of fifa on this new machine plowy....
Re: Uprading livingroom PC
Posted: Mon May 30, 2011 12:52 pm
by Mr. Plow
Not complete up to date on what's what with the phenom cpu's (really just looking at cost/power). And as fifa goes... no machine can deal with your 20-dollar-a-month hacks
Re: Uprading livingroom PC
Posted: Tue May 31, 2011 10:45 am
by Mr. Plow
So... decided to go with these components (I'll soon be joining the [MOAN] clan; not feeling the love around here
):
Asrock P67 EXTREME4 S1155 SATA6 USB3 CFX/SLI (B3)
Core i3-2100/3.10 GHz 3M LGA1155
Corsair Vengeance 2 x 2 GB 1600MHZ
I chose the Intel setup because of slightly lower power consumption at load + a bit better gaming performance. Chose an SLI board for the option of slapping an extra GPU in.
Re: Uprading livingroom PC
Posted: Tue May 31, 2011 11:16 am
by IceT-Bag
Have you checked the i3 CPU supports the 1600 DDR ram so you get the most out of it.
Some i3s only support speeds upto 1333mhz so buying anything faster would be a waste.
Re: Uprading livingroom PC
Posted: Tue May 31, 2011 11:26 am
by Mr. Plow
Hey Ice what-do-you-know you're actually right
the i3 2100T only supports memory speeds @ 1333 mhz. Need to correct my order. Thanks!
Re: Uprading livingroom PC
Posted: Tue May 31, 2011 1:26 pm
by IceT-Bag
God Im awesome!
This reminds me, I should get a *pats self on back* emoticon for this forum
Re: Uprading livingroom PC
Posted: Tue May 31, 2011 2:10 pm
by Mr. Plow
Where other people sees flowers, sun and rainbows - Ice sees faulty hardware setups and flawed buying decisions. *pat on the bag*
Re: Uprading livingroom PC
Posted: Tue May 31, 2011 3:14 pm
by HanZ
I could sure use a
right now
Re: Uprading livingroom PC
Posted: Tue May 31, 2011 7:48 pm
by Welsh
Just no.